American composer, songwriter
American composer, screenwriter and Broadway playright.
Composed the Universal Pictures fanfare
Father of Judy McHugh.
Great-grandfather of Lee Newman
He was not a member of the large McHugh Family of Vaudeville, He wasnt a sibling of Frank, Matt or Kitty McHugh.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Member of ASCAP from 1922. He held honorary degrees as Doctor of Music and in oratory.
Served as executive in prominent music publishing houses in New York for several years. Wrote songs for Cotton Club revues. Became best known for the classic standards "I Cant Give You Anything But Love, Baby": "I Must Have That Man"; "Digga, Digga, Doo"; "Doin the New Low-Down" and "Sunny Side of the Street".
