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Hoagy Carmichael
Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. 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.
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Swooning and Crooning: Bing Crosby [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | 3:24 |
| Can't Get Indiana off My Mind | 3:23 |
The Fine Music of Carmichael [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| My Resistance Is Low | 2:51 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:50 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:21 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:12 |
| Heart and Soul | 3:13 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 3:03 |
| The Darktown Strutters' Ball | 2:27 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:14 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:28 |
The Hot 50: Bing Crosby - Fifty Classic Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | 3:27 |
Up a Lazy River: The Genius of Hoagy Carmichael [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Rockin' Chair | 3:30 |
| Lazybones | 3:04 |
| Snowball | 2:49 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:58 |
| One Morning in May | 2:43 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:19 |
Hoagy Carmichael's Havin' a Party [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Small Fry | 2:42 |
| Lazybones | 2:28 |
| Two Sleepy People | 1:13 |
| Stardust | 1:04 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:53 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:36 |
| Moon Country Is Home to Me | 3:19 |
| Old Music Master | 2:35 |
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | 2:34 |
Stardust: The Hoagy Carmichael Songbook [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 2:32 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:10 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:25 |
| Georgia On My Mind | 3:04 |
| Lazybones | 3:06 |
| One Morning In May | 2:46 |
| Judy | 2:35 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:20 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:01 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:34 |
| Don't Forget To Say 'No', Baby | 2:39 |
| Memphis In June | 3:03 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:37 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:18 |
| Casanova Cricket | 2:34 |
| Put Yourself In My Place, Baby | 2:53 |
| My Resistance is Low | 2:51 |
The Impeccable Hoagy Carmichael [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 2:25 |
| The Aba Daba Honeymoon | 3:13 |
| Rockin Chair | 3:17 |
| The Old Piano Roll Blues | 2:29 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:12 |
| Lazy River | 2:19 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:28 |
| Huggin' & Chalkin' | 2:35 |
| The Nearness of You | 3:02 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:19 |
| In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening | 2:29 |
| Snowball | 2:42 |
The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Louis Armstrong (Reborn and Remastered) [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Rockin’ Chair |
Stardust Melody: 21 Essential Classics [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Star Dust | 3:33 |
| Rockin' Chair [#] | 3:15 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:30 |
| Lazy River | 3:17 |
| Rockin' Chair [Live] | 5:11 |
| Lazy Bones | 2:57 |
| Small Fry | 2:33 |
Jazz in the Charts, Vol. 94: Red Sails in the Sunset 1951 [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The ABA Daba Honeymoon | 3:23 |
Jazz in the Charts, Vol. 92: Old Piano Roll Blues 1949-1950 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Old Piano Roll Blues | 2:32 |
My Stardust Melody: The Songs of Hoagy Carmichael [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sing Me a Swing Song and Let Me Dance | 2:36 |
| Two Sleepy People [From Thanks for the Memory] | 3:00 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief [From the Stork Club] | 3:05 |
The Essential Collection [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Star Dust | 2:32 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:22 |
| Snowball | 2:48 |
| Lazybones | 3:04 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:10 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:55 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:23 |
| Judy | 2:36 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:32 |
| How Little We Know | 2:32 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:16 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:58 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:17 |
| Am I Blue? | 2:34 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | 2:53 |
| I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) | 2:39 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | 2:40 |
| The Darktown Strutters' Ball | 2:30 |
| I'm Movin' On | 3:02 |
| The ABA Daba Honeymoon | 3:18 |
| Blue Orchids | 3:15 |
Gold Standards: 40 Classics from the Great American Songbook [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:12 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:19 |
In Person 1925-1955 [2006]
Sings Stardust and His Other Great Compositions [Castle Pie] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 2:26 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:28 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:12 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:19 |
| Lazy River | 3:11 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:21 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:04 |
| One Morning in May | 2:40 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:00 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:55 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:14 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:31 |
| Stardust [Solo Version] | 3:32 |
Hoagy Carmichael: The First of the Singer-Songwriters [Disc 1] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Riverboat Shuffle | 3:16 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:31 |
| Star Dust | 3:31 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:28 |
Hoagy Carmichael: The First of the Singer-Songwriters [Disc 2] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Rockin' Chair | 3:27 |
| Star Dust | 3:28 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:54 |
| Lazy River | 3:15 |
| Washboard Blues | 5:02 |
Hoagy Carmichael: The First of the Singer-Songwriters [Disc 3] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In the Still of the Night | 5:11 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:02 |
| Snowball | 3:16 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:31 |
| One Morning in May | 3:18 |
| Star Dust | 3:28 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:23 |
Hoagy Carmichael: The First of the Singer-Songwriters [Disc 4] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Two Sleepy People | 3:10 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:49 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:44 |
