adapted from Ray Crick's 2002 CD liner notes:
Hoagy Carmichael, singer, pianist, cornetist, bandleader, actor and lyricist, was perhaps the most quintessentially American songwriter of them all. He distilled a distinctly Mark Twain vision of rural America into such songs as Rockin' Chair.
As a singer, Hoagy's intonation was perhaps 'uncertain' and his vocal range decidedly limited (he referred to his frequently off-key voice as "flatsy through the nose"). But he sang with an engaging simplicity, as can be heard in his own classic Stardust, the most recorded song in history (over 1300 versions!).


PERSONNEL: Hoagy Carmichael (composer, vocal, piano); Artie Bernstein (double bass); Spike Jones (drums)

Recorded May 11, 1942 and released on 3-disc 78 rpm DECCA album #284 (DLA 2982),
"HOAGY CARMICHAEL plays, sings and whistles his own compositions"

Reissued 2002 on ASV Living Era various artists CD #AJA 5427,
"Pure Nostalgia . . . and All That Jazz"

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