I Feel a Song Coming on: The Life of Jimmy McHugh

by Alyn Shipton

Book Overview

This first biography of Jimmy McHugh captures a lively and significant contributor to American songwriting. Creator of favorite tunes such as "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street," McHugh was a one-man history of twentieth-century popular music: in his prolific composing career, he wrote songs for Duke Ellington, Shirley Temple, Bobby Breen, Carmen Miranda, Deanna Durbin, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Waters, Adelaide Hall, and scores...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252034651
• ISBN13: 9780252034657
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.4"