| Star Dust | 3:21 |
| Skylark | 2:44 |
| Sweet Lorraine | 3:04 |
| How Little We Know | 2:30 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:54 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:40 |
The First of the Singer Songwriters: Key Cuts 1924-1946 [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:28 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:27 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:54 |
| In the Still of the Night | 5:11 |
| Snowball | 3:07 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:31 |
| One Morning in May | 2:38 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:23 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:10 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:49 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:44 |
| Skylark | 2:44 |
| Sweet Lorraine | 3:04 |
| How Little We Know | 2:30 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:54 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:40 |
A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | 3:20 |
Stardust Melody [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:33 |
| Rockin' Chair [#] | 3:15 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:30 |
| Lazy River | 3:17 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:02 |
| Lazy Bones | 2:57 |
Stardust Melody: Beloved and Rare Songs of Hoagy Carmichael [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| April in My Heart | 3:38 |
| Moonburn | 4:44 |
| Stardust | 6:36 |
| Little Old Lady | 5:58 |
| Snowball | 5:50 |
| The Lamplighter's Serenade | 2:38 |
| The Nearness of You | 4:48 |
| Manhattan Rag [Instrumental] | 3:48 |
The Star Dust Man [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| How Little We Know | 2:49 |
| (Up A) Lazy River | 2:21 |
| I Want to Be Happy | 1:43 |
| Stardust | 3:07 |
| The Old Music Master | 1:32 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:14 |
A Portrait of Hoagy Carmichael [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:32 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:15 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:14 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:20 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | 2:12 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:29 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:52 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:02 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:42 |
| I May Be Wrong | 2:38 |
| For Every Man There's a Woman | 2:50 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:00 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:51 |
| Snowball | 2:45 |
| One Morning in May | 2:40 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:55 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:23 |
Hoagy on My Mind [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:17 |
| Stardust | 3:13 |
| Washboard Blues | 2:53 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | 3:06 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:55 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:19 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:58 |
| Sweet Lorraine | 3:06 |
| How Little We Know | 2:34 |
| Casanova Cricket | 2:35 |
| Georgia on My Mind | 3:04 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | 2:39 |
| Judy | 2:36 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:37 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:53 |
Hollywood Swing and Jazz: Hot Numbers from Classic MGM, Warner Brothers & RKO Films [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:16 |
Stardust [BMG] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Star Dust | |
| Rockin' Chair | |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | |
| Lazy River | |
| Washboard Blues | |
| Stardust | |
| Snowball | |
| Lazybones | |
| One Morning in May |
The Old Music Master [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:56 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:15 |
| Lazy River | 3:17 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:04 |
| One Morning in May | 2:41 |
| Snowball | 2:47 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:43 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:08 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:53 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:02 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:31 |
| Stardust | 2:28 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:23 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:54 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:14 |
Sometimes I Wonder [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 2:34 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:22 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:33 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 3:13 |
| Lazy River | 3:15 |
| Snowball | 2:49 |
| Lazy Bones | 2:49 |
| Lazybones | 3:02 |
| One Morning in May | 3:02 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:09 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:43 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:28 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:21 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | 2:39 |
| I May Be Wrong | 2:42 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:15 |
Stardust: 1927-1960 [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:50 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:27 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | 2:11 |
| Lazy River | 3:14 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:53 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:13 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:00 |
| Snowball | 2:45 |
| One Morning in May | 2:40 |
1927-1944 [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Washboard Blues | 4:23 |
| Stardust | 3:31 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:16 |
| Lazy River | 3:19 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:04 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:13 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:52 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:47 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:04 |
Ole Buttermilk Sky [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Washboard Blues | 3:05 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:56 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:18 |
| Stardust | 2:30 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:29 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | 2:37 |
| I May Be Wrong | 2:36 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:14 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:54 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:14 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:51 |
| For Every Man There's a Woman | 2:48 |
| The Darktown Strutters' Ball | 2:30 |
| The Old Piano Roll Blues | 2:44 |
| The ABA Daba Honeymoon | 3:20 |
| My Resistance Is Low | 2:51 |
| Lazy River | 2:29 |
