Seger Ellis(1904-1995)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Little Jack Frost, Get Lost", "You're All I Want
for Christmas"), singer, pianist and author, educated at the University
of Virginia. He was a pianist and singer in vaudeville and in night
clubs, and made many records, and later conducted his own band, the
Choir of Brass. Joining ASCAP in 1942, his other popular-song
compositions include "Oilers" (the official song of the Houston Oilers
of the American Football League), "No, Baby, Nobody But You", "Eleven
Sixty P.M.", "Drizzle Drizzle The Party's a Fizzle, O What a Night",
"My Beloved Is Rugged", "After You", "What You Don't Know Won't Hurt
You", "Christmas Will Be Here", "You Don't Have to Be a Santa Claus",
"If I Can't Wear the Pants", "It Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You", "I
Need You Like I Need a Hole in the Head", "Unless You're Free", "Goin'
Steady Anniversary", "I Wish I Had My Old Time Sweetheart Back Again",
"I'm Never the Lover", "You Be You", and "If You've Got Someplace to
Go".
