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Jimmy Van Heusen

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Songwriter

The Resume

    (January 26, 1913-February 6, 1990)
    Born in Syracuse, New York
    Birth name was Edward Chester Babcock
    Frequently collaborated with lyricist Sammy Cahn
    Won Oscars for Best Song for 'Swinging on a Star' (1944), 'All the Way' (1955), 'High Hopes' (1957) and 'Call Me Irresponsible' (1963)
    Other songs include 'Ain't That a Kick in the Head,' 'Come Dance with Me,' 'Come Fly with Me,' 'Darn That Dream,' 'Here's That Rainy Day,' 'It Could Happen to You,' 'Love and Marriage,' '(Love Is) The Tender Trap,' 'Moonlight Becomes You,' 'My Kind of Town,' 'Nancy with the Laughing Face,' 'Only the Lonely' and 'To Love and Be Loved'
    Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1971)

Why he might be annoying:

    He said, 'I don't think there's a school in Syracuse that I didn't attend. And I was usually unceremoniously expelled.'
    He took his pen name from a billboard for Van Heusen shirt collars.
    He began shaving his head when he started losing his hair in his 20s.
    He was a hypochondriac who injected himself with vitamins and painkillers.
    He said, 'I dig chicks, booze, music and Sinatra -- in that order.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a test pilot during World War II.
    Angie Dickinson said, 'His magnetism is irresistible.'
    He rescued Frank Sinatra when the singer slashed his wrists over the breakup of his marriage with Ava Gardner.
    He was so close to Frank Sinatra that he is buried in the Sinatra family plot.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying