Tunesmith Jimmy McHugh was celebrating his silver anniversary as a Tin Pan Alley successand all of Tin Pan Alley seemed to be joining in the celebration. Disc jockeys, bandleaders and crooners were steadily plugging the tunes the nation once knew by heart: I'm in the Mood for Love, South American Way, On the Sunny Side of the Street. But, as usual, no one was plugging them harder than rolypoly Jimmy McHugh himself.
In the past 25 years, McHugh has written over 500 successful songs, and he is still at it. At 53, his bald...
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