Milton Ager  (1893-1979)
Last updated: 01.05.23
According to the Internet source given below, Milton Ager was an American composer of popular music and was born in Chicago. He was the 6th of nine children and began his musical education on his sister's piano with his mother's encouragement. After only three year at McKinley High School, New York, he dropped out to become a pianist in the silent film cinemas. From there he went an the vaudeville circuit finishing up writing hit songs for Hollywood. His hits include "Nobody's Baby", "Ain't She Sweet?" ,"Happy Days Are Here Again" which became the theme song for Roosevelt's first inauguration in 1932 and has been the Democratic Party's theme ever since. He was elected to membership in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. Ager died in Los Angeles aged 86.

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url15.gif Milton Ager Place of burial.  
Milton Ager  (1893-1979) has at least 7 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
b0000cs4bx_m.jpgChina, We Owe a Lot to You Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: #CLjohnsonh#1
Publisher: Leo Feist
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Printed: 1917. Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.
b086blkltt_m.jpgLouisville Lou
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Jack Yellen
Perf. by: Belle Baker
Publisher: Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc.
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Printed: 1923. Sheet Music.
Thank God You're Here, Mother Mine Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson
Publisher: Leo Feist
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Printed: 1919. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
b0000cs4c5_m.jpgThere's Something in the Name of Ireland Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson
Publisher: Leo Feist
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 ⇑ Printed: 1917. Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.
Three Faces East Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Bernard Granville
Publisher: Leo Feist
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Printed: 1919. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
b0000cs4c7_m.jpgTom, Dick and Harry and Jack Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson
Publisher: Leo Feist
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Printed: 1917. Sheet Music:. Limited availability..
You Said the Same Thing to Me Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson
Publisher: Leo Feist
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Printed: 1917. Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.
  Title Instruments/Issue Performers
       
  MP3 File(s)    
audioextmp315.gif Ain't She Sweet? Edison Blue Amberol: 5343 Johnny Marvin
audioextmp315.gif I Want to See My Tennessee Edison Blue Amberol: 4950 Vernon Dalhart
E. Smalle
audioextmp315.gif I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms Edison Blue Amberol: 4124 Helen Clark
audioextmp315.gif It's the Smart Little Feller Who Stocked Up His Cellar Edison Blue Amberol: 3961 Maurice Burkhart
audioextmp315.gif Mama Goes Where Papa Goes Edison Blue Amberol: 4825 Elsie Clark
audioextmp315.gif Young Man's Fancy, A Edison Blue Amberol Record: 4095 Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra
  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Glad Rag Doll (1929) Midi James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Happy Days Are Here Again (1929) Midi Frank Petersohn
audiomidi15.gif Happy Days Are Here Again (1929) Midi James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif He's a Good Man to Have Around (1929) Midi James Pitt-Payne
     Title Author Supplier
       
book15.gif  Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister & Me Shana Alexander flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
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cd15.gif Bill Edwards Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3
     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Happy Days Are Here Again D/A/T/B wvicon.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif China, We Owe a Lot to You M. Ager (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)		 Piano, Voice Kirk wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia M. Ager (music)
G.W. Meyer (coauth.)
G. Clarke (words)		 Piano, Voice Greer Pub.
pdf15.gif Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina (1926) M. Ager (music)
J. Yellen (words)
Alice Morley (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Lovin' Sam M. Ager (music)
J. Yellen (words)		 Piano, Voice Kirk Pub.
pdf15.gif There's a Wee Bit of Blarney in Killarney M. Ager (music)
A.J. Jackson (words)
L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)		 Piano, Voice wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif There's Something in the Name of Ireland M. Ager (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)		 Piano, Voice Kirk Pub.
pdf15.gif There's Something in the Name of Ireland M. Ager (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)
 Piano, Voice Pub.
pdf15.gif Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack M. Ager (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)		 Piano, Voice Kirk Pub.
pdf15.gif Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack M. Ager (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)
 Piano, Voice Pub.
pdf15.gif Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack M. Ager (music)
H.E. Johnson (words)
 Piano, Voice Pub.
pdf15.gif What's in a Name? (1920) M. Ager (music)
John Murray Anderson (words)
J. Yellen (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Win Her in the Old-Fashioned Way M. Ager (music)
Charles A. Meyers (words)		 Piano, Voice wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif  ⇑Win Her in the Old-Fashioned Way (1913) M. Ager (music)
Charles A. Meyers (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 108 works by Milton Ager (1893-1979). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Nimble Fingers 1912
Win Her in the Old-Fashioned Way 1913 Charles A. Meyers (words)  wvicon.gif
Rockaway Hunt 1915 P. Wendling (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Steeple Chase 1915 P. Wendling (co-author)  Pub.
