# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lew-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:12:23.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lew-brown"
name: "Lew Brown"
slug: "lew-brown"
description: "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\"."
tagline: "Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter (1893-1958)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Louis_Brownstein_-_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1893-12-10"
deathDate: "1958-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.622968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114095/"
    handle:    "nm0114095"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/690853"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown"
    title: "Lew Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown"
    title: "Lew Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown"
    title: "Lew Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown"
    title: "Lew Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown"
    title: "Lew Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown_(compositore)"
    title: "Lew Brown (compositore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Brown"
    title: "Lew Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Браун, Лью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Лев Браун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d8cacfc-145e-42db-b779-f285898a455b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4096110"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump