Lew Brown

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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 326-350 of 1107 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	[Trial 1927-04-13-02]	10-in.	4/13/1927	I wonder how I look when I'm asleep	The Sunshine Boys	Male vocal trio, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Trial 1927-04-13-03]	10-in.	4/13/1927	South wind	The Sunshine Boys	Male vocal trio, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Trial 1927-08-19-01]	10-in.	8/19/1927	The varsity drag	Zelma O'Neal	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19741	10-in.	1/30/1912	That hyponotizing man	Dolly Connolly	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39021	10-in.	9/17/1913	Kiss me goodnight	Irving Gillette ; Ada Jones	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	39040	10-in.	10/11/1913	I'm afraid I'm beginning to love you	William J. Halley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	39043	10-in.	10/14/1913	At that midnight masquerade	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39261	10-in.	2/21/1914	Ragtime dream	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	39296	10-in.	3/24/1914	Everybody loves my girl	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39298	10-in.	3/25/1914	Celebrating day in Tennessee	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46197	10-in.	11/13/1915	Is there still room for me 'neath the old apple tree?	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47162	10-in.	11/16/1916	The Honolulu hicki boola boo	Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47229	10-in.	12/14/1916	To any girl	Robert Lewis	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47358	10-in.	2/9/1917	I wasn't born to be lonesome	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77027	10-in.	5/7/1917	He's just like you	M. J. O'Connell	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77056	10-in.	5/14/1917	What kind of an American are you?	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77126	10-in.	6/9/1917	I may be gone for a long, long time	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77224	10-in.	7/31/1917	You never can be too sure about the girls	M. J. O'Connell	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77305	10-in.	9/4/1917	Give me the moonlight, give me the girl (and leave the rest to me)	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77549	10-in.	12/5/1917	I'm writing to you, Sammy	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77576	10-in.	12/14/1917	I'm writing to you, Sammy	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77609	10-in.	1/4/1918	Au revoir but not goodbye	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77616	10-in.	1/8/1918	I'll come back to you when it's all over	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77708	10-in.	3/4/1918	My mind's made up to marry Carolina	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77743	10-in.	3/29/1918	I want a daddy like you	Farber Sisters	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 326-350 of 1107 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Lew," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

Brown, Lew. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

"Brown, Lew." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.