Jimmy Van Heusen
Jimmy Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song.
Life and career
Born Edward Chester Babcock in Syracuse, New York, he began writing music while at high school. He renamed himself at age 16, after the shirt makers Phillips-Van Heusen, to use as his on-air name during local shows. His close friends called him "Chet".
Studying at Cazenovia Seminary and Syracuse University, he became friends with Jerry Arlen, the younger brother of Harold Arlen. With the elder Arlen's help, Van Heusen wrote songs for the Cotton Club revue, including "Harlem Hospitality".
He then became a staff pianist for some of the Tin Pan Alley publishers, and wrote "It's the Dreamer in Me" (1938) with lyrics by Jimmy Dorsey.
Collaborating with lyricist Eddie DeLange, on songs such as "Heaven Can Wait", "So Help Me", and "Darn That Dream", his work became more prolific, writing over 60 songs in 1940 alone. It was in 1940 that he teamed up with the lyricist Johnny Burke.
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Jimmy Van Heusen
ALBUMS
- The Complete Muse Sessions released: 2013
- Some Came Running released: 2007
- The Secret of Christmas released: 2007
- Bossa Lounge (Disc 1) released: 2006
- Chet Baker in New York released: 2006
- 100 World's Best Loved Melodies released: 2005
- Anything Goes released: 2004
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Original Broadway Cast) released: 2002
- Hatari! / High Time released: 2001
- Cool Cocktails released: 2000
- The Great Ella Fitzgerald [Goldies] released: 1999
- The London Horn Sound (conductor: Geoffrey Simon) released: 1999
- Television's Greatest Hits, Volume 4: Black and White Classics released: 1997
- Original Cast! 100 Years of the American Musical Theater: The Sixties, Part Two released: 1994
- Film and TV Themes, Volume 3 released: 1994
- James Brown Jazz released:
- Forgotten Broadway, Volume 2 released:
- Forgotten Broadway released:
Some Came Running
Released 2007- Prelude
- Fifty Dollars / Home Town
- Dave's Double Life
- Smitty's Cocktail Hour / Quonset
- The View From Parkman
- Gwen
- Better Beguine
- Thwarted
- On the Head
- Short Noise
- Like Wow
- Mambo for Ginny
- Fight
- Gwen's Theme / Metamorphosis
- Frank Rejected
- Tryst
- Comes the Dawn
- Rejection
- To Love and Be Loved (instrumental)
- Dawn at Dawn
- Discovery / Parting
- Ginny
- The Noblest Act
- Tired / No Help / Reflection
- Live It Up
- Pursuit, Part 1
- Pursuit, Part 2
- Denouement
- Shock
- Catharsis
- Live It Up / Crocked
- Blues (improvisation) / After You've Gone
- Don't Blame Me
- Blue Moon
- Calliope I
- Calliope II
- Calliope III
- Calliope IV
- Waltz Around
- Carnival Corn
- Round and Round
- Mary Go Round and Round
- To Love and Be Loved (vocal)
The Secret of Christmas
Released 2007- Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- What Child Is This?
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
- Sing We Now of Christmas
- Ubi caritas
- Gesú Bambino
- Gloria
- 'Tis Winter Now
- Joy to the World
- The Shepherds Had an Angel
- Follow the Star
- Calm on the Listening Ear of Night
- Silent Night
- Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Follow the Light
- Isseh, Isseh (Traditional African Carol)
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- The Secret of Christmas
100 World's Best Loved Melodies
Released 2005- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Chances Are
- Calcutta
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
- Gigi
- They Call the Wind Maria
- Memories Are Made of This
- Catch a Falling Star
- Smoke Get in Your Eyes
- So in Love
- Begin the Beguine
- Misty
- Little Things Mean a Lot
- Embraceable You
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- On the Street Where You Live
- A Moment to Remember
- Anniversary Song
- Golden Days
- Theme From a Summer Place
- Tonight
- Lullaby of Broadway
- Easter Parade
- Tenderly
- Young at Heart
Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Original Broadway Cast)
Released 2002- Overture
- Not for the Life of Me
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Not for the Life of Me
- How the Other Half Lives
- Not for the Life of Me (reprise)
- The Speed Test
- They Don't Know
- The Nuttycracker Suite
- What Do I Need With Love?
- Only in New York
- Jimmy
- Back at Work
- Forget About the Boy
- Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life / I'm Falling in Love With Someone
- I Turned the Corner / I'm Falling in Love With Someone
- Muqin
- Long as I'm Here With You
- Gimme Gimme
- Finale (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
- Final Bows
Hatari! / High Time
Released 2001- Theme from Hatari!
- Baby Elephant Walk
- Just for Tonight
- Your Father's Feathers
- Night Side
- Big Band Bwana
- The Sounds of Hatari!
- The Soft Touch
- Crocodile, Go Home!
- High Time
- Moon Talk
- So Neat
- The Old College Try Cha-Cha
- The Nutty Professor
- Frish Frosh
- The Second Time Around
- A Mild Blast
- Harv's Blues
- New Blood
- The Dean Speaks
- Tiger!
