Jimmy McHugh

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James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969) was a U.S. song composer. One of the greatest and most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 279 songs.

[edit] Works

Broadway credits

• 1928 - Blackbirds of 1928 (lyrics by Dorothy Fields)
• 1928 - Hello, Daddy (lyrics by Fields)
• 1930 - International Revue (lyrics by Fields)
• 1939 - The Streets of Paris (lyrics by Al Dubin)
• 1940 - Keep Off The Grass (lyrics by Dubin and Howard Dietz)
• 1948 - As The Girls Go (lyrics by Harold Adamson)

[edit] Sources

• Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Stanley Green. Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York 1976.
• The Oxford Companion to Popular Music by Peter Gammond. Published by Oxford University Press 1991.

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