"I Feel A Song Coming On" Biography Featured in Leonard Maltin's Book List

Leonard Maltin included I Feel a Song Coming On in his Year End Book Survey on his website Movie Crazy.

Oxford Times Article about Author Alyn Shipton

A great article about author Alyn Shipton in the Oxford Times, it covers his writing career and his latest book the biography of songwriting legend Jimmy McHugh.

All That Jazz @ The Oxford Times

Let's Get Lost / Newest Photo Exhibit by Jimmy McHugh III

Opening Night  "Let's Get Lost" -    The featured Exhibit for the annual  "BROOKLYN • DUMBO HOLIDAY ART WALK" at the Farmani Gallery  http://farmanigallery.com/en/current.php

Jimmy McHugh's grandson, photographer Jim McHugh (Architectural Digest) has a new book and photography Exhibition titled after the iconic standard "Let's Get Lost."  The photographs depict a moody, Chandleresque Los Angeles. The works are an homage to his grandfather and Hollywood as the vintage Cinema Capitol. The songwriter and lyricist Dorothy Fields traveled there after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Many Broadway Theaters  were closing and the daring McHugh and Fields set off to  Hollywood to try their hands at writing songs for the movies!

  Photographer Jimmy McHugh III and friends at the                   "Lets Get Lost" Opening Night reception                click for more pictures  www.letsgetlost-la.com

Pictures from the exhibit are in the Permanent Collection of the George Eastman House.

A gift for music lovers, music fans, theater afficionados, pop culture devotees:

The Jimmy McHugh bio.http://tinyurl.com/ykhyfjr

Alyn Shipton at WBGO interview

Some nice photos of Alyn Shipton being interviewed at radio station WBGO, about his new biography of Jimmy McHugh. Click through includes photos of Jimmy's grandson the photographer Jim McHugh III.

Photos of Author Alyn Shipton at WBGO radio Interview

Jack Sheldon bantering with Judy Mchugh in the audience about Jimmy Mchugh's memorable love songs.

Jack Sheldon bantering with Judy Mchugh in the audience about Jimmy Mchugh's memorable love songs at the crooner's sold out 78th birthday bash at the Catalina jazz club  in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Jimmy and Irving Mills

Jimmy and Irving Mills perform as the Hotsy Totsy Boys, the name from a song of theirs: “I got myself a brand new hotsy/I’m her totsy and she’s my hotsy.”

Jimmy McHugh's Quote regarding his mother..

Jimmy on his mother, a musician: “Her dream of me as a future concert virtuoso was strained…when she would catch me playing the classics with a syncopated beat.”

Carole Marks with Jim McHugh talks about his grandfather Jimmy McHugh

He is the grandson of Jimmy McHugh and will talk about “I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh” by Alyn Shipton. {University of Illinois Press} Jimmy McHugh is the creator of favorites such as “I’m In the Mood For Love” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” This is the first part of the interview. The focus is mainly on his grandfather and how “I’m In the Mood For Love” came about.

Carol Marks with Jim McHugh click for interview

Last sunday night, the Jimmy McHugh family joined Helen Borgers

Last sunday night, the Jimmy McHugh family joined Helen Borgers in celebrating her 30th anniversary  with 88.1 FM K-Jazz. The sold out event at the Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles included performances by a stage full of many great jazz legends including Kenny Burrell, Bill Henderson, and John Clayton.


Lee Newman, Mike Melvoin, and Judy Mchugh

Judy McHugh and Helen Borgers

A little write up on Jimmy's Book on Broadway World

Jimmy McHugh Biography To Be Honored by Michael Feinstein Concert & Book Signing

John Pizzarelli & wife Jessica Molaskey are opening tonite!

John Pizzarelli & wife Jessica Molaskey are opening tonite at the Carlyle with "I Just Found Out About Love And I Like It" A Jimmy McHugh classic.

The Carlyle Hotel

While working at the Cotton Club.

While working at the Cotton Club, Jimmy suggests that the owner hire the Duke Ellington orchestra, which unlike the club’s previous band knows how to read music.

Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara Extended

Taylor Hackford's critically acclaimed Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara extended at the UCLA Geffen Playhouse.

The cast album recorded at the legendary studio at Capitol Records
includes the Jimmy McHugh classics "I'm In The Mood For Love" and "I Can't Believe
That You're In Love With Me"

Geffen Playhouse

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

When “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” is first performed in the musical revue “Delmar’s Revels,” the number is a flop and is pulled after one show. It later became a hit, and was featured in "Blackbirds of 1928".

Jimmy McHugh's Musical Legacy

Jimmy McHugh McHugh’s music stretches from the First World War to the Cold War, with major hits in every decade from the Twenties to the Sixties.

Photos from the Barnes & Noble Book Signing in New York

In celebration of the new book by Alyn Shipton, "I Feel A Song Coming On" the biography of Jimmy McHugh, there was a book signing at Barnes & Noble in New York. Festivities included interviews with the books author, Alyn Shipton, grandson Jim McHugh III, performances by Westla Whitfield, and John Proulx.

Steve Tyrell, good friend of Jimmy McHugh

Steve Tyrell, friend of Jimmy McHugh. Played last night to a packed house at the Catalina Bar & Grill. It was a great night. He will be there through Sunday the 18th.

Interview with Alyn Shipton Author of "I Feel A Song Coming On" the Jimmy McHugh Biography

Radio Interview with Alyn Shipton Jazz88 FM