There's a Wee Bit of Blarney in Killarney 1915 Arthur J. Jackson (words)
L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Erin Is Calling 1916  wvicon.gif
Turn to the Right 1916 William Jerome (words)
Louise Dresser (perf.) 		 Pub.
China, We Owe a Lot to You 1917 H.E. Johnson (words)  wvicon.gif
If You Saw All That I Saw in Arkansas 1917
There's Something in the Name of Ireland 1917 H.E. Johnson (words)
Harry Cooper (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.
Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack 1917 H.E. Johnson (words)
Watson Sisters (perf.)
Uncle Sam Trio (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ You Said the Same Thing to Me 1917 H.E. Johnson (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia 1918 G.W. Meyer (co-author)
Grant Clarke (words) 		 Pub.
France We Have Not Forgotten You (w&m) 1918 Grant Clarke (words)
Howard E. Rogers (words) 		 Pub.
Don't Put a Tax on the Beautiful Girls 1919 Jack Yellen (words)
Freckles 1919 Cliff Hess (co-author)
Howard E Johnson (co-author)
Thank God You're Here, Mother Mine 1919 H.E. Johnson (words)  Pub.
There's a Lot of Blue-Eyed Marys Down in Maryland 1919
Three Faces East 1919 H.E. Johnson (words)
Bernard Granville (words) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.
I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms 1920 Howard Johnson (words)
Cliff Hess (words)
Helen Clark (perf.) 		 Pub.
It's the Smart Little Feller Who Stocked Up His Cellar 1920 Grant Clarke (words)
Maurice Burkhart (perf.) 		 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Mother's Hands 1920 Grant Clarke (words)  Pub. audioextmp315.gif
What's in a Name? 1920 John Murray Anderson (words)
Jack Yellen (words) 		 Pub.
⇑ Young Man's Fancy, A 1920 Jack Yellen (words)
John Murray Anderson (words)
Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra (perf.) 		 Pub.
I'm Nobody's Baby 1921 Benny Davis (co-author)
Lester Santly (co-author) 		 audioextmp315.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Curly Head 1922 Abe Olman (co-author)
Jack Yellen (words)
High Brown Blues 1922 Jack Yellen (words)
Margaret Young (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Lovin' Sam 1922 Jack Yellen (words)
E. Cantor (perf.)
Margaret Young (perf.)
Isabella Patricola (perf.)
S. Tucker (perf.)
Hughie Clarke (perf.)
Warren Jackson (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Who Cares? 1922 Jack Yellen (words)
A. Jolson (perf.) 		 Pub.
Louisville Lou 1923 Jack Yellen (words)
Belle Baker (perf.)
Margaret Young (perf.)
Dorothy Taylor (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes 1923 Jack Yellen (words)
S. Tucker (perf.)
Elsie Clark (perf.)
Buddy Doyle (perf.) 		 Pub.
Bagdad 1924 Jack Yellen (words)  Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now 1924 Jack Yellen (words)
Charles Granese (perf.) 		 Pub.
Big Boy! 1924 Jack Yellen (words)
Margie Coates (perf.)
Healy & Cross (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen		  Pub.
Hard Hearted Hannah (w&m) 1924 Bob Bigelow (co-author)
Chas. Bates (co-author)
I Want to See My Tennessee 1924 Jack Yellen (words)
Vernon Dalhart (perf.)
Ed Smalle (perf.)
S. Tucker (perf.)
Willie & Eugene Howard (perf.)
Daisy Taylor (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (w&m) 1924 Jack Yellen (words)
Van & Schenck (perf.)
A. Jolson (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen		  Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Are You Sorry? 1925 Benny Davis (words)
S. Tucker (perf.)
Van & Schenck (perf.)
Margie Coates (perf.) 		 Pub.
Away From You 1925 Benny Davis (co-author)
Don't Be Afraid to Come Home 1925 Jack Yellen (words)
Alfred Bryan (words)
Cliff Edwards (perf.) 		 Pub.
No One 1925 Jack Yellen (words)
Cliff Edwards (perf.) 		 Pub.
Ain't She Sweet? 1926 Jack Yellen (words)
Johnny Marvin (perf.)
Johnny Perkins (perf.)
Eddie Sellen (perf.)
Maurie Sherman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Could I? I Certainly Could 1926 Jack Yellen (words)
Alice Morley (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen		  Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Hard-To-Get Gertie 1926
I Certainly Could 1926 Jack Yellen (words)
I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again 1926 L. Pollack (words)
Jack Yellen (words)
Alice Morley (perf.) 		 Pub.
In Your Green Hat 1926 Jack Yellen (words)
Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina 1926 Jack Yellen (words)
Alice Morley (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen;		  Pub.
⇑ Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
Charles Granese (perf.)
