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Fields and McHugh finally parted company in 1935. McHugh's longest songwriting partner was Harold Adamson. Adamson provided lyrics to McHugh's compositions. Such hits as "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" found its way into Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. For the 1948 film A Date with Judy, he composed "It's a Most Unusual Day" for Jane Powell ...
- James Francis McHugh
- Songwriter
- May 23, 1969 (aged 74), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life [ edit ] Adamson, the son of building contractor Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in Greenville, New Jersey , United States.
Song. Published. 1943. Composer (s) Jimmy McHugh. Lyricist (s) Harold Adamson. " Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer " is a World War II song with lyrics by Harold Adamson and music by Jimmy McHugh, published in 1943 by Robbins Music Corp. [1] [2]
Following the success of the 1935 films, McHugh and Fields co-wrote a new lyric based on an existing Oscar Hammerstein lyric for Jerome Kern's "I Won't Dance". In the years that followed, Fields would work primarily with Kern, and McHugh found a new primary lyricist to colloborate with: Harold Adamson. For the 1937 film Top of the Town, McHugh ...
May 20, 2022 · In the 1950s, Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson continued to collaborate, but not as successfully. They tried to create a musical called Strip For Action in 1956, but it fell apart before it went to ...
