Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (Nov.22,1899 - Dec.27,1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing the melody to "Stardust" (1927), one of the most-recorded American songs of all time.Carmichael spelled it "Star Dust", but the space is usually omitted.Alec Wilder, in his study of the American popular song, concluded that Hoagy Carmichael was the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented" of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.Hoagy Carmichael - Lazy River (1930)