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 701-725 of 1107 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	W81285	10-in.	8/27/1927	Just a memory	Lanin’s Famous Players	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
OKeh	W81446	10-in.	9/16/1927	Just a memory	The Harmonizers	Male vocal ensemble, with piano	lyricist
OKeh	W81558	10-in.	10/29/1927	Manhattan Mary	Mike Markel's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W81577	10-in.	10/27/1927	Who's that knockin' at my door?	Les Reis	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	W81771	10-in.	11/2/1927	Just a memory	Noel Taylor	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	lyricist
OKeh	W81866	10-in.	11/26/1927	Plenty of sunshine	Fred Hall ; Sugar Babies	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	W81939	10-in.	12/14/1927	Without you, sweetheart	Les Reis	Male vocal solo, with saxophone and piano	lyricist
OKeh	W400046	10-in.	1/24/1928	Together	Madeline Beatty ; Rube Bloom	Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio	lyricist
OKeh	W400079	10-in.	2/10/1928	Together (Waltz)	Lanin’s Famous Players	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W400350	10-in.	2/25/1928	One sweet letter from you	Emerson Black	Male vocal solo, with ukulele	lyricist
OKeh	W400687	10-in.	5/18/1928	Sorry for me	William Dutton ; Justin Ring Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	lyricist
OKeh	W400741	10-in.	6/4/1928	Forgetting you	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	W400775	10-in.	6/11/1928	Sorry for me	Lanin’s Famous Players	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	lyricist
OKeh	W400884	10-in.	7/24/1928	Pickin' cotton	New Yorkers ; Joe Venuti	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W400885	10-in.	7/24/1928	I'm on the crest of a wave	New Yorkers ; Joe Venuti	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W401022	10-in.	7/13/1928	For old times' sake	Charles W. Hamp	Male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	W401023	10-in.	7/13/1928	Blue grass	Charles W. Hamp	Male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	W401025	10-in.	7/14/1928	Pickin' cotton	Charles W. Hamp	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	W401145	10-in.	9/25/1928	Sonny boy	Justin Ring Trio ; Noel Taylor [Irving Kaufman]	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	lyricist
OKeh	W401282	10-in.	11/1/1928	Sonny boy	Goofus Five	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W401432	10-in.	12/6/1928	The song I love	Seger Ellis	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
OKeh	W401459	10-in.	12/14/1928	To know you is to love you	Mike Markel's Society Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	W401465	10-in.	12/17/1928	My Tonia	Seger Ellis	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
OKeh	W401648	10-in.	2/23/1929	I wish I had died in my cradle (Before I grew up to love you)	Max Friedman	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and piano	lyricist
OKeh	W401693	10-in.	3/6/1929	Open up dem pearly gates	Black Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist

(Results 701-725 of 1107 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Lew," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

Brown, Lew. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

"Brown, Lew." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.