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Lew Brown

Lew Brown is credited on 6,735 releases across 2,070 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,735

Pressings credited

2,070

Albums

8

Decades active

429

In collections

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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Credited work

6,735 releases · 2,070 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 7,422
  • Other credits · 71

Studios: Capitol Studios · Forum Theatre, Los Angeles · Radio Recorders · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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