Lou Handman

Lou Handman (September 10, 1894 – December 9, 1956) was an American composer.

Born in New York City, in his early career he toured in vaudeville shows in Australia and New York. Handman worked closely with Roy Turk. They went on to make such chart-topping hits as:

  • "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
  • "It's All the Same to Me"
  • "My Sweetie Went Away" - a popular song in 1923 with versions by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle, and by Dolly Kay.
  • "One Night of Love"
  • "Two Ton Tessie"
  • "You've Got Those Wanna Go Back Again Blues"
  • "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston"
  • "Me and the Moon"

Other hits were:

  • "Give Me a Smile and a Kiss"
  • "I Can't Get the One I Want"
  • "What Good Would it Do?"
  • "Is My Baby Blue Tonight?"
  • "No Nothing"
  • "Was it Rain?"
  • "Don't Ever Change"
  • "Baby Me"
  • "Puddin' Head Jones"
  • "Blue (And Broken Hearted)" - a hit for Marion Harris in 1923.

Handman died in Flushing, New York in 1956 and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 10, 1894 (New York City), Died December 9, 1956 (Flushing)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-23177 10-in. 9/29/1919 Give me a smile and kiss John Steel Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-24056 10-in. 5/14/1920 But she's just a little bit crazy about her husband, that's all All Star Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Victor B-24100 10-in. 5/6/1920 Tiddle-dee winks (At all the men) Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-26658 10-in. 6/30/1922 Send back my honeyman Ross Gorman ; Virginians Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-26696 10-in. 7/18/1922 Blue Ross Gorman ; Virginians Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-28224 10-in. 6/27/1923 My sweetie went away (She didn't say where,when, or why) Joe Raymond Orchestra ; Joe Raymond Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-28455 10-in. 9/6/1923 My sweetie went away (She didn't say where,when, or why) Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-28968 10-in. 11/19/1923 Lovey came back Lou Holtz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-29069 10-in. 12/7/1923 Lovey came back Garber-Davis Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-30175 10-in. 6/11/1924 I can't get the one I want Paul Whiteman Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-30325 10-in. 6/25/1924 I can't get the one I want Lou Holtz Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-30593 10-in. 8/19/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-30666 10-in. 8/22/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-31739 10-in. 1/20/1925 It's all the same to me Aileen Stanley Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-32768 10-in. 7/13/1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet songwriter  
Victor BVE-32832 10-in. 5/28/1925 Can't your friend get a friend for me Jane Green Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-33251 10-in. 9/4/1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston The Revelers Male vocal quartet, with piano songwriter  
Victor BVE-37141 10-in. 12/16/1926 I gotta get myself somebody to love Four Aristocrats Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quartet composer  
Victor BVE-39181 10-in. 9/15/1927 Nothin' Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra Orchestra, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-39936 10-in. 8/4/1927 Nothin' B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-39941 10-in. 8/5/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-40119 10-in. 9/26/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Jacques Renard Cocoanut Grove Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-56089 10-in. 9/13/1929 Remarkable girl Ted Weems Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-56186 10-in. 10/16/1929 Melancholy Johnny Marvin Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-57136 10-in. 11/5/1929 Melancholy Horace Heidt Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-67471 10-in. 2/25/1931 Little sweetheart of the mountains Frankie Marvin ; Johnny Marvin Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor BRC-72233 10-in. 4/4/1932 That daddy and mommy of mine The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White] Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-78522 10-in. 11/9/1933 Puddin' head Jones Mike Doty Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus composer  
Victor BS-78591 10-in. 11/24/1933 Puddin' head Jones Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-102405 10-in. 8/1/1936 Bye bye, baby Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-102408 10-in. 8/3/1936 Bye bye, baby Barnet Modernaires ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble composer  
Victor BS-102977 10-in. 7/27/1936 Me and the moon Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo composer  
Victor BS-088 10-in. 9/1/1936 Me and the moon Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-04859 10-in. 2/16/1937 Was it rain? Jack Campbell ; Johnny Hamp Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-04956 10-in. 2/22/1937 Was it rain? Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-010247 10-in. 5/25/1937 Don't ever change Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-010561 10-in. 6/12/1937 Don't ever change Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-026857 10-in. 9/12/1938 Let this be a warning to you, baby Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Jimmy Mitchell Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-026872 10-in. 9/13/1938 Let this be a warning to you, baby Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Jayne Dover Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-037744 10-in. 6/21/1939 Baby me Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; The Three Barons Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio composer  
Victor BS-038142 10-in. 7/26/1939 Baby me Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Kay Starr Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Victor D6VB-3411 10-in. 12/11/1946 Googie-woogie Pat Flowers ; Rhythm (Pat Flowers) Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet songwriter  
Columbia 78533 10-in. 6/24/1919 Give me a smile and kiss Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78754 10-in. 10/22/1919 Rings Charles Harrison ; Lewis James Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 79257 10-in. 6/10/1920 But Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 79258 10-in. 6/10/1920 When I look into your eyes Guido Deiro Piano accordion solo composer  
Columbia 80412 10-in. 6/21/1922 Send back my honeyman Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 80429 10-in. 6/28/1922 Send back my honeyman Ted Lewis Jazz Band Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 80624 10-in. 10/26/1922 Blue Eddie Elkins' Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 80627 10-in. 10/27/1922 Blue Dolly Kay Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 81129 10-in. 7/12/1923 My sweetie went away California Ramblers Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 81138 10-in. 7/16/1923 My sweetie went away Dolly Kay ; Phil Phillips Female vocal solo, with piano songwriter  
Columbia 81245 10-in. 9/27/1923 My sweetie went away Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano songwriter  
Columbia 81338 10-in. 11/8/1923 Lovey came back Bob Nelson Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 81381 10-in. 12/4/1923 Twelve o'clock at night Ted Lewis Jazz Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 81429 10-in. 12/20/1923 Twelve o'clock at night Al Jolson Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 81444 10-in. 12/28/1923 Lovey came back Georgians ; Frank Guarente Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 81460 10-in. 1/4/1924 If you do-what you do Eddie Cantor ; Georgians Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 81796 10-in. 5/28/1924 I can't get the one I want Dolly Kay Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 81806 10-in. 6/5/1924 I can't get the one I want Hotel Alamac Orchestra ; Paul Specht Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 81965 10-in. 8/29/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Joe Schenck Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 140075 10-in. 9/23/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle California Ramblers Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 140399 10-in. 2/26/1925 Can't your friend get a friend for me? Art Gillham Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia W140674 10-in. 7/9/1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston California Ramblers Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 141347 10-in. 12/3/1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston Anthony Monde Piano accordion solo songwriter  
Columbia 141931 10-in. 4/7/1926 You've got those "wanna go back again" blues The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W141963 10-in. 4/14/1926 You've got those "wanna go back again" blues Ruth Etting Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia W142050 10-in. 4/19/1926 You've got those wanna go back again blues Ralph Bennett ; Bob Pittman ; Warner's Seven Aces Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet composer  
Columbia W143162 10-in. 12/2/1926 I gotta get myself somebody to love Seger Ellis Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 143198 10-in. 12/20/1926 I gotta get myself somebody to love Irving Kaufman ; Lou Gold Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 143326 10-in. 1/19/1927 I gotta get myself somebody to love Gertrude Dwyer ; Arthur Fields Female-male vocal duet, with piano composer  
Columbia W143642 10-in. 3/12/1927 I gotta get myself somebody to love The Happiness Boys Male vocal duet, with piano composer  
Columbia 144106 10-in. 5/9/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia W144493 10-in. 7/22/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Jack Little Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 144835 10-in. 10/7/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Newport Society Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W144843 10-in. 10/10/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Columbians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W148958 10-in. 8/30/1929 Melancholy The Diplomats Vocal ensemble, with alto saxophone and piano-accordion composer  
Columbia 149054 10-in. 9/26/1929 Melancholy Sam Lanin Orchestra ; Marvin Young [Irving Kaufman] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W149451 10-in. 10/28/1929 Melancholy Vic Meyers' Music Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W151372 10-in. 3/3/1931 Little sweetheart of the mountains Joe Green's Marimba Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet songwriter  
Columbia W152539 10-in. 10/27/1933 Puddin' Head Jones Fran Frey and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W152565 10-in. 11/23/1933 On a steamer coming over Meyer Davis Orchestra ; Charlie Palloy Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh S-7390 10-in. Apr. 1920 Tiddle Dee winks Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-7482 10-in. June 1920 June Black and White Melody Boys ; Ray Miller Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72598 10-in. 1924 I can't get the one I want Earl Rickard Male vocal solo composer  
OKeh 8555 10-in. Feb. 1924 Twelve o'clock at night Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh 9529 10-in. 2/25/1926 It's all the same to me Robinson & Mack Female-male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
OKeh S-70826 10-in. Aug. 1922 Blue Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-71624 10-in. June 1923 My sweetie went away (She didn’t say when, where, why) Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72104 10-in. November 1923 Lovey came back Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72139 10-in. December 1923 Twelve o'clock at night Yellow Jackets Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72641 10-in. June 1924 I can't get the one I want Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72829 10-in. 9/18/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Lanin's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-73151 10-in. 2/4/1925 It's all the same to me Okeh Syncopators ; Earl Rickard Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh 73519 10-in. July 1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston The Goofus Five Jazz/dance ensemble songwriter  
OKeh W80289 10-in. 1/5/1927 I gotta get myself somebody to love Russell Douglas [Les Reis] ; Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh W80293 10-in. 1/7/1927 I gotta get myself somebody to love Vaughn De Leath Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh W81117 10-in. 6/28/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Gerald Macy ; John Ryan Male vocal duet, with piano and celeste composer  
