Gerald Marks (October 13, 1900-January 27, 1997), was an American composer most well known for the song "All of Me" which he co-wrote with Seymour Simons and has been recorded about 2,000 times. He also wrote the songs "That's What I Want for Christmas" for the film Stowaway starring Shirley Temple, and "Is It True What They Say About Dixie" recorded by Al Jolson and Rudy Vallee.
In the late 1930s and early 1940s Marks and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review called "Songwriters On Parade", performing all across the Eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits.
"All of Me" is a popular song and jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931.
First recorded by Belle Baker, it has become one of the most recorded songs of its era, with notable versions by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday in 1941, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Django Reinhardt and Willie Nelson. In an episode of the 1970s television show Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx (joined by Scatman Crothers on guitar) sings a short but memorable version. In more recent years it has.