Milton Ager (1893-1979)

Overview

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.

Websites:
	Milton Ager	Place of burial.
	DAHR: Milton Ager	List of 743 historic recordings from 1915 to 1949.

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.

China, We Owe a Lot to You Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard E. Johnson

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Louisville Lou
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Jack Yellen
Performed by: Belle Baker

Publisher:	Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1923.	Sheet Music.

Thank God You're Here, Mother Mine Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

There's Something in the Name of Ireland Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Three Faces East Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson, Bernard Granville

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack Song
Music by: Milton Ager.
Words by: Howard Johnson

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
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
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


It's the Smart Little Feller Who Stocked Up His Cellar (1920)	Maurice Burkhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 3961
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (1923)	Elsie Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 4825
I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms (1920)	Helen Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 4124
I Want to See My Tennessee (1925)	Vernon Dalhart E. Smalle	Edison Blue Amberol: 4950
A Young Man's Fancy (1920)	Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol Record: 4095
Ain't She Sweet? (1927)	J. Marvin	Edison Blue Amberol: 5343

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Glad Rag Doll (1929)	D. Dougherty	James Pitt-Payne
Happy Days Are Here Again (1929)	J. Yellen	Frank Petersohn
Happy Days Are Here Again (1929)	J. Yellen	James Pitt-Payne
He's a Good Man to Have Around (1929)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Add a Little Wiggle (1928)	M. Ager	E. Lang F. Signorelli	OKeh: W400183
Ain't She Sweet? (1939)	M. Ager	Babs Johnson Charlie Ryan Little Ryan	Victor: BS-037122
Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 144265
Ain't You, Baby? (1929)	M. Ager	Dusty Rhodes	Brunswick: C5041
Are You Sorry? (1925)	M. Ager	A. Gillham	Columbia: W140726
Away From You (1925)	M. Ager	Lewis James	Columbia: 140336
Bad Little Boys Aren't Goody-Good (To the Goody-Good Little Girls), The (1923)	M. Ager	Margaret Young	Brunswick: 9655
Bagdad (1924)	M. Ager	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Victor: B-30689
Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now (1924)	M. Ager	Billy Murray	Victor: B-31095
Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now (1924)	M. Ager	Dolly Kay	Columbia: 140089
Big Boy! (1924)	M. Ager	T. Weems	Victor: B-30023
Big Boy! (1924)	M. Ager	Dolly Kay	Columbia: 81654
