Lew Brown

Lew Brown ( born December 10, 1893 in Odessa, Russia as Louis Brownstein, † February 5, 1958 in New York City, United States) was an American songwriter and lyricist. It formed in the 1920s with Ray Henderson and Buddy DeSylva 's successful songwriter trio Henderson - DeSylva - Brown.

Life

Lew Brown was born on 10 December 1893 as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russia. 1998 emigrated with his family to the United States, where he now lived and grew up. He attended school in New York in the Bronx. As a teenager he began to write lyrics. With his first partner Albert von Tilzer 1912 he landed his first hit with the song " I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town ". In the following years, other hits of the duo as "If You Were The Only Girl " or "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl".

In 1922, he began with the composer Ray Henderson cooperate. From this collaboration came quickly hits like " Georgette ". After 1925 Buddy DeSylva dazustiess, originated with Henderson - DeSylva -Brown one of the most influential and successful songwriters groups in the Tin Pan Alley in New York. DeSylva and Brown wrote lyrics and Henderson composed the music. The trio wrote successful songs for many Broadway musicals such as "The Birth of Blues ," " Black Bottom " or " Lucky Day ". In 1928, they produced a series of his own successful Broadway musicals like "Good News", " Hold Everything! ", "Follow Thru " and " Flying High ". Here numerous hits such as " The Best Things In Life Are Free ," " Lucky In Love" and created " You're The Cream in My Coffee ". From 1929 the trio for the Fox studios began to make film music, among other things, for " The Singing Fool " Here also produced numerous hits. After DeSylva 1931 left the trio made ​​Brown and Henderson initially continued alone.

In the further time Brown has collaborated with numerous composers, among other things, Con Conrad, Moe Jaffe, Sidney Clare, Harry Warren, Cliff Friend, Harry Akst, Jay Gorney, Louis age or Harold Arlen. In 1937 he wrote with Sammy Fain the song " That Old Feeling ", a classic of American popular music. He also wrote the text for American Beer Barrel Polka.

1956 was the Hollywood movie "The Best Things in Life Are Free ", a film biography of the trio Henderson - DeSylva - Brown.

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