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- Birth nameGeorge William Hamilton
- Songwriter ("Bye Bye Pretty Baby"), composer and conductor, educated at Dartmouth College. He led the Barbary Coast Orchestra, and conducted the Chicago Opera orchestra for four years and hotel orchestras throughout the United States. Joining ASCAP in 1944, his other popular-song compositions include "Wild Honey", "Here Comes Your Pappy", "Lovely While it Lasted", "I Feel Sorry for the Poor People", "There's Never Been a Love Like Ours", "Hat Check Girl", "You Can Say That Again", and "Iowa Corn Song".
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpousesJune Nadeane 'Sharon' Slaydon(November 26, 1944 - March 31, 1957) (his death, 1 child)Anne Lucile Stevens(October 6, 1938 - June 17, 1944) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenWilliam Stevens Potter (Hamilton)David Hubbard HamiltonSharon Rita Hamilton
- RelativesGeorge Hamilton Jr.(Grandchild)Ashley Hamilton(Grandchild)
- Orchestra conductor, known for his "Music Box Music."
- Father of George Hamilton.
- He was the son of Lillian C. (Gilman) and Harry Fuller Hamilton. He was of largely Colonial American (English) descent, with deep roots in Vermont and Massachusetts.
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