Lew Brown | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Louis Brownstein |
Born | December 10, 1893 |
Origin | Odessa, Russian Empire |
Died | February 5, 1958 New York City, United States | (aged 64)
Genres | Popular music |
Occupation | Lyricist |
Years active | 1910sā1940s |
Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 ā February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, especially Albert Von Tilzer. Brown was one third of a successful songwriting and music publishing team with Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson from 1925 until 1931. Brown also wrote or co-wrote many Broadway shows and Hollywood films. Among his most-popular songs are "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "That Old Feeling", and "The Birth of the Blues".