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Lew Brown

Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – 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".

Birth and Death Data: Born December 10, 1893 (Odessa), Died February 5, 1958 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer, tenor vocal, author

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 1104 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-21910 10-in. 5/10/1918 We'll do our share (While you're over there) Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-22177 10-in. 7/25/1918 The Yanks are at it again American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-22251 10-in. 9/24/1918 Watch, hope and wait, little girl (I'm coming back to you) Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-22590 10-in. 2/18/1919 For Johnny and me Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-22591 10-in. 2/18/1919 I don't want to love no one but you Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor B-23053 10-in. 7/8/1919 I've lived, I've loved, I'm satisfied (What more is there to say) Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-23082 10-in. 7/18/1919 Sweet kisses Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-23174 10-in. 9/26/1919 Sweet kisses Esther Walker Female vocal solo, with violin obbligato and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-23427 10-in. 10/21/1919 Wait till you get them up in the air, boys Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-23773 10-in. 3/16/1920 Oh! By jingo! Oh! By gee! (You're the only girl for me) Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-23783 10-in. 3/26/1920 Oh! By jingo! Margaret Young Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24166 10-in. 6/14/1920 Chili-bean Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24665 10-in. 10/27/1920 I told you so Aileen Stanley Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24708 10-in. 11/26/1920 Stop! Look! Listen! (To the music of the band) American Quartet [i.e., Peerless Quartet] ; Billy Murray Male vocal quartet and soloist, with piano, traps, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24709 10-in. 11/26/1920 Oh gee! Say gee! You ought to see my Gee Gee from the Fiji isle Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24748 10-in. 12/20/1920 I used to love you but it's all over now Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24767 10-in. 12/30/1920 She gives them all the ha! ha! ha! Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25236 10-in. 4/25/1921 Wait until you see my Madeline Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones] Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25306 10-in. 5/17/1921 Oh! They're such nice people Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25559 10-in. 9/14/1921 Don't throw me down Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo, with violin, piano, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25762 10-in. 11/15/1921 Oh, how I hate that fellow Nathan Fanny Brice Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25944 10-in. 1/10/1922 Sing-a-loo Arthur Fields Male vocal solo, with bassoon and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-27706 10-in. 3/22/1923 Seven or eleven (my Dixie pair o' dice) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-28164 10-in. 7/5/1923 If I knew you then as I know you now Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor B-28230 10-in. 6/28/1923 Annabelle Brooke Johns Orchestra ; Brooke Johns Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
(Results 26-50 of 1104 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Lew," accessed April 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

Brown, Lew. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

"Brown, Lew." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 April 2024.

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