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Lew Brown

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LyricistBook Writer 1893–1958

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".

Also credited on5 works

Flying High
Good News!
Hold Everything!
Fosse
Swing!

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature7 passages

  • The only challenger to the 1926 Scandals (see page 52) as the best of the series was the 11th Edition, which came along in 1931. Ray Henderson and Lew Brown (but minus B. G. DeSylva) were on hand for their fourth and last Scandals together with an impressive array of song hits introduced by pop crooner Rudy Vallee, powerhouse belter Ethel…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • W RITERS : M. H. Musselman, Allen Rivkin (additional dialogue, Lew Brown), based on a play by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesarebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • Good News (1927). Book: Laurence Schwab and B. G. De Sylva; lyrics: De Sylva and Lew Brown; music: Raytheatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N).txt
  • Flying High (1930). Book: B. G. De Sylva and John McGowan; lyrics: De Sylva and Lew Brown; music: Ray Henderson. Musical comedy about a mail flier. Tod Ad-theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N).txt
  • GOOD NEWS Music/Lyrics, B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson; Original Book. Laurence Schwab, Mr. DeSylva, Frank Mandel; Adaptation, Mark Madama and Wayne Bryan; Director, Mr. Madama; Musical Director/Orchestration, Craig Barna; Choreography, Linda Goodrich; Sets. Charles O'Connor; Costumes. Peggy J. Kellner; Lighting, David Neville…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt
  • YOKEL BOY (July 6) Lew Brown's long acoming musical comedy. Judy Canova, | Buddy Ebsen and a brisk score overcome a sleazy book.theatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1939-08_23_8.txt

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