The Great Ella Fitzgerald [Goldies]
Released 1999- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- The Muffin Man
- Takin' a Chance on Love
- T'Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)
- Wacky Dust
- Three Little Words
- Louisville, K-Y
- Five O'Clock Whistle
- Shake Down the Stars
- Imagination
- The Starlit Hour
- Love in the Thing, So They Say
- The Dipsu Doodle
- Big Boy Blue
- It's My Turn Now
- I Was Doing All Right
- Cryin' Mood
Television's Greatest Hits, Volume 4: Black and White Classics
Released 1997- Astro Boy
- Roger Ramjet
- The Mighty Hercules
- The Gumby Show
- The Beany & Cecil Show
- Tennesee Tuxedo
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Wally Gator
- King Leonardo & His Short Subjects
- The Big World of Little Adam
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- The Soupy Sales Show
- Captain Midnight
- Make Room for Daddy
- Father Knows Best
- My Little Margie
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- Hazel
- Our Miss Brooks (Whistling Bells)
- Karen
- The Real McCoys
- Lassie
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Gunsmoke (The Old Trail)
- The Lawman
- 26 Men
- Colt .45
- Cheyenne
- Bronco
- The Legend of Jesse James
- Hopalong Cassidy
- The Everglades
- Adventures in Paradise
- Victory at Sea (Song of the High Seas)
- Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)
- Medic
- Burke's Law
- Highway Patrol
- M-Squad
- The Detectives
- The Untouchables
- The Fugitive
- Checkmate
- Tightrope!
- Mr. Lucky
- Bourbon Street Beat
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- Asphalt Jungle
- Mr. Broadway (Blues for Mr. Broadway)
- Johnny Staccato
- Naked City (Somewhere In The Night)
- The Twenty-First Century
- The French Chef
- Candid Camera
- You Bet Your Life (Hooray for Captain Spaulding)
- Amos 'N' Andy (Angel's Serenade)
- The Abbott and Costello Show
- Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons (Kooky Koo-Koo)
- The Lawrence Welk Show (Bubbles In The Wine)
- Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour
- Miss America Pageant (There She Is, Miss America)
- The Red Skelton Show (Holiday For Strings)
- The Bob Hope Show (Thanks For The Memory)
Original Cast! 100 Years of the American Musical Theater: The Sixties, Part Two
Released 1994- You'd Better Love Me
- Something Is Coming to Tea
- Anyone Can Whistle
- Tradition
- Night Song
- To Be Alone With You
- Love-Line
- I Had a Ball
- I'm in London Again
- Take the Moment
- A Quiet Thing
- Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here
- She Wasn't You
- Dulcinea
- The Boy From....
- If My Friends Could See Me Now
- If He Walked Into My Life
- You've Got Possibilities
- An Old-Fashioned Wedding
- What Makes Me Love Him?
- Walking Happy
Film and TV Themes, Volume 3
Released 1994- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
- Golden Girls: Thank You for Being a Friend
- Local Hero: Going Home
- Miami Vice: Rico's Blues
- Married With Children: Love and Marriage
- Superman: Main Theme
- Missing: Theme
- Ben
- Last Tango in Paris
- Mahogany: Do You Know Where You're Going To?
- Zorba the Greek: Zorba's Dance
- The Boxer
- The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
- Theme From Picnic at Hanging Rock
Forgotten Broadway, Volume 2
- I Do! I Do!: Thousands of Flowers
- Carnival of Flanders: Here's That Rainy Day
- Molly: I See a Man
- Molly: In the Afternoon of Our Years
- Molly: Go in the Best of Health
- Chicago: It
- High Button Shoes: Bird Watcher's Song
- Stars in Your Eyes: It's All Yours
- [unknown]
- [unknown]
- Ballroom: Job Application
- Gypsy: Little Lamb
- [unknown]
- Home Again, Home Again: French
- [unknown]
- [unknown]
- The Education of Hyman Kaplan: When Will I Learn?
- [unknown]
- Babes in the Wood: The Gossip Song
- Babes in the Wood: The Alphabet Song
- We Take the Town: I Don't Know How to Talk to a Lady
- Any Wednesday: Any Wednesday
- The Amazing Adele: Never Again
- The Amazing Adele: Now Is the Time
- As the Girls Go: Father's Day
- As the Girls Go: As Girls Go
Forgotten Broadway
- New Faces of 1956: What Does That Dream Mean?
- New Faces of 1956: Rouge
- New Faces of 1956: A Doll's House
- New Faces of 1956: The Washingtons Are Doing OK
- New Faces of 1956: Girls n Girls n Girls
- New Faces of 1956: I Could Love Him
- New Faces of 1956: A Broken Kimona
- New Faces of 1956: She's Got Everything
- A Mother's Kisses: There Goes My Life
- I Do! I Do!: Thousands of Flowers
- Carnival in Flanders: Here's the Rainy Day
- Molly: I See a Man
- Molly: In the Afternoon of Our Years
- Molly: Go in the Best of Health
- Chicago: It
- High Button Shoes: Bird-Watchers Song
Born: 1913-01-26
Died: 1990-02-06
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History: Louis Armstrong and the cool crowd in the hot mid-century desert
Jimmy Van Heusen wrote the music now so universally recognized and his partner Sammy Cahn wrote the words that came trippingly off the tongue of Frank Sinatra.
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