Lou Handman

Lou Handman (September 10, 1894 – December 9, 1956) was an American composer.

Born in New York City, in his early career he toured in vaudeville shows in Australia and New York. Handman worked closely with Roy Turk. They went on to make such chart-topping hits as:

  • "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
  • "It's All the Same to Me"
  • "My Sweetie Went Away" - a popular song in 1923 with versions by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle, and by Dolly Kay.
  • "One Night of Love"
  • "Two Ton Tessie"
  • "You've Got Those Wanna Go Back Again Blues"
  • "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston"
  • "Me and the Moon"

Other hits were:

  • "Give Me a Smile and a Kiss"
  • "I Can't Get the One I Want"
  • "What Good Would it Do?"
  • "Is My Baby Blue Tonight?"
  • "No Nothing"
  • "Was it Rain?"
  • "Don't Ever Change"
  • "Baby Me"
  • "Puddin' Head Jones"
  • "Blue (And Broken Hearted)" - a hit for Marion Harris in 1923.

Handman died in Flushing, New York in 1956 and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 10, 1894 (New York City), Died December 9, 1956 (Flushing)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 150 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia W144843 10-in. 10/10/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Columbians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W148958 10-in. 8/30/1929 Melancholy The Diplomats Vocal ensemble, with alto saxophone and piano-accordion composer  
Columbia 149054 10-in. 9/26/1929 Melancholy Sam Lanin Orchestra ; Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W149451 10-in. 10/28/1929 Melancholy Vic Meyers' Music Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W151372 10-in. 3/3/1931 Little sweetheart of the mountains Joe Green's Marimba Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet songwriter  
Columbia W152539 10-in. 10/27/1933 Puddin' Head Jones Fran Frey and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W152565 10-in. 11/23/1933 On a steamer coming over Meyer Davis Orchestra ; Charlie Palloy Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh S-7390 10-in. Apr. 1920 Tiddle Dee winks Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-7482 10-in. June 1920 June Black and White Melody Boys ; Ray Miller Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72598 10-in. 1924 I can't get the one I want Earl Rickard Male vocal solo composer  
OKeh 8555 10-in. Feb. 1924 Twelve o'clock at night Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh 9529 10-in. 2/25/1926 It's all the same to me Robinson & Mack Female-male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
OKeh S-70826 10-in. Aug. 1922 Blue Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-71624 10-in. June 1923 My sweetie went away (She didn’t say when, where, why) Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72104 10-in. November 1923 Lovey came back Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72139 10-in. December 1923 Twelve o'clock at night Yellow Jackets Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72641 10-in. June 1924 I can't get the one I want Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72829 10-in. 9/18/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Lanin's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-73151 10-in. 2/4/1925 It's all the same to me Okeh Syncopators ; Earl Rickard Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh 73519 10-in. July 1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston The Goofus Five Jazz/dance ensemble songwriter  
OKeh W80289 10-in. 1/5/1927 I gotta get myself somebody to love Russell Douglas [Les Reis] ; Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh W80293 10-in. 1/7/1927 I gotta get myself somebody to love Vaughn De Leath Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh W81117 10-in. 6/28/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Gerald Macy ; John Ryan Male vocal duet, with piano and celeste composer  
OKeh W81828 10-in. 11/16/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Sigmund Krumgold Pipe organ solo, with vibraphone songwriter  
OKeh W400609 10-in. 4/11/1928 One night of love Justin Ring Trio ; Scrappy Lambert Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio songwriter  
(Results 76-100 of 150 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Handman, Lou," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111925.

Handman, Lou. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111925.

"Handman, Lou." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111925

External Sources

Wikipedia: Lou Handman

Discogs: Lou Handman

IMDb: Lou Handman

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Handman, Lou, 1894-1956 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002102121

Wikidata: Lou Handman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1871297

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/11983254

MusicBrainz: Lou Handman - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3adf88ae-d96a-4993-a5d1-60d5a54c5209

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