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James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs.
Jimmy McHugh's most popular songs have an infectiously swinging quality that instantly endears them to the listener. He was born James Francis McHugh in Boston, Massachusetts on. July 10, 1894. His father ran a plumbing business and his first piano lessons came from his mother.
Jul 6, 2024 · Jimmy McHugh (born July 10, 1894, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died May 23, 1969, Beverly Hills, Calif.) was a U.S. song composer. McHugh became a Tin Pan Alley song plugger and began writing songs for Broadway and Cotton Club revues.
Apr 14, 2005 · Jimmy McHugh, the great songwriter was a Jamaica Plain native who never forgot his family back at home even when he was hobnobbing with the movie stars out in Hollywood.
Jimmy McHugh. A prolific composer for films and the Broadway stage from the 20s through to the 50s. Read Full Biography.
Jimmy McHugh was a prolific composer. His songs have appeared in hundreds of films (and counting), and many have been recorded by well over 50 artists. He wrote Cotton Club shows and enjoyed his first hit with Gene Austin and Irving Mills, “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street” (1924).
Starting after World War 1 with patriotic songs like “My Dream of the Big Parade” and “Hinky Dinky Parlay Vous” and sailing into the sixties with luscious ballads like “Warm and Willing,” he created songs that are assured immortality in the twenty-first century.
