Milton Drake (August 3, 1912 - November 13, 2006) was an Americanlyricist and performing rights administrator.

As a child, he performed invaudevilles, infilms and onradio. Later he wrote special material for theater and nightclub revues, including "Cotton Club Parade", "Riviera Follies", "Paradise Parade", and "Latin Quarter Revue". Drake's musical collaborators includedOscar Levant,Al Hoffman,Jerry Livingston,Louis Alter,Ben Oakland andCon Conrad, among others.

Drake was a member of theAmerican Guild of Authors and Composers for 28 years, and for 5 years was the chairman of the AGAC council.^[1] In August 1962 he resigned from AGAC in protest, criticizing the lack of progressive leadership at the organisation, and their relationship with music publishers.^[1]

In 1949 Drake married the singer Adele Clark,Decca recording artist and star ofThe Adele Clark Show.^[2] His brother was songwriterErvin Drake (1919-2015).

• "Java Jive" (1940)
• "If It’s You" (1941)
• "Mairzy Doats" (1943)^[3]
• "Fuzzy Wuzzy" (1944)
• "Nina Never Knew" (1952)
• "She Broke My Heart in Three Places"
• "My Dreams are Gone with the Wind"
• "Has Hitler Made a Monkey Out of You?"^[4]

• 1912 births
• 2006 deaths
• Musicians from New York City
• American lyricists
• Jewish American songwriters
• Songwriters from New York (state)
• 20th-century American Jews
• 21st-century American Jews
• 20th-century American songwriters

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