Joe Young (lyricist)

Joe Young ( born July 4, 1889 in New York City; † April 21, 1939 ) was an American song writer.

Young's most active period was between 1911 and the late 1930s, when he worked for a variety of music producers. In World War I he sang for the American troops in Europe. Between 1916 and 1930 he wrote a number of song lyrics with Sam M. Lewis, about Rock-a- Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (1918 ), I'm Sitting on Top of the World (1925 ) or the Jazz Standard Dinah ( 1925 Music Harry Akst ). In 1970 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The Laugh Parade

For the 1931er Broadway show The Laugh Parade Young worked with his lyricist Mort Dixon and colleagues composer Harry Warren together at his langanhaltendsten success 're My Everything. The presentation also contained:

  • Ooh! That Kiss
  • Love Me Forever
  • That Torch Song
  • Joseph Young III

Later work

  • In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
  • Lullaby of the Leaves
  • Snuggled On Your Shoulder, cuddled In Your Arms
  • Was That the Human Thing To Do?
  • Something In The Night
  • Annie Does not Live Here Anymore
  • I'm Growing Fonder of You
  • You're A Heavenly Thing
  • Sing an Old Fashioned Song
  • Dancing With You

His last work was the famous Fats Waller I'm Gonna Sit Right - standard Down and Write Myself a Letter, which he wrote in 1935 with Fred Ahlert.

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