OKeh W81828 10-in. 11/16/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Sigmund Krumgold Pipe organ solo, with vibraphone songwriter  
OKeh W400609 10-in. 4/11/1928 One night of love Justin Ring Trio ; Scrappy Lambert Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio songwriter  
Brunswick B11-B13 10-in. 7/18/1924 I can’t get the one I want Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick 8283 10-in. approximately June 1922 Send back my honeyman Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick B88-B90 10-in. 9/8/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 8481-8483 10-in. approximately July 1922 Blue Marion Harris ; Isham Jones Orchestra Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 8553-8554 10-in. approximately Aug. 1922 Blue Benny Krueger’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 10953-10955 10-in. 6/27/1923 My sweetie went away Cotton Pickers Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 11514-11516 10-in. 10/2/1923 Lovey came back Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick 12146-12149 10-in. 12/20/1923 Lovey came back Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 12406-12408 10-in. 1/28/1924 Twelve o'clock at night Benny Krueger’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 13332-13334 10-in. 6/14/1924 If you do what you do Californians ; Abe Lyman Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick 13347-13350 10-in. 6/20/1924 I can’t get the one I want (Those I get I don’t want) Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick 13402-13403 10-in. 6/26/1924 I can’t get the one I want Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 13494-13497 10-in. 7/10/1924 I can’t get the one I want (Those I get I don’t want) Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E27330 10-in. 4/11/1928 One night of love Joe Green Novelty Marimba Band ; Frank Munn Marimba band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) songwriter  
Brunswick E27640 10-in. 6/4/1928 Blue Benny Goodman's Boys Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E35846 10-in. 2/13/1931 Little sweetheart of the mountains Delivery Boys Male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
Brunswick E35872 10-in. 2/18/1931 I’ve got a sweet somebody to love me Hal Kemp Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E36188 10-in. 2/26/1931 I’ve got a sweet somebody to love me The Travelers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E36277 10-in. 3/5/1931 Little sweetheart of the mountains Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar songwriter  
Brunswick E36300 10-in. 3/10/1931 Little sweetheart of the mountains Joe Green’s Ambassadors Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E37463 10-in. 12/15/1931 My sweetie went away Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E3373-E3375 10-in. 7/3/1926 You've got those "wanna go back again" blues Tuxedo Orchestra [Colonial Club Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E6679-E6681 10-in. 10/21/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Lewis James Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick E23224-E23226 10-in. 5/18/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Personality Ned Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick E24533-E24535 10-in. 9/23/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Frank Munn Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E24588-E24591 10-in. 9/28/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Lew White Organ solo songwriter  
Brunswick E24615-E24618 10-in. 10/1/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Colonial Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo; without vocal (take E24618) songwriter  
Brunswick C4705 10-in. 11/5/1929 Melancholy Freddie Rose Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick C4777 10-in. 12/2/1929 Melancholy Freddie Rose Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick C4778 10-in. 12/2/1929 Melancholy Freddie Rose Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick C4787 10-in. 12/3/1929 Remarkable girl Fred Hamm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal composer  
Brunswick 352W-355W 10-in. 2/11/1925 Can’t your friend get a friend for me? The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 1182W-1184W 10-in. 8/18/1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 8549 10-in. 7/28/1922 Blue Green Brothers' Novelty Band Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 8624 10-in. 10/9/1922 The fox waltz Atlantic Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 8652 10-in. 11/3/1922 Send back my honeyman Dennis Sisters Female vocal trio, with piano composer  
Edison 9047 10-in. 6/26/1923 My sweetie went away (He didn't say where, when or why) Anna Chandler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 9048 10-in. 6/27/1923 My sweetie went away Charlie Kerr Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 9238 10-in. 11/7/1923 Twelve o'clock at night Green Brothers' Novelty Band Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 9615 10-in. 7/14/1924 I can't get the one I want Georgia Melodians Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 9756 10-in. 9/30/1924 When I was the dandy and you were the belle Walter Scanlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 10513 10-in. 7/23/1925 I'm gonna Charleston back to Charleston Million Dollar Pier Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 11734 10-in. 6/13/1927 Are you lonesome to-night? Vaughn De Leath ; Bill Regis Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Edison 18064 10-in. 11/28/1927 Nothin' Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 18133 10-in. 12/24/1927 Are you lonesome tonight? Frederick Kinsley Organ solo composer  
Edison 18900 10-in. 11/23/1928 Bashful baby Dennis Sisters Female vocal trio, with piano composer  
Edison N-595 10-in. 11/23/1928 Bashful baby Dennis Sisters Female vocal trio, with piano composer  
Gramophone 0B5833 10-in. 12/20/1933 On a steamer coming over Ray Noble Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Vocalion 22281 10-in. 1/12/1938 Now they call it swing Billie Holiday Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia (U.K.) CL6925 10-in. 12/20/1938 Était-ce la pluie? Léo Marjane ; Wal-Berg Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Handman, Lou," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111925.

Handman, Lou. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111925.

"Handman, Lou." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111925

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