Hugh Martin

Songwriter

Birthday August 11, 1914

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Alabama

DEATH DATE Mar 11, 2011 (96)

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About

Wrote The Trolley Song, The Boy Next Door, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, which was sung by Judy Garland in Meet Me In St. Louis from 1944.

Before Fame

He studied music at Birmingham-Southern College and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

Trivia

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.

Family Life

His father was an architect.

Associated With

He collaborated on most of his songs with Ralph Blane.