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Lew Brown
Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter (1893-1958) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 64
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.
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David Butler Directed Sunny Side Up and Just Imagine
Buddy DeSylva Produced Sunny Side Up (1929)
Ray Henderson Also in Sunny Side Up and Just Imagine
George K. Arthur Directed Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
El Brendel Lew wrote Just Imagine (1930)- Hamilton MacFadden Directed Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Winfield Sheehan Produced Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Marjorie White Lew wrote Just Imagine (1930)
Sol M. Wurtzel Produced Sunny Side Up (1929)
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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".
