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Jimmy McHugh (* July 10, 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts; † May 23, 1969 in Beverly Hills, California; originally James Francis McHugh) was an American composer.
McHugh studied music in his native Boston, was a répétiteur at the Boston Opera House, and worked for the Irving Berlin Company. In 191,7 he wrote his first song, ''Emaline''. In 1921, he relocated to New York City, took a job with Jack Mills' music publishing company, and wrote songs for Broadway shows. He had an early hit in 1924 with ''When My Sugar Walks Down the Street''. The song was written with Gene Austin and Jack Mills' brother Irving. He wrote ''Everything is Hotsy Totsy Now'' for him in 1925, after which Mills named his ''Hotsy Totsy Boys''. His first major Broadway success was the revue ''Blackbirds'' of 1928, whose songs ''Doin' the New Low Down'' and ''Diga Diga Doo'', introduced by Bill Bojangles Robinson, enjoyed successful recordings by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This also marked the beginning of McHugh's collaboration with songwriter Dorothy Fields. At the 1944 Academy Awards, he and Herb Magidson were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Song category with the song ''Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There'' from the film ''Hers to Hold''.
Note: Translated from the German version of Wikipedia into English.
