Profile
Jimmy McHugh
Composer + Songwriter + Musician
Male
Born
Jul 10, 1894
Hometown
Boston, Massachus...
Died
May 23, 1969
James Francis McHugh 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 such artists as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland (who ended up dying… Read More
Romance
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Edna Cantor McHughMarried 1938
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1894
Birth
Born on July 10, 1894.
THIRTIES
1928
33 Years Old
As impressive as these master lyricists were, perhaps McHugh’s best symbiotic musical relationship was with the school teacher and poet Dorothy Fields.(ASCAP) 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 starring Adelaide Hall and Bill Bojangles Robinson, which jump-started the fledgling duo’s career with the memorable songs “I Can't Give You Anything But Love,” “Diga Diga Doo” and “I Must Have That Man.”(ASCAP)
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1930
36 Years Old
In the artistically fruitful years after they first collaborated in 1930, McHugh and Fields wrote over 30 songs for the film world.
FORTIES
1935
41 Years Old
Fields and McHugh finally parted company in 1935.(Spitz) McHugh's longest songwriting partner was Harold Adamson.
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FIFTIES
1948
54 Years Old
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' signature tune. (She was still performing it as recently as 2010 — aged 81 — when she sang the song at the Hollywood Bowl, accompanied by Pink Martini, the 13-member "little orchestra").
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1969
75 Years Old
Died on May 23, 1969.
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