Judy Garland got her name from a popular song that he wrote in the early 1930s, about a girl whose voice is as fresh as spring.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 130-133. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
Hoagy wrote the song 'Yabba Dabba Dabbba-Dabba Do' for the Flintstone's episode 'Hit Songwriters'.
Holds the record for longest song title: "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doing Those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on my Seat-o Hirohito Blues".
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
Interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
James Bond Creator Ian Fleming, stated in his 1953 novel Casino Royale, that 007 bore a striking resemblance to Hoagy
Pictured on one of a set of four 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued 11 September 1996, celebrating American songwriters. Others honored in this issue are Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and Dorothy Fields.