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Jimmy McHugh

January 19, 2023

James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969)[1] was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, June Christy, Bing Crosby, Deanna Durbin, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Adelaide Hall, Billie Holiday, Beverly Kenney, Bill Kenny, Peggy Lee, Carmen Miranda, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington.

Jimmy McHugh
McHugh in 1921
Background information
Birth nameJames Francis McHugh
Born(1894-07-10)July 10, 1894
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 23, 1969(1969-05-23) (aged 74)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Songwriter

Career

McHugh began his career in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, United States,[1] where he published about a dozen songs with local publishers. His first success was with the World War I song "Keep the Love-Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home", and this also came near the start of a decade-long collaboration with lyricist Jack Caddigan. After struggling in a variety of jobs, including rehearsal pianist for the Boston Opera House and pianist-song plugger for Irving Berlin's publishing company.[1] In 1921, at the age of 26, McHugh relocated to New York City.[2] Eventually finding employment as a professional manager with the music publisher Jack Mills Inc., it was there that McHugh published his first real hit, "Emaline", and briefly teamed up with Irving Mills as The Hotsy Totsy Boys to write the hit song "Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now".

This songwriting partnership marked another of McHugh's many collaborations, among them Ted Koehler ("I'm Shooting High"), Al Dubin ("South American Way") and Harold Adamson ("It's a Most Unusual Day"). As impressive as these master lyricists were, perhaps McHugh's best symbiotic musical relationship was with the school teacher and poet Dorothy Fields. Since he had written material for many of Harlem's Cotton Club revues, it would be no coincidence that their first combined success would be the score for the all-black Broadway musical, Blackbirds of 1928,[1][3][4] starring Adelaide Hall and Bill Bojangles Robinson, which jump-started the fledgling duo's career with the songs "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Diga Diga Doo", and "I Must Have That Man".[5][6]

Other hits written for the stage were soon to follow, including 1930's "On the Sunny Side of the Street" for Lew Leslie's International Revue, which also contained the favorite "Exactly Like You";[1] "Blue Again" for The Vanderbilt Revue; and in 1932, "Don't Blame Me", which was featured in the Chicago revue Clowns In Clover.[1] Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer of "On the Sunny Side of the Street," but sold the rights to the song.[7]

McHugh and Fields contributed title songs for films including "Cuban Love Song", "Dinner at Eight" and "Hooray for Love", as well as "I Feel a Song Comin' On" and "I'm in the Mood for Love" from 1935's Every Night at Eight.[1] In the artistically fruitful years after they first collaborated in 1930, McHugh and Fields wrote over 30 songs for the film world.[1] Fields and McHugh finally parted company in 1935.[8] McHugh's longest songwriting partner was Harold Adamson. Adamson provided lyrics to McHugh's compositions. Such hits as "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" found its way into Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.[1]

For the 1948 film A Date with Judy, he composed "It's a Most Unusual Day" for Jane Powell. It became the young singer and actress's signature tune.

McHugh died in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 74.[9]

Awards and honors

Jimmy McHugh was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.[10]

Works

Broadway credits

A medley of his songs were included in the 1979 Broadway show Sugar Babies, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney. The songs included were "I Can't Give You Anything but Love", "I'm Shooting High", "Roll Your Blues Away" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street".

Popular songs
  • "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" – June Christy (McHugh/Adamson) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "Blue Again" – Louis Armstrong (McHugh/Fields) (Okeh/Sony BMG)
  • "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" – Bing Crosby (McHugh/Adamson) (Decca/UMG)
  • "Cuban Love Song" – Edmundo Ros (McHugh/Stothart/Fields) (London/WMG)
  • "Diga Diga Doo" – The Mills Brothers w/ Duke Ellington (McHugh/Fields) (Brunswick/Sony BMG)
  • "Doin' the New Low Down" – Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (McHugh/Fields) (Brunswick/Sony BMG)
  • "Don't Blame Me" – The Everly Brothers (McHugh/Fields) (Warner Bros./WMG)
  • "Dream Dream Dream" – Joni James (McHugh/Parish/Melle/Mottier) (MGM/UMG)
  • "Exactly Like You" – Aretha Franklin (McHugh/Fields) (Columbia/Sony BMG)
  • "Goodbye Blues" - The Mills Brothers (McHugh/Fields) (Brunswick/Sony BMG)
  • "Happy Times" – Hal Kemp & His Orchestra (McHugh/Fields) (Brunswick/Sony BMG)
  • "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" – Dean Martin (McHugh/Gaskill) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" – Judy Garland (McHugh/Fields) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" – Frank Sinatra (McHugh/Adamson) (Columbia/Sony BMG)
  • "I Just Found Out About Love" – Dinah Washington (McHugh/Adamson) (Mercury/UMG)
  • "I Love to Whistle" – Fats Waller (McHugh/Adamson) (RCA/Sony BMG)
  • "I'm in the Mood for Love" – Frances Langford (McHugh/Fields) (Regal Zonophone)
  • "I Must Have That Man" – Billie Holiday (McHugh/Fields) (Brunswick/Sony BMG)
  • "I'm Shooting High" – Ann Richards (McHugh/Koehler) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "It's a Most Unusual Day" – Andy Williams (McHugh/Adamson) (Columbia/Sony BMG)
  • "I've Got My Fingers Crossed" – Louis Armstrong (McHugh/Koehler) (Decca/UMG)
  • "Let's Get Lost" – Chet Baker (McHugh/Loesser) (Pacific)
  • "My! My!" - Tommy Dorsey w/ The Pied Pipers (McHugh/Loesser) (RCA/Sony BMG)
  • "On the Sunny Side of the Street" – Frank Sinatra (McHugh/Fields) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "Say It (Over and Over Again)" - Tommy Dorsey w/ Frank Sinatra (McHugh/Loesser) (RCA/Sony BMG)
  • "South American Way" – The Andrews Sisters (McHugh/Dubin) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "Take it Easy" - Fats Waller [1935]
  • "There's Something in the Air" – Ruth Etting (McHugh/Adamson) (Decca/UNI)
  • "Too Young to Go Steady" – Nat King Cole (McHugh/Adamson) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "Warm and Willing" – Nat King Cole (McHugh/Livingston/Evans) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" – Peggy Lee (McHugh/Austin/Mills) (Capitol/EMI)
  • "Where Are You?" – Johnny Mathis (McHugh/Adamson) (Columbia/Sony BMG)


