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The Nearness of You - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Nearness of You" is a popular song, written in 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington. The biggest selling 1938 version was recorded by the Glenn Miller orchestra, with a vocal b...
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The Bowl of Milk ; [Le Bol de lait] 1919 ... oil on canvas ... Bonnard wrote about nearness as a component of his vision:
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During the mid-20s he wrote occasionally, his music being published while he continued with his law studies. In 1927, he happened to hear a recording by Red Nichols of one of his tunes, ... Occasionally he wrote both words and music, but generally he collaborated with some of the leading lyricists of the day.
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There was a Hawaiian sun setting in the background when we first worked on She Wrote, He Wrote: Claire and I, armed with our laptops, stumbled into a coffee shop on Broadway and Clark called Maui Wowi, and it was with the shop’s wall-length photograph of the Pacific Ocean at sunset to our left – a picture we...
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in 1925 wrote his "Washboard Blues"; in 1927 he composed Stardust; in 1959, he wrote "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening". ... Later Hoagy and Ned Washington wrote "The Nearness of You". Hoagy and Ned Washington wrote "The Lamplighter's Serenade". Hoagy also wrote the words and music for his hit "Ivy".
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From what I can remember, I wrote about nearness to perfection, lack of flaw, and everything pleasant and beautiful—the traditional, the basic. But after taking up aesthetics, I realized that my idea of beauty was too superficial.
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Hoagy wrote The Nearness of You for the Paramount motion picture Romantic in the Dark. In 1939 Hoagy began a successful collaboration with Frank Loesser on Heart and Soul.; He teamed up with Johnny Mercer to write the Broadway flop Walk With Music.
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