Milton Ager(1893-1979)

Composer, publisher, pianist, and arranger. He was educated at Chicago's McKinley High School, and did piano accompaniment for film and vaudeville theatres, later accompanying singers and song-pluggers. Moving to New York in 1913, he arranged for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder, and for Wm. Jerome Co. He served in the US Army Morale Division during WW I. In 1922, he co-founded Ager, Yellen and Bornstein. His stage scores include "What's In A Name?"; "Rain or Shine"; and "John Murray Anderson's Almanac". His chief musical collaborators were George Meyer, Grant Clarke, Benny Davis, Lester Santly, Joe Young, Jack Yellen, Jan Schwartz, Joe McCarthy, and Stanley Adams. His songs include: "Ain't She Sweet"; "I Wonder What's Become of Sally"; "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune"; "I'm Nobody's Baby"; "Forgive Me"; "Big Bad Bill"; "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes"; "Who Cares?" "A Young Man'sFancy"; "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia"; "Hard-Hearted Hannah"; "Lovin' Sam"; "Glad Rag Doll"; "Only A Moment Ago"; "Happy Feet"; "A Bench in the Park"; "You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes"; "Happy Days Are Here Again" (the FDR campaign song); "Auf Wiedersehn, My Dear"; "Seein' Is Believin'"; "Ten Pins in the Sky"; "Roll Out of Bed With a Smile"; "Trust in Me"; "Old Mill Wheel"; and Song of the Dawn".