Lew Brown

Active - 1929 - 1972  |   Birth - Dec 10, 1893  |   Death - Feb 5, 1958  |   Genres - Comedy, Music, Romance, Drama, Action-Adventure | Subgenres - Musical, Romantic Comedy, American Football Film, Musical Comedy, Science Fiction Comedy

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Lew Brown 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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