Ager, Milton

Milton Ager Composer Chicago, Illinois, October 6, 1893; Los Angeles, California, April 6, 1979. Ager is best remembered for several hits of the 1920s, written with lyricist Jack Yellen, including “ Hard-Hearted Hannah ” and “ Crazy Words , Crazy Tune.” He began his career plugging and demonstrating music at the Chicago branch of Waterson , Berlin and Snyder in 1910. From there, he became the vaudeville accompanist to Gene Greene , who was at that time singing “Melancholy Baby.” (Earlier…