Lew Brown

(1893-1958)

Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter

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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".

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Born	Lewis Bronstein 10 December 1893 Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Died	5 February 1958 (aged 64) New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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Sylvia Fiske - · · m. 1919; div. 1935 info edit

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Catherine Juniewicz - · · m. 1938 info edit

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