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Milton Ager

Milton Ager (October 6 1893 - May 6 1979) was an American pianist and composer.

Ager was born in Chicago, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time on the Vaudeville circuit, he moved to Chicago to write music for the growing movie industry. During World War I he served as a morale officer.

In 1979, he was enrolled in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.

Among his best known works are:

  • Rockaway Hunt Fox Trot (1915)
  • Erin Is Calling (1916)
  • Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (1917)
  • Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia (1918)
  • France We Have Not Forgotten You (1918)
  • Anything is Nice (1919)
  • Freckles (1919)
  • There's a Lot of Blue-Eyed Marys Down in Maryland (1919)
  • A Young Man's Fancy (1920)
  • Nobody's Baby (1920), his first big hit
  • Lovin' Sam (1920)
  • Who Cares? (1920)
  • Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) (1924)
  • I Wonder What's Become of Sally (1924)
  • I Certainly Could (1926)
  • Hard-To-Get Gertie (1926)
  • Ain't She Sweet? (1927)
  • Vo-Do-De-O (1927)
  • I Still Love You (1928)
  • If You Don't Love Me (1928)
  • Oh Baby (1928)
  • Rain or Shine (1928)
  • Happy Days Are Here Again (1929)
  • I May Be Wrong (1929)
  • Some Day We'll Meet Again (1932)



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