Bubbling Over With Love (1931)	M. Ager	Scrappy Lambert	Brunswick: E36627
Could I? I Certainly Could (1926)	M. Ager	Arthur Hall	Columbia: W141828
Could I? I Certainly Could (1926)	M. Ager	R. Etting	Columbia: W141969
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune Vo-Do-De-O (1927)	M. Ager	Ernest Hare Billy Jones	Columbia: W143641
⇑Dance of the Dollys (1916)	M. Ager	Prince's Band	Columbia: 48919
Djer Kiss (1918)	M. Ager	Jaudas' Society Orchestra	Edison: 6190
Does My Baby Love? (1929)	M. Ager	Dan Mooney Joe Mooney	Columbia: W149703
Don't Be Afraid to Come Home (1925)	M. Ager	I. Kaufman	Columbia: 141400
Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia (1918)	M. Ager	Albert Campbell William F. Hooley John H. Meyer Billy Murray	Victor: B-22176
Forever and Ever (1928)	M. Ager	Elliott Stewart	Edison: 18368
Forever (1928)	M. Ager	J. Donald Parker	Edison: 18820
Forgive Me (1927)	M. Ager	Cookie	Edison: 11477
Freckles (1919)	M. Ager	N. Bayes	Columbia: 78640
Glad Rag Doll (1929)	M. Ager	E. Hines	Victor: BVE-50528
Happy Feet (1930)	M. Ager	H. Barris Bing Crosby Al Rinker	Columbia: W149810
Hard Hearted Hannah (1924)	M. Ager	Marjorie Royce	Edison: 9706
Hard-To-Get Gertie (1926)	M. Ager	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Columbia: 141834
Harlem Madness (1930)	M. Ager	Hot Air Men	Columbia: W149746
Have You Forgotten? (1926)	M. Ager	Kitty O'Connor	Columbia: W142667
Here's That Party Now in Person (1928)	M. Ager	I. Kaufman	Columbia: 147126
He's a Good Man to Have Around (1929)	M. Ager	S. Tucker	Victor: BVE-50555
⇑Honey (1921)	M. Ager	Olive Briscoe	Edison: 7723
I Like a Little Girl Like That (1930)	M. Ager	Dan Mooney Joe Mooney	Columbia: W150730
I Still Love You (1928)	M. Ager	Seger Ellis	Columbia: W146394
I Want to See My Tennessee (1924)	M. Ager	Billy Murray E. Smalle	Victor: B-31110
I Want to See My Tennessee (1924)	M. Ager	Dolly Kay	Columbia: 140133
I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again (1926)	M. Ager	I. Kaufman	Columbia: 141796
I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (1924)	M. Ager	Franklyn Baur Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Elliott Shaw	Victor: B-30460
I'd Rather Be Alone (1926)	M. Ager	Clicquot Club Eskimos	Columbia: W141578
If You Don't Love Me (1928)	M. Ager	Emil Velazco	Columbia: W146977
If You Saw All That I Saw in Arkansas (1917)	M. Ager	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Victor: B-20658
I'm Feathering a Nest (For a Little Bluebird) (1929)	M. Ager	Harry Donaghy Colin O'More Walter Preston Henry Shope E. Smalle	Edison: 19269
I'm Nobody's Baby (1921)	M. Ager	Aileen Stanley	Edison: 7901
I'm Nobody's Baby (1921)	M. Ager	Marion Harris	Columbia: 79790
In a Little Red Barn (1934)	M. Ager	William Wolfson	Victor: BS-82521
In Your Green Hat (1925)	M. Ager	California Ramblers	Columbia: 141339
Is She My Girl-Friend? (1927)	M. Ager	Goofus Five	OKeh: W81774
It Takes a Good Woman (To Keep a Good Man at Home) (1926)	M. Ager	Dale Wimbrow	Columbia: W143121
⇑Jake the Sheik (1922)	M. Ager	Atlantic Dance Orchestra	Edison: 8623