References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1570/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Forte, Allen (1995). The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950. Princeton University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0691043999.
  3. ^ Williams, Iain Cameron (2002). Underneath A Harlem Moon ISBN 0-8264-5893-9
  4. ^ Williams, Iain Cameron. The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue, iwp Publishing, February 17, 2022, ISBN 978-1916146587 - chapters 10 & 11 cover the staging of Blackbirds of 1928.
  5. ^ Williams, Iain Cameron (2003). Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0826458933.
  6. ^ Steinblatt, Jim (July 15, 2005). "Fields of Gold". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
  7. ^ "On The Sunny Side Of The Street". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. ^ Spitz, Julia (November 14, 2009). "Jimmy McHugh's Musical Legacy". The MetroWest Daily News.
  9. ^ Gammond, Peter (1991). The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0193113237.
  10. ^ "Jimmy McHugh Biography". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 6, 2018.

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jimmy, mchugh, james, francis, mchugh, july, 1894, 1969, american, composer, most, prolific, songwriters, from, 1920s, 1950s, credited, with, over, songs, songs, were, recorded, many, artists, including, chet, baker, june, christy, bing, crosby, deanna, durbin. James Francis McHugh July 10 1894 May 23 1969 1 was an American composer One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s he is credited with over 500 songs His songs were recorded by many artists including Chet Baker June Christy Bing Crosby Deanna Durbin Ella Fitzgerald Judy Garland Adelaide Hall Billie Holiday Beverly Kenney Bill Kenny Peggy Lee Carmen Miranda Nina Simone Frank Sinatra and Dinah Washington Jimmy McHughMcHugh in 1921Background informationBirth nameJames Francis McHughBorn 1894 07 10 July 10 1894Boston Massachusetts U S DiedMay 23 1969 1969 05 23 aged 74 Beverly Hills California U S Occupation s Songwriter Contents 1 Career 2 Awards and honors 3 Works 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditMcHugh began his career in his hometown of Boston Massachusetts United States 1 where he published about a dozen songs with local publishers His first success was with the World War I song Keep the Love Light Burning in the Window Till the Boys Come Marching Home and this also came near the start of a decade long collaboration with lyricist Jack Caddigan After struggling in a variety of jobs including rehearsal pianist for the Boston Opera House and pianist song plugger for Irving Berlin s publishing company 1 In 1921 at the age of 26 McHugh relocated to New York City 2 Eventually finding employment as a professional manager with the music publisher Jack Mills Inc it was there that McHugh published his first real hit Emaline and briefly teamed up with Irving Mills as The Hotsy Totsy Boys to write the hit song Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now This songwriting partnership marked another of McHugh s many collaborations among them Ted Koehler I m Shooting High Al Dubin South American Way and Harold Adamson It s a Most Unusual Day As impressive as these master lyricists were perhaps McHugh s best symbiotic musical relationship was with the school teacher and poet Dorothy Fields Since he had written material for many of Harlem s Cotton Club revues it would be no coincidence that their first combined success would be the score for the all black Broadway musical Blackbirds of 1928 1 3 4 starring Adelaide Hall and Bill Bojangles Robinson which jump started the fledgling duo s career with the songs I Can t Give You Anything But Love Diga Diga Doo and I Must Have That Man 5 6 Other hits written for the stage were soon to follow including 1930 s On the Sunny Side of the Street for Lew Leslie s International Revue which also contained the favorite Exactly Like You 1 Blue Again for The Vanderbilt Revue and in 1932 Don t Blame Me which was featured in the Chicago revue Clowns In Clover 1 Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer of On the Sunny Side of the Street but sold the rights to the song 7 McHugh and Fields contributed title songs for films including Cuban Love Song Dinner at Eight and Hooray for Love as well as I Feel a Song Comin On and I m in the Mood for Love from 1935 s Every Night at Eight 1 In the artistically fruitful years after they first collaborated in 1930 McHugh and Fields wrote over 30 songs for the film world 1 Fields and McHugh finally parted company in 1935 8 McHugh s longest songwriting partner was Harold Adamson Adamson provided lyrics to McHugh s