If Cole Porter and George Gershwin penned the soundtrack of the city, then Hoagy Carmichael was the voice of America's heartland. His best-known songs are now American standards: "Stardust," "Georgia ...
One cold winter night two years ago, the past crept up on Bucky Halker and his wife Toni as they sat sipping wine at home and listening to music. “I got the idea that night,” said Halker. “Toni and I ...
Last weekend, the History Committee at Thunderbird Country Club threw a big party. The idea was to honor one of the club’s original members, and one of its most well-known. His name might not be as ...
This is one in a series of essays celebrating Indiana's bicentennial by looking at the top ideas, people and places of Indiana. Two of the 20th century’s most popular song writers hailed from Indiana, ...
What Hoosier wrote one of the most-recorded songs in history, became America’s first great composer-performer, passed the Indiana bar exam, and closely resembled one of cinema’s most dashing and ...
When Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch raise their voices in song, they're like two trumpets in a big-band brass section. In their current Metropolitan Room gig, "Dreaming of a Song: The Music of ...
The bronze, life-size statue of Hoagy Carmichael that will grace Peoples Park in the spring has gotten a leg up from Carmichael fans.The Hoagy Carmichael Landmark Project has received $108,000 in ...
A house on South Washington Street damaged in a fire last week has been identified as the one-time home of the legendary songwriter and musician Hoagy Carmichael.In fact, it might have been the place ...
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