Just Like the Rose (1920)	M. Ager	All Star Trio	Edison: 7095
Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina (1926)	M. Ager	Franklyn Baur	Columbia: W142519
Louisville Lou (1923)	M. Ager	Arthur Gibbs	Victor: B-27850
Louisville Lou (1923)	M. Ager	Ruth Roye	Columbia: 80962
Louisville Lou (1923)	M. Ager	Anna Chandler	Edison: 8954
Lovin' Sam (1922)	M. Ager	Isabella Patricola	Victor: B-26994
Lovin' Sam (1922)	M. Ager	N. Bayes	Columbia: 80662
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (1923)	M. Ager	Jane Green	Victor: B-29104
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (1923)	M. Ager	Elsie Clark	Edison: 9182
Mary (1929)	M. Ager	I. Kaufman Robert Wood	Columbia: 149433
Mother's Hands (1920)	M. Ager	Lewis James	Columbia: 78993
My Old Ramshackle Shack (1923)	M. Ager	Van & Schenck	Columbia: 80966
My Pet (1928)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 146300
No es linda ella? (1929)	M. Ager	Consuelo de Guzmán	Columbia: W97083
No One (1925)	M. Ager	Lanin's Roseland Orchestra	Columbia: 140263
Rain or Shine (1928)	M. Ager	Ernie Golden Orchestra	Columbia: 145707
⇑Roll Out of Bed With a Smile (1933)	M. Ager	Bob Borger Jack Gifford George Olsen Bob Rice	Columbia: W152547
Roustabouts' Song (1928)	M. Ager	Lon McAdams	Edison: 18307
Shag, The (1937)	M. Ager	Bobby Goday	Victor: BS-011078
She Knows Her Onions (1926)	M. Ager	Ed Kirkeby	Columbia: W142648
Smile All the While (1925)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 140810
Sometime (1916)	M. Ager	Prince's Band	Columbia: 49011
Sugar (1927)	M. Ager	Gerald Macy John Ryan	OKeh: W81575
Sweet Stranger (1937)	M. Ager	Al Bowlly	Victor: BS-017462
Tenpins in the Sky (1938)	M. Ager	Cliff Grass	Victor: BS-026610
That's Her Now (1929)	M. Ager	Eddie Willis	Columbia: W148081
That's Her Now (1929)	M. Ager	Ermine Calloway	Edison: 18979
There's a New Day Comin' (1933)	M. Ager	Ted Lewis Band	Columbia: W152360
There's Something in the Name of Ireland (1917)	M. Ager	Hugh Donovan Charles Harrison	Columbia: 77336
Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (1918)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 77615
Trouble in Paradise (1933)	M. Ager	Stan Jacobsen	Columbia: W152441
Two Sweet Lips (1921)	M. Ager	J. Samuels	Edison: 7742
Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues (1927)	M. Ager	Ed Kirkeby	Columbia: W144231
⇑Wait For the Happy Ending (1929)	M. Ager	Nelson Pressley	Columbia: W148964
We Have Each Other (1929)	M. Ager	George K. Arthur	Brunswick: LTR211
What Do You Say? (1928)	M. Ager	Ed Kirkeby	OKeh: W400059
Who Cares? (1922)	M. Ager	A. Jolson	Columbia: 80631
Who-Oo? You-Oo! That's Who! (1927)	M. Ager	Al Lentz	Columbia: W144251
You Know Me Alabam' (1924)	M. Ager	George Price	Victor: B-30133
You Should See My Tootsie Now (1927)	M. Ager	Robert Benjamin Ben Selvin	Columbia: 143362
Young Man's Fancy, A (1920)	M. Ager	Olive Kline	Victor: B-24691
You're Lettin' the Grass Grow Under Your Feet (1939)	M. Ager	T. Waller	Victor: BS-043349

