Hoagy Carmichael
Howard Hoagland Carmichael
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Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Hoagland Howard Carmichael grew up with a pianist mother and learned piano informally, supplementing scant lessons from local musicians before leaving high school to support his family and later earning a BA from Indiana University. Self-taught as a composer, he became one of Tin Pan Alley's most prolific songwriters of the 1930s-40s, penning hundreds of tunes and fou…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
