Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He wrote the music for many songs, but rarely wrote the lyrics.

Hoagy Carmichael in 1947

Quotes

• You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.
  • Song: Rockin’ Chair (1930).

• It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
  Who got arrested down in Old Hong Kong
  He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
  When he kicked old Buddha's gong.
  • Song: Hong Kong Blues (1939).

• I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues
  • 1947 song title, generally agreed to be the longest title of any commercially published song.