The Resume

(July 10, 1894-May 23, 1969)
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Birth name was James Francis McHugh
Wrote for the Broadway shows 'Blackbirds of 1928,' 'The Streets of Paris' (1939), 'Keep Off the Grass' (1940) and 'As the Girls Go' (1948)
Songs include 'A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening,' 'Exactly Like You,' 'Don't Blame Me,' 'I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me,' 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby),' 'I'm in the Mood for Love,' 'I Just Found Out About Love,' 'On the Sunny Side of the Street,' and 'Where Are You?'
Inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970)

Why he might be annoying:

He launched Mamie Van Doren's movie career.
One of his songs made for a parody title of an L.A. Law episode about a nudist colony ('I'm in the Nude for Love').
Few - if any - of his songs have aged well. His best known song endures only as the tune used to calm the leopard in Bringing Up Baby.
He became less known for any of his songs than his Svengali-like managing of Hollywood talent from the 1950s onward.

Why he might not be annoying:

He received five Academy Award nominations.
He worked as a plumber before quitting to try his hand at songwriting.
Abbott and Costello became a star comedy team performing in one of his musicals.
Many of his songs became Cotton Club staples and would be adapted as signature tunes by black artists.
He worked with Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Adelaide Hall, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
He is famous for his working partnership with Dorothy Fields, whom he gave her start in show business.
The Broadway hit 'Sugar Babies' (1979), which starred Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller, was built around his greatest hit songs.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 13]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I am a New Englander
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Diary of Anne Frank' [1959]
• I Died in 1969 (Ranked: 74)
• I Lived in Beverly Hills
• I Probably Banged Mamie Van Doren
• Look at My Keyboard
• Profiles 45501-45750 (Ranked: 45552)
• White Men Loved by Blacks

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying