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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 1107 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-21910	10-in.	5/10/1918	We'll do our share (While you're over there)	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22177	10-in.	7/25/1918	The Yanks are at it again	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22251	10-in.	9/24/1918	Watch, hope and wait, little girl (I'm coming back to you)	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22590	10-in.	2/18/1919	For Johnny and me	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22591	10-in.	2/18/1919	I don't want to love no one but you	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-23053	10-in.	7/8/1919	I've lived, I've loved, I'm satisfied (What more is there to say)	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23082	10-in.	7/18/1919	Sweet kisses	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23174	10-in.	9/26/1919	Sweet kisses	Esther Walker	Female vocal solo, with violin obbligato and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23427	10-in.	10/21/1919	Wait till you get them up in the air, boys	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23773	10-in.	3/16/1920	Oh! By jingo! Oh! By gee! (You're the only girl for me)	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23783	10-in.	3/26/1920	Oh! By jingo!	Margaret Young	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24166	10-in.	6/14/1920	Chili-bean	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24665	10-in.	10/27/1920	I told you so	Aileen Stanley	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24708	10-in.	11/26/1920	Stop! Look! Listen! (To the music of the band)	American Quartet [i.e., Peerless Quartet] ; Billy Murray	Male vocal quartet and soloist, with piano, traps, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24709	10-in.	11/26/1920	Oh gee! Say gee! You ought to see my Gee Gee from the Fiji isle	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24748	10-in.	12/20/1920	I used to love you but it's all over now	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24767	10-in.	12/30/1920	She gives them all the ha! ha! ha!	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25236	10-in.	4/25/1921	Wait until you see my Madeline	Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25306	10-in.	5/17/1921	Oh! They're such nice people	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25559	10-in.	9/14/1921	Don't throw me down	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with violin, piano, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25762	10-in.	11/15/1921	Oh, how I hate that fellow Nathan	Fanny Brice	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25944	10-in.	1/10/1922	Sing-a-loo	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with bassoon and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-27706	10-in.	3/22/1923	Seven or eleven (my Dixie pair o' dice)	Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-28164	10-in.	7/5/1923	If I knew you then as I know you now	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-28230	10-in.	6/28/1923	Annabelle	Brooke Johns Orchestra ; Brooke Johns	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Lew," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

Brown, Lew. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108996.

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