Jimmy Van Heusen 1913-1990
"Sinatra thinks he's Van Heusen but he can't pass the physical." - Sammy Cahn
Try to imagine a day in the life of a composer during the heyday of big bands and movie musicals. I always assumed, rightly in most cases, that they would rise late in the day, have a leisurely breakfast/lunch on the patio by their swimming pool, perhaps recovering from the night before. Sometime in the late afternoon and early evening they would scri…