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister & Me	Shana Alexander

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Jazz Music CDs:
Boswell Sisters	Shout Sister Shout
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Gennett Rarities
Various Artists	The Gods Are in the House	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	The Hits of '23: Dreamy Melody
Various Artists	Honky Tonk Piano
Various Artists	Key One Up	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Life Is Good Sometimes
Various Artists	That Devilin' Tune	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Runnin' Wild (1921-1926)
Craig Ventresco	The Past Is Yet To Come
⇑Jim Kweskin	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band: Acoustic Swing & Jug	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Sue Keller	Nola
Joan Reynolds	Deep Hollow	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Budapest Ragtime Band	Caravan
Knuckles O'Toole	Knuckles O'Toole: Plays Honky Tonk Piano
Johnny Maddox	Back Home in Tennessee	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Johnny Maddox	Johnny Maddox: King of Ragtime
Johnny Maddox	Red Hot Ragtime Volume 2	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Happy Days Are Here Again	D/A/T/B

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now (1924)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) Charles Granese (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
China, We Owe a Lot to You (1917)	M. Ager (music) H.E. Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Erin Is Calling (1916)	M. Ager (music) W. Jerome (words)	Piano	IMSLP
Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia (1918)	M. Ager (music) G.W. Meyer (coauth.) G. Clarke (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
France We Have Not Forgotten You (1918)	M. Ager (w&m) G. Clarke (words) Howard E. Rogers (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
High Brown Blues (1922)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) Margaret Young (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (1924)	M. Ager (w&m) J. Yellen (words) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms (1920)	M. Ager (music)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
In a Little Red Barn (1934)	M. Ager (w&m) J. Young (coauth.) J. Schwartz (coauth.) Eric Sagerquist (perf.)	Piano	Indiana
It's the Smart Little Feller Who Stocked Up His Cellar (1920)	M. Ager (music) G. Clarke (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina (1926)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) Alice Morley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Louisville Lou (1923)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Lovin' Sam (1922)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) Grace Hayes (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) Margaret Young (perf.) Hughie Clarke (perf.) Grace Hayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana	Pub.
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (1923)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) Belle Baker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
She Don't Wanna (1927)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) E. Cantor (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑There's a Wee Bit of Blarney in Killarney (1915)	M. Ager (music) Arthur J. Jackson (words) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
There's Something in the Name of Ireland (1917)	M. Ager (music) H.E. Johnson (words) Al Herman (perf.) Harry Cooper (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (1917)	M. Ager (music) H.E. Johnson (words) Bayley & Cowan (perf.) Uncle Sam Trio (perf.) Watson Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Indiana	Pub.
What's in a Name? (1920)	M. Ager (music) John Murray Anderson (words) J. Yellen (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Who Cares? (1922)	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) A. Jolson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Win Her in the Old-Fashioned Way (1913)	M. Ager (music) Charles A. Meyers (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Young Man's Fancy (1920), A	M. Ager (music) J. Yellen (words) John Murray Anderson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 146 works by Milton Ager (1893-1979). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1912-1920

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Nimble Fingers	1912
Win Her in the Old-Fashioned Way	1913	Charles A. Meyers (words)
Rockaway Hunt	1915	Pete Wendling (co-author)
Steeple Chase	1915	Pete Wendling (co-author)	Pub.
There's a Wee Bit of Blarney in Killarney	1915	Arthur J. Jackson (words) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Dance of the Dollys	1916	Prince's Band (perf.)
Erin Is Calling	1916	William Jerome (words)
Sometime	1916	Prince's Band (perf.)
Turn to the Right	1916	William Jerome (words) Louise Dresser (perf.)	Pub.
China, We Owe a Lot to You	1917	Howard E. Johnson (words)
There's Something in the Name of Ireland	1917	Howard E. Johnson (words) Harry Cooper (perf.) Hugh Donovan (perf.) Charles W. Harrison as Hugh Donovan (perf.) Charles Harrison (perf.) Al Herman (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack	1917	Howard E. Johnson (words) Bayley & Cowan (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.) Uncle Sam Trio (perf.) Watson Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
You Said the Same Thing to Me	1917	Howard E. Johnson (words)	Pub.
Djer Kiss	1918	Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)
Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia	1918	George W. Meyer (co-author) Grant Clarke (words) Albert Campbell (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) John H. Meyer (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Lee White (perf.)	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)
Just Like the Rose	1919	Ethel Bridges (co-author) All Star Trio (perf.)
Thank God You're Here, Mother Mine	1919	Howard E. Johnson (words)	Pub.
Three Faces East	1919	Howard E. Johnson (words) Bernard Granville (words)	Pub.
I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms	1920	Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
It's the Smart Little Feller Who Stocked Up His Cellar	1920	Grant Clarke (words) Maurice Burkhart (perf.)	Pub.
Mother's Hands	1920	Grant Clarke (words) Lewis James (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ 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) Olive Kline (perf.) Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.

