Jimmy McHugh
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James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969) was a U.S. composer. One of the greatest and most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs.
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[edit] Works
- Broadway credits
- 1928 - 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)
There was a medley of his songs in the 1979 Broadway show Sugar Babies, which starred 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".
Other well known songs of his include "I'm in the Mood for Love", "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening", "Cuban Love Song", and hundreds more.
[edit] Sources
- Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Stanley Green. Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York 1976.
- The Oxford Companion to Popular Music by Peter Gammond. Published by Oxford University Press 1991.
