Hugh Martin
Theatrical Composer
1914 – 2011
Who was Hugh Martin?
Hugh Martin was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical 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 became a close friend of Garland and was her accompanist at many of her concert performances in the 1950s, including her appearances at the Palace Theater.
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- Born
- Aug 11, 1914
Birmingham - Also known as
- Martin, Hugh
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Birmingham-Southern College
- Lived in
- Alabama
- Birmingham
- Died
- Mar 11, 2011
California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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