1921-1926

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Honey (w&m)	1921	Olive Briscoe (perf.)
Jake the Sheik	1921	Atlantic Dance Orchestra (perf.)
Two Sweet Lips	1921	Joseph Samuels (perf.)
Curly Head	1922	Abe Olman (co-author) Jack Yellen (words)
High Brown Blues	1922	Jack Yellen (words) Margaret Young (perf.)
Lovin' Sam	1922	Jack Yellen (words) Nora Bayes (perf.) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Hughie Clarke (perf.) Maureen Englin (perf.) Grace Hayes (perf.) Warren Jackson (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.) Martha Pryor (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Margaret Young (perf.)
Who Cares?	1922	Jack Yellen (words) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
Bad Little Boys Aren't Goody-Good (To the Goody-Good Little Girls), The	1923	Jack Yellen (words) Margaret Young (perf.)
Louisville Lou	1923	Jack Yellen (words) Belle Baker (perf.) Anna Chandler (perf.) Arthur Gibbs (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.) Martha Pryor (perf.) Ruth Roye (perf.) Dorothy Taylor (perf.) Margaret Young (perf.)	Pub.
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes	1923	Jack Yellen (words) Belle Baker (perf.) Elsie Clark (perf.) Buddy Doyle (perf.) Jane Green (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.)	Pub.
My Old Ramshackle Shack	1923	Jack Yellen (words) Van & Schenck (perf.)
⇑ Bagdad	1924	Jack Yellen (words) Paul Whiteman Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now	1924	Jack Yellen (words) Charles Granese (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Big Boy!	1924	Jack Yellen (words) Margie Coates (perf.) Healy & Cross (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) Ted Weems (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen	Pub.
Hard Hearted Hannah (w&m)	1924	Bob Bigelow (co-author) Chas. Bates (co-author) Marjorie Royce (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
I Want to See My Tennessee	1924	Jack Yellen (words) Vernon Dalhart (perf.) Eugene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Jack Sidney (perf.) Ed Smalle (perf.) Daisy Taylor (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.)	Pub.
I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (w&m)	1924	Jack Yellen (words) Franklyn Baur (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen	Pub.
You Know Me Alabam'	1924	Jack Yellen (words) George Price (perf.)
Are You Sorry?	1925	Benny Davis (words) Margie Coates (perf.) Art Gillham (perf.) Lillian Morton (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
Away From You	1925	Benny Davis (words) Lewis James (perf.)
Don't Be Afraid to Come Home	1925	Jack Yellen (words) Alfred Bryan (words) Cliff Edwards (perf.) Irving Kaufman (perf.)	Pub.
It Takes a Good Woman	1925	Jack Yellen (words)	Pub.
No One	1925	Jack Yellen (words) Cliff Edwards (perf.) Lanin's Roseland Orchestra (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Smile All the While	1925	Arthur Fields (perf.)
Could I? I Certainly Could	1926	Jack Yellen (words) Ruth Etting (perf.) Arthur Hall (perf.) Alice Morley (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen	Pub.

1926-1928

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Hard-To-Get Gertie	1926	Hal Fisher (perf.) Jan Garber (perf.) Gattison Jones (perf.) Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra (perf.)
Have You Forgotten?	1926	Jack Yellen (words) Kitty O'Connor (perf.)
I Certainly Could	1926	Jack Yellen (words)
I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again	1926	Lew Pollack (co-author) Jack Yellen (co-author) Irving Kaufman (perf.) Alice Morley (perf.)
I'd Rather Be Alone	1926	Clicquot Club Eskimos (perf.)
In Your Green Hat	1926	Jack Yellen (words) California Ramblers (perf.)	Pub.
Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina	1926	Jack Yellen (words) Franklyn Baur (perf.) Alice Morley (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen;	Pub.
She Knows Her Onions	1926	Lew Pollack (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Ed Kirkeby (perf.) Alice Morley (perf.) Joey Ray (perf.)	Pub.
Ain't She Sweet?	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Helen Harrigan (perf.) Adelyn Jason (perf.) Babs Johnson (perf.) Johnny Marvin (perf.) Alice Morley (perf.) Johnny Perkins (perf.) Charlie Ryan (perf.) Little Ryan (perf.) Salt & Pepper (perf.) Eddie Sellen (perf.) Maurie Sherman (perf.)	Pub.
Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Edith Clifford (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.) Charles Granese (perf.)	Pub.
Are You Happy?	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Crazy Words, Crazy Tune Vo-Do-De-O (w&m)	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Ernest Hare (perf.) Billy Jones (perf.) Vaughn de Leath (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen	Pub.
Forgive Me	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Cookie (perf.) Eddie Fisher (perf.) Jean Granese (perf.) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Lydia Harris (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Johnny Marvin (perf.) Lillian Roth (perf.) Primrose Semon (perf.) Jack Sidney (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) Yates & Lawley (perf.)	Pub.
Is She My Girl-Friend?	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Al Belasco (perf.) Goofus Five (perf.) Lydia Harris (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Charles Kaley (perf.) Doree Leslie (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen;	Pub.
She Don't Wanna	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen;	Pub.
Sugar	1927	Frank Crum (co-author) Red Nichols (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Gerald Macy (perf.) John Ryan (perf.)
Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Ed Kirkeby (perf.)
Who-Oo? You-Oo! That's Who!	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Roy Bergere (perf.) Buddy Lee (perf.) Al Lentz (perf.) Primrose Semon (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen
You Should See My Tootsie Now	1927	Jack Yellen (words) Robert Benjamin (perf.) Ben Selvin (perf.)
Add a Little Wiggle	1928	Eddie Lang (perf.) Frank Signorelli (perf.)
Falling Star	1928	Jack Yellen (words)
Feelin' Good	1928
Forever	1928	Jack Yellen (words) J. Donald Parker (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Forever and Ever	1928	Jack Yellen (words) Elliott Stewart (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen	Pub.
Here's That Party Now in Person	1928	Jack Yellen (words) Irving Kaufman (perf.)

