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American songwriter best known for composing the enduring Christmas standard '(All I Want for Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth'.Pat Ballard was an American lyricist and composer active during the Tin Pan Alley era. While he wrote numerous songs, his lasting fame rests almost entirely on the massive success of his novelty Christmas song '(All I Want for Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth', written in 1944. The song became a huge hit after being recorded by Spike Jones and His City Slickers in 19...