Lou Handman
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Lou Handman is a composer
born in New York City
on September 10, 1894 and died in Flushing, New York on December 9, 1956. In his early career toured in vaudeville
shows in Australia
and New York
. Handman worked closely with Roy Turk
. They went on to make such chart-topping hits as:
Other hits were:
Handman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 1975.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
born in New York City
New York City
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on September 10, 1894 and died in Flushing, New York on December 9, 1956. In his early career toured in vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
shows in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Handman worked closely with Roy Turk
Roy Turk
Roy Kenneth Turk was an American songwriter. A lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1928 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard. He worked with many other composers, including for film lyrics...
. They went on to make such chart-topping hits as:
- "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
- "It's All the Same to Me"
- "My Sweetie Went Away"
- "One Night of LoveOne Night of LoveOne Night of Love is a 1934 romantic musical film set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. It was written by James Gow, S.K. Lauren and Edmund H. North, from the story, Don't Fall in Love, by Charles Beahan and Dorothy Speare...
" - "Two Ton Tessie"
- "You've Got Those Wanna Go Back Again Blues"
- "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston"
- "Me and the Moon"
Other hits were:
- "Give Me a Smile and a Kiss"
- "I Can't Get the One I Want"
- "What Good Would it Do?"
- "Is My Baby Blue Tonight?"
- "No Nothing"
- "Was it Rain?"
- "Don't Ever ChangeDon't Ever ChangeDon't Ever Change may refer to:*"Don't Ever Change" *"Don't Ever Change"...
" - "Baby Me"
- "Puddin' Head Jones"
- "Blue (And Broken Hearted)"
Handman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
in 1975.