V-Disc Recordings: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overse [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:17 |
| Stardust | 2:10 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | 2:10 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 1:10 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | 1:42 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:15 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:15 |
As Time Goes By [Great Movie Themes] [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Blues [From to Have and Have Not] | 2:33 |
Vol. 18: 1927-1942 [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust [Instrumental] | 2:55 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:16 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It | 2:58 |
| Lazy River | 3:18 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:03 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:13 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:52 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:46 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:07 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:25 |
| Stardust [Vocal Version] | 2:28 |
Stardust Melodies [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:33 |
| Rockin' Chair [#] | 3:15 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:30 |
| Lazy River | 3:17 |
| Rockin' Chair | 5:11 |
| Skylark | 3:10 |
| Lazy Bones | 2:57 |
| Small Fry | 2:33 |
The Poetry of Johnny Mercer (1909-1976): Too Marvellous For Words! [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Old Music Master | 2:28 |
Hong Kong Blues [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Blues | |
| Stardust | |
| Washboard Blues | |
| Rockin' Chair | |
| Riverboat Shuffle | |
| The Darktown Strutters' Ball | |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief |
Classic Hoagy Carmichael [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:32 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:23 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:01 |
| Georgia on My Mind | 3:07 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:28 |
| Lazy River | 2:40 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:24 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:39 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 3:01 |
| The Nearness of You | 3:09 |
| Heart and Soul | 3:14 |
| Skylark | 2:51 |
Mr. Music Master [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Old Music Master | 2:20 |
| Stardust | 3:11 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:59 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 3:09 |
| Two Sleepy People | 2:56 |
| Skylark | 3:06 |
| Moonburn | 3:07 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:27 |
| One Morning in May | 2:40 |
| Lazy River | 3:11 |
| Blue Orchids | 2:51 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:09 |
| Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) | 2:39 |
| Lazy Bones | 2:58 |
| Washboard Blues | 4:11 |
| Snowball | 2:42 |
| Small Fry | 3:06 |
Timeless Historical Presents Hoagy Carmichael [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Washboard Blues | 4:20 |
| Stardust | 3:28 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:13 |
| Lazy River | 3:16 |
| Lazy Bones | 3:01 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:09 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:49 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:44 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:04 |
Hoagy Carmichael 1951 [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lazy River | 2:45 |
| How Little We Know | 2:55 |
| Kinda Lonesome | 1:54 |
| Stardust | 5:01 |
The Hoagy Carmichael Songbook [RCA] [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lazy River | 2:14 |
| Stardust | 1:58 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:21 |
| The Nearness of You | 3:08 |
| Heart and Soul | 3:58 |
| Skylark | 3:27 |
| Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind | 3:19 |
The Song Is...Hoagy Carmichael [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| One Morning in May | 3:11 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:22 |
| Two Sleepy People | 3:16 |
| Blue Orchids | 3:15 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:03 |
| The Nearness of You | 2:55 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 2:45 |
Stardust, and Much More [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust [#] | 3:50 |
| Rockin' Chair [*] | 3:10 |
| Rockin' Chair | 3:25 |
| Bessie Couldn't Help It [*] | 2:52 |
| Lazy River | 3:14 |
| Snowball | 2:44 |
| Lazy Bones | 2:59 |
| One Morning in May | 2:39 |
| Stardust | 3:31 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:24 |
The Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2] [1988]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stardust | 3:34 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:31 |
| Lazy River | 2:43 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:27 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:42 |
The Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 3] [1988]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Heart and Soul | 3:17 |
| Skylark | 5:02 |
| How Little We Know | 3:43 |
The Stardust Road [1982]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:31 |
| Stardust | 2:31 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:55 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:19 |
| The Old Music Master | 2:23 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:10 |
| Little Old Lady | 3:02 |
Hoagy Sings Carmichael [1956]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Skylark | 4:03 |
| Two Sleepy People | 4:35 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 3:54 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:34 |
| Lazy River | 2:48 |
| Hong Kong Blues [*] | 2:29 |
| Stardust [*] | 2:31 |
| Rockin' Chair [*] | 2:55 |
| Riverboat Shuffle [*] | 2:19 |
| The Old Music Master [*] | 2:25 |
| Washboard Blues [*] | 3:13 |
| Little Old Lady [*] | 2:58 |
| Lazy River [*] | 2:19 |
Hoagy Sings Carmichael [1956]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:33 |
| Stardust | 2:31 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:16 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:09 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Original Soundtrack] [1953]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When Love Goes Wrong (Nothing Goes Right) |
Hoagy Carmichael Sings Hoagy Carmichael
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Old Music Master | 2:21 |
| Hong Kong Blues | 2:29 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | 2:14 |
| Rockin' Chair | 2:51 |
| Riverboat Shuffle | 2:16 |
| Lazy River | 2:21 |
| Stardust | 2:28 |
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | 2:31 |
| Little Old Lady | 2:55 |
| Washboard Blues | 3:05 |
Stardust (1927-1932)
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | |
| Heart and Soul | |
| Old Music Master | |
| Stardust | |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief |
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