What is Hoagy Carmichael best known for?
Acting in Westerns
Writing four of the most-recorded American songs
Inventing jazz
Founding a music school
Answer
Hoagy Carmichael is best known for writing "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs. His compositions have been performed by a wide range of artists, from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis. Carmichael was also a successful pianist and singer, and he appeared in several films during the 1930s and 1940s.
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