Hoagy Carmichael Documentary - Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hoagland Howard Carmichael was an American songwriter, musician, actor, singer, and attorney. American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the 20th century. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as television, electronic microphones, and sound recordings.
Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" , "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul" , four of the most-recorded American songs of all time. He also collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer on "Lazybones" and "Skylark". Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was an Academy Award nominee in 1946, from Canyon Passage, in which he co-starred as a musician riding a mule. "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951. Carmichael also appeared as a character actor and musical performer in 14 films, hosted three musical-variety radio programs, performed on television, and wrote two autobiographies.

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

He was a good talent he seems like a very nice person cool and calm. I love piano music ❤❤

[@marilynfosseen1541]

Hoagy and Bacall were the best part of To Have and Have Not. I loved his piano playing and the beats that he put to Am I Blue and How Little We Know.

[@lemokolyon]

Both Hoagy Carmichael biographies, published as one book, are very interesting. A view on the 1920 30's jazz, his student life, his friendship with another young musician named Bix.

[@dianehall1904]

Informative, but I had hoped for his actual music.

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

Could've been a really nice doc but the crappy AI voice and lack of music made it barely bearable. I did learn the origin of his name, though... Fun Fact: Ian Fleming's original description of James Bonds' looks was said to resemble Hoagy Carmichael.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Agree. I cannot listen to AI though. :(

[@Nick-uw2ju]

It's just reading the wiki article too.

[@harryblack5041]

Woeful presentation. Had to switch off....😮

[@bevnfred]

Rockin’ Chair was “covered” by Randy Newman in his award winning theme song to Monsters Inc. I’m not aware of any credit given to Hoagy.

[@drbobcaster]

Well organized and presented - but the announcer seems like he is in a race. What's the hurry?

[@nobody_gtk]

AI SLOP