McHugh, Jimmy

McHugh, Jimmy

 orig. James Francis McHugh

(born July 10, 1894, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died May 23, 1969, Beverly Hills, Calif.) U.S. song composer. McHugh became a Tin Pan Alley song plugger and began writing songs for Broadway and Cotton Club revues. His extensive work for Broadway and Hollywood included collaborations with Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, and especially Dorothy Fields, with whom he wrote “I Can't Give You Anything but Love” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

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McHugh, (James Francis) Jimmy (1896–1969) composer; born in Boston, Mass. In the 1920s and 1930s he wrote songs for Broadway revues and Harlem's Cotton Club. With lyricist Dorothy Fields he wrote the hits "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" (1928), "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1929), and "I'm in the Mood for Love" (1935). He also worked with lyricists Gus Kahn, Ted Koehler and Harold Adamson. In the 1950s and 1960s he performed in nightclubs and television shows.