1928-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Still Love You	1928	Jack Yellen (co-author) Seger Ellis (perf.) Bill Snyder (perf.) Martha Trippeer (perf.)
If You Don't Love Me	1928	Jack Yellen (words) Kirk Frederick (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) Emil Velazco (perf.)	Pub.
It's a Pleasure	1928	Jack Yellen (words)
My Pet	1928	Jack Yellen (words) Arthur Fields (perf.) Billie Gerber (perf.) Myrtle Gordon (perf.) Frankie Masters (perf.) Don Miller (perf.)	Pub.
Oh Baby	1928	Owen Murphy (co-author)
Rain or Shine	1928	Owen Murphy (co-author) Ernie Golden Orchestra (perf.)
Roustabouts' Song	1928	Owen Murphy (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Lon McAdams (perf.)
Sweet Dreams	1928	Jack Yellen (words) Lydia Harris (perf.)	Pub.
What Do You Say?	1928	Paul Ash (co-author) Jack Yellen (co-author) Ed Kirkeby (perf.)	Pub.
Ain't You, Baby?	1929	Milton Ager (words) Dusty Rhodes (perf.)
Does My Baby Love?	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Dan Mooney (perf.) Joe Mooney (perf.)
⇑ Everybody Tap	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Arr. by Dan Dougherty
Glad Rag Doll	1929	Dan Dougherty (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Dolores Costello (perf.) Earl Hines (perf.)	Pub.
Happy Days Are Here Again	1929	Jack Yellen (co-author) Jack Benny (perf.) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Charles King (perf.) Bessie Love (perf.) Eddie Phillips (perf.)	Pub.
He's a Good Man to Have Around	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Sophie Tucker (perf.)
I May Be Wrong (w&m)	1929	Henry Sullivan (co-author)
I'm Doing What I'm Doing For Love	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Sophie Tucker (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Feathering a Nest (For a Little Bluebird)	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Harry Donaghy (perf.) Colin O'More (perf.) Walter Preston (perf.) Henry Shope (perf.) Ed Smalle (perf.)
Man of My Own, A	1929	Jack Yellen (words)	Pub.
Mary	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Irving Kaufman (perf.) Robert Wood (perf.)
No es linda ella?	1929	Consuelo de Guzmán (perf.)
That's Her Now	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Ermine Calloway (perf.) Eddie Willis (perf.)	Pub.
That's the Good Old Sunny South	1929	Jack Yellen (words)	Pub.
⇑ There Will Never Be Another Mary	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Bessie Love (perf.) J.C. Nugent (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Pub.
Wait For the Happy Ending	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Nelson Pressley (perf.)

