Milton Ager

Milton Ager

Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 – May 6, 1979) was an American composer, regarded as one of the top songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s. His most lasting compositions include "Ain't She Sweet?” and “Happy Days Are Here Again”.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 6, 1893 (Chicago), Died May 6, 1979 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist, arranger

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 745 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	77868	10-in.	6/3/1918	France, we have not forgotten you	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77954	10-in.	7/22/1918	Everything is peaches down in Georgia	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78076	10-in.	9/25/1918	Take me back to that rose covered shack	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78368	10-in.	3/24/1919	Chong (He come from Hong Kong)	Columbia Saxophone Sextette [i.e., Master Saxophone Sextet]	Saxophone sextet	composer
Columbia	78375	10-in.	4/1/1919	Anything is nice if it comes from Dixieland	Harry Fox	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78419	10-in.	5/8/1919	Friends	George Hamilton Green ; Joe Green	Xylophone duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78640	10-in.	9/11/1919	Freckles	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	78837	10-in.	12/3/1919	There's a lot of blue-eyed Marys down in Maryland	Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78993	10-in.	2/21/1920	Mother's hands	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79339	10-in.	7/10/1920	A young man's fancy	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79341	10-in.	7/10/1920	I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79492	10-in.	10/29/1920	Feather your nest	Strickland's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79525	10-in.	11/18/1920	Feather your nest	Happy Six	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79662	10-in.	1/26/1921	Two sweet lips	Paul Biese Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	79752	10-in.	3/3/1921	Two sweet lips	Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79790	10-in.	3/22/1921	I'm nobody's baby	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	79798	10-in.	4/5/1921	I'm nobody's baby	Happy Six	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79866	10-in.	5/26/1921	I'm nobody's baby	Marion Harris ; Paul Biese Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	80573	10-in.	9/29/1922	Lovin' Sam (The sheik of Alabam)	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80628	10-in.	10/27/1922	Who cares?	Eddie Elkins' Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80631	10-in.	11/13/1922	Who cares?	Al Jolson	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80662	10-in.	11/10/1922	Lovin' Sam (The sheik of Alabam')	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80962	10-in.	4/13/1923	Louisville Lou	Ruth Roye	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80966	10-in.	4/17/1923	My old ramshackle shack	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80981	10-in.	4/20/1923	Louisville Lou	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band	composer

(Results 226-250 of 745 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ager, Milton," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109777.

Ager, Milton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109777.

"Ager, Milton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.