Lew Brown
Biography
Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) 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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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smiths
1984
Ella And Louis
1956
Chet Baker Sings
1956
Genius + Soul = Jazz
1961
Encore Of Golden Hits
1960
Nice 'N' Easy
1960
Ruby Vroom
1994
Sugar
1967
Playboys
1958
Triplicate
2017
Workout
1962
Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!
1961
Body And Soul
1957
Got To Be There
1972
Cool Velvet
1960
Tougher Than Leather
1983
My Name Is Barbra, Two...
1966
A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra
1959
Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-FI
1957
Ella And Louis Again (Volume One)
1957
The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic
2009
Jacob's Ladder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1990
Chester & Lester
1976
3 Blind Mice
1962
Credited work
8,334 releases · 2,055 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 9,112
- Other credits · 151
Studios: Capitol Studios · Avatar Studios · Westlake Studios · Conway Studios