1929-1934

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


We Have Each Other	1929	Jack Yellen (words) George K. Arthur (perf.)
Bench in the Park, A	1930	Jack Yellen (words)
Happy Feet	1930	Jack Yellen (words) Harry Barris (perf.) Bing Crosby (perf.) Al Rinker (perf.)
Harlem Madness	1930	Hot Air Men (perf.)
I Like a Little Girl Like That	1930	Jack Yellen (words) Dan Mooney (perf.) Joe Mooney (perf.)
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) Paul Whiteman (perf.)
What Good Am I Without You? (w&m)	1930		Pub.
Bubbling Over With Love	1931	Benée Russell (words) Scrappy Lambert (perf.)
If I Didn't Have You	1931	E.Y. Harburg (words)	Pub.
⇑ Wha'dja Do to Me?	1931	Boswell Sisters (perf.)
Night	1932	Edgar Yipsel (words)
Sing a New Song	1932	Ned Wever (words)	Pub.
There's a Millions Ways to Say I Love You	1932	Sam M. Lewis (words)	Pub.
I Belong in Alabam'	1933	Joe Young (words)	Pub.
I Envy the Moon	1933	Joe Young (words)	Pub.
Roll Out of Bed With a Smile	1933	Joe Young (words) Bob Borger (perf.) Jack Gifford (perf.) George Olsen (perf.) Bob Rice (perf.) Ethel Shutta (perf.)	Pub.
There's a New Day Comin'	1933	Joe Young (words) Ted Lewis Band (perf.)
Trouble in Paradise	1933	Jean Schwartz (co-author) Ned Wever (words) Stan Jacobsen (perf.)	Pub.
Better For Both of Us (w&m)	1934	J. Fred Coots (co-author) Joe Young (co-author)	Pub.
Dancing and Dreaming (w&m)	1934	J. Fred Coots (co-author) Benny Davis (co-author)	Pub.
I Hate Myself	1934	Benny Davis (words) Joe Young (words)	Pub.
⇑ In a Little Red Barn (w&m)	1934	Joe Young (co-author) Jean Schwartz (co-author) Mary Danis (perf.) Ray Heatherton (perf.) Guy Lombardo (perf.) Carlos Molina (perf.) Gale Page (perf.) Eric Sagerquist (perf.) William Wolfson (perf.)
Wish Me Good Luck Kiss Me Good-Bye (w&m)	1934	Benny Davis (co-author)	Pub.

1935-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Threw' a Bean Bag at the Moon	1935	Stanley Adams (words)
Seein' Is Believin'	1935	Stanley Adams (words)
Two Heads Against the Moon	1935	Stanley Adams (words)
Winter Waltz (w&m)	1935	Arthur Altman (co-author) Lanny Ross (perf.)	Pub.
It's No Fun	1936	Grant Clarke (words)
West Wind (w&m)	1936	Murray Mencher (co-author) Charles Newman (co-author) Fred Waring (perf.)	Pub.
You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes	1936	Charles Newman (co-author) Murray Mencher (co-author) Al Kavelin (perf.) Kate Smith (perf.) Judy Starr (perf.)	Pub.
You're Giving Me a Song and a Dance (w&m)	1936	Marty Symes (co-author)	Pub.
If I Can Count on You	1937	Jack Meskill (co-author)
Shag, The	1937	Al J. Neiburg (co-author) Jerry Levinson (co-author) Bobby Goday (perf.)
Trust in Me (w&m)	1937	Jean Schwartz (co-author) Ned Wever (co-author) Dinah Shore (perf.)
⇑ You Can Tell She Comes From Dixie	1937	Marry Symes (words)
Sweet Stranger	1938	Jerry Livingston (co-author) Ned Wever (co-author) Al Bowlly (perf.)
Tenpins in the Sky	1938	Joseph McCarthy (words) Cliff Grass (perf.)
Old Mill Wheel (w&m)	1939	Benny Davis (co-author) Jesse Greer (co-author)	Pub.
You're Lettin' the Grass Grow Under Your Feet	1939	Jerry Livingston (co-author) Victor Selsman (co-author) Thomas Waller (perf.)
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)
That's What I Call Sweet Music	?	Jack Yellen (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	M. Ager	Happy days are here again (3:10)	Annette Hanshaw
	M. Ager	Louisville Lou (1:34)	Martha Pryor