Edith Clifford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Are You Happy? 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
A. Jolson (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune Vo-Do-De-O (w&m) 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
V. de Leath (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen		  wvicon.gif
Forgive Me 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
Yates & Lawley (perf.)
Lydia Harris (perf.)
Jack Sidney (perf.) 		 Pub.
Is She My Girl-Friend? 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
Charles Kaley (perf.)
Lydia Harris (perf.)
A. Jolson (perf.)
Al Belasco (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen;		  Pub.
She Don't Wanna 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
S. Tucker (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen;		  Pub.
Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
Who-Oo? You-Oo! That's Who! 1927 Jack Yellen (words)
Buddy Lee (perf.)
Roy Bergere: (perf.)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen
Falling Star 1928 Jack Yellen (words)
Feelin' Good 1928
Forever 1928 Jack Yellen (words)  Pub.
Forever and Ever 1928 Jack Yellen (words)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen		  Pub.
I Still Love You 1928 Jack Yellen (co-author)
Martha Trippeer (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ If You Don't Love Me 1928 Jack Yellen (words)
Kirk Frederick (perf.) 		 Pub.
It's a Pleasure 1928 Jack Yellen (words)
My Pet 1928 Jack Yellen (words)
Frankie Masters (perf.) 		 Pub.
Oh Baby 1928 Owen Murphy (co-author)
Rain or Shine 1928 Owen Murphy (co-author)
Sweet Dreams 1928 Jack Yellen (words)
Lydia Harris (perf.) 		 Pub.
Everybody Tap 1929 Jack Yellen (words)
Arr. by Dan Dougherty
Glad Rag Doll 1929 Dan Dougherty (co-author)
Jack Yellen (words)
Dolores Costello (perf.) 		 Pub.
Happy Days Are Here Again 1929 Jack Yellen (co-author)
Annette Hanshaw (perf.) 		 Pub. audiomidi15.gif
He's a Good Man to Have Around 1929 Jack Yellen (words)  audiomidi15.gif
I May Be Wrong (w&m) 1929 Henry Sullivan (co-author)  audiomidi15.gif
I'm Doing What I'm Doing For Love 1929 Jack Yellen (words)
S. Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Man of My Own, A 1929 Jack Yellen (words)  Pub.
That's the Good Old Sunny South 1929 Jack Yellen (words)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Wait For the Happy Ending 1929 Jack Yellen (words)
Bench in the Park, A 1930 Jack Yellen (words)
Happy Feet 1930 Jack YelIen (words)
I Like to Do Things For You 1930 Jack Yellen (words)
Lucky Me, Lovable You 1930 Jack Yellen (words)
Song of the Dawn 1930 Jack Yellen (words)  wvicon.gif
If I Didn't Have You 1931 E.Y. Harburg (words)
What Good Am I Without You? 1931
Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear 1932 Al Goodhart (co-author)
Al Hoffman (co-author)
Ed Nelson (co-author)
Night 1932 Edgar Yipsel (words)
Sing a New Song 1932 Ned Wever (words)  Pub.
⇑ Some Day We'll Meet Again 1932
There's a Millions Ways to Say I Love You 1932 Sam M. Lewis (words)  Pub.
Dancing and Dreaming 1934 J. Fred Coots (co-author)
Benny Davis (co-author)
I Hate Myself 1934 Benny Davis (words)
Joe Young (words)
In a Little Red Barn 1934 Jean Schwartz (words)
Joe Young (words)
I Threw' a Bean Bag at the Moon 1935 Stanley Adams (words)
Seein' Is Believin' 1935 Stanley Adams (words)
It's No Fun 1936 Grant Clarke (words)
West Wind 1936 Murray Mencher (words)
Charles Newman (words)
You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes 1936 Charles Newman (co-author)
Murray Mencher (co-author)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Judy Starr (perf.) 		 Pub.
You're Giving Me a Song and a Dance 1936 Marty Symes (words)
Judy Starr (perf.)
Carl Ravazza (perf.)
Leighton Noble (perf.)
Russ Morgan (perf.)
If I Can Count on You 1937 Jack Meskill (co-author)
⇑ Trust in Me 1937 J. Schwartz (words)
Ned Wever (words)
You Can Tell She Comes From Dixie 1937 Marry Symes (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Sweet Stranger 1938 Jerry Livingston (words)
Ned Wever (words)
Dream Man Make Me Dream Some More ? Joe Young (words)
Heartbreaking Doll ?
I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mammas ? Jack Yellen (words)
Music Has Charms ? Jack Yellen (words)
Nobody's Baby ? Benny Davis (words)
Lester Saintly (words)
Sugar ? Jack Yellen (words)
Frank Crum (words)
Red Nichols (words)
That's What I Call Sweet Music ? Jack Yellen (words)
     Title Duration Performer
       
youtube15.jpg Happy days are here again 3:10 Annette Hanshaw