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