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Profile of Hugh Martin
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11th August 1914 |
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Birmingham, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Hugh Martin, born on August 11, 1914 is an American theatre and film composer. He is best remembered for his score for the classic 1944 MGM musical film Meet Me In St. Louis, in which Judy Garland sang three Martin songs, "The Boy Next Door," "The Trolley Song," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The last of these has become a Christmas season standard in the United States and around the English-speaking world.
Martin also wrote the music, and in some cases the lyrics, for five Broadway musicals: Best Foot Forward (1941); Look Ma, I'm Dancin' (1948); Make a Wish (1951); High Spirits (1964) (music and lyrics, with Timothy Gray); and Meet Me In St. Louis (1989), a stage version of the film with an expanded score by Martin and Ralph Blane.
Ralph Blane was Martin's partner for most of this work, and the two recorded an album of their best songs entitled "Martin and Blaine Sing Martin and Blane" with the Ralph Burns Orchestra in 1956. (Available now on CD).
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