compositions Such hits as Comin In on a Wing and a Prayer found its way into Bartlett s Familiar Quotations 1 For the 1948 film A Date with Judy he composed It s a Most Unusual Day for Jane Powell It became the young singer and actress s signature tune McHugh died in Beverly Hills California at the age of 74 9 Awards and honors EditJimmy McHugh was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 10 Works EditBroadway credits1928 Blackbirds of 1928 lyrics by Dorothy Fields 1928 Hello Daddy lyrics by Fields 1930 International Revue lyrics by Fields 1939 The Streets of Paris lyrics by Al Dubin 1940 Keep Off The Grass lyrics by Dubin and Howard Dietz 1948 As the Girls Go lyrics by Harold Adamson A medley of his songs were included in the 1979 Broadway show Sugar Babies starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney The songs included were I Can t Give You Anything but Love I m Shooting High Roll Your Blues Away and On the Sunny Side of the Street Popular songs A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening June Christy McHugh Adamson Capitol EMI Blue Again Louis Armstrong McHugh Fields Okeh Sony BMG Comin In on a Wing and a Prayer Bing Crosby McHugh Adamson Decca UMG Cuban Love Song Edmundo Ros McHugh Stothart Fields London WMG Diga Diga Doo The Mills Brothers w Duke Ellington McHugh Fields Brunswick Sony BMG Doin the New Low Down Bill Bojangles Robinson McHugh Fields Brunswick Sony BMG Don t Blame Me The Everly Brothers McHugh Fields Warner Bros WMG Dream Dream Dream Joni James McHugh Parish Melle Mottier MGM UMG Exactly Like You Aretha Franklin McHugh Fields Columbia Sony BMG Goodbye Blues The Mills Brothers McHugh Fields Brunswick Sony BMG Happy Times Hal Kemp amp His Orchestra McHugh Fields Brunswick Sony BMG I Can t Believe That You re in Love with Me Dean Martin McHugh Gaskill Capitol EMI I Can t Give You Anything but Love Judy Garland McHugh Fields Capitol EMI I Couldn t Sleep a Wink Last Night Frank Sinatra McHugh Adamson Columbia Sony BMG I Just Found Out About Love Dinah Washington McHugh Adamson Mercury UMG I Love to Whistle Fats Waller McHugh Adamson RCA Sony BMG I m in the Mood for Love Frances Langford McHugh Fields Regal Zonophone I Must Have That Man Billie Holiday McHugh Fields Brunswick Sony BMG I m Shooting High Ann Richards McHugh Koehler Capitol EMI It s a Most Unusual Day Andy Williams McHugh Adamson Columbia Sony BMG I ve Got My Fingers Crossed Louis Armstrong McHugh Koehler Decca UMG Let s Get Lost Chet Baker McHugh Loesser Pacific My My Tommy Dorsey w The Pied Pipers McHugh Loesser RCA Sony BMG On the Sunny Side of the Street Frank Sinatra McHugh Fields Capitol EMI Say It Over and Over Again Tommy Dorsey w Frank Sinatra McHugh Loesser RCA Sony BMG South American Way The Andrews Sisters McHugh Dubin Capitol EMI Take it Easy Fats Waller 1935 There s Something in the Air Ruth Etting McHugh Adamson Decca UNI Too Young to Go Steady Nat King Cole McHugh Adamson Capitol EMI Warm and Willing Nat King Cole McHugh Livingston Evans Capitol EMI When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Peggy Lee McHugh Austin Mills Capitol EMI Where Are You Johnny Mathis McHugh Adamson Columbia Sony BMG References Edit a b c d e f g h i Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing pp 1570 1 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Forte Allen 1995 The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era 1924 1950 Princeton University Press p 251 ISBN 978 0691043999 Williams Iain Cameron 2002 Underneath A Harlem Moon ISBN 0 8264 5893 9 Williams Iain Cameron The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue iwp Publishing February 17 2022 ISBN 978 1916146587 chapters 10 amp 11 cover the staging of Blackbirds of 1928 Williams Iain Cameron 2003 Underneath a Harlem Moon The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 978 0826458933 Steinblatt Jim July 15 2005 Fields of Gold American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers On The Sunny Side Of The Street jazzstandards com Retrieved 15 September 2015 Spitz Julia November 14 2009 Jimmy McHugh s Musical Legacy The MetroWest Daily News Gammond Peter 1991 The Oxford Companion to Popular Music Oxford University Press p 262 ISBN 978 0193113237 Jimmy McHugh Biography Songwriters Hall of Fame Retrieved May 6 2018 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jimmy McHugh Official website Jimmy McHugh at the Internet Broadway Database Jimmy McHugh at IMDb Jimmy McHugh at the TCM Movie Database Jimmy McHugh at AllMovie Jimmy McHugh at Find a Grave Jimmy McHugh recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jimmy McHugh amp oldid 1123119954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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