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'''Sam M. Lewis''' (October 25, 1885 — November 22, 1959) was an American singer and [[lyricist]].
'''Sam M. Lewis''' (born '''Samuel M. Levine'''; October 25, 1885 &ndash; November 22, 1959)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=1476/7}}</ref> was an American singer and [[lyricist]].


==Career==
==Career==
Lewis was born '''Samuel M. Levine''' in [[New York City]]. He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and began writing songs in 1912. He wrote numerous songs, and collaborated with other songwriters, most frequently with [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], but also with [[Fred Ahlert]], [[Walter Donaldson]], [[Bert Grant]], [[Harry Warren]], [[Jean Schwartz]], [[Ted Fiorito]], [[J. Fred Coots]], [[Ray Henderson]], [[Victor Young]], [[Peter DeRose]], [[Harry Akst]], and Maurice Abrahams.<ref>http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SheetMusic/id/35651</ref> He also contributed to the Broadway musical ''The Laugh Parade'', and [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] musicals such as ''[[Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep]]'', ''[[The Singing Fool]]'', ''[[Wolf Song]]'', and ''[[Spring is Here]]''. His songs have been used in more modern movies, such as ''[[Big Fish]]'' and ''[[The Pelican Brief (film)|The Pelican Brief]]''. Sam Lewis was a charter member of the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers]] in 1914, and was inducted into the [[Songwriter's Hall of Fame]]. He died in New York City.
Lewis was born in [[New York City]], United States.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and began writing songs in 1912. He wrote numerous songs, and collaborated with other songwriters, most frequently with [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], but also with [[Fred Ahlert]], [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]], [[Bert Grant]], [[Harry Warren]], [[Jean Schwartz]], [[Ted Fio Rito]], [[J. Fred Coots]], [[Ray Henderson]], [[Victor Young]], [[Peter DeRose]], [[Harry Akst]], and Maurice Abrahams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SheetMusic/id/35651|title=High-High-High Up In The Hills :: Charles Templeton Sheet Music Collection|website=Digital.library.msstate.edu|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref> He also contributed to the Broadway musical ''The Laugh Parade'', and [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] musicals such as ''[[Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep]]'', ''[[The Singing Fool]]'', ''[[Wolf Song]]'', and ''[[Spring is Here]]''. His songs have been used in more modern movies, such as ''[[Big Fish]]'' and ''[[The Pelican Brief (film)|The Pelican Brief]]''. Sam Lewis was a charter member of the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers]] in 1914, and was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]. He died in New York City.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City.

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==Selected Works==


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==Selected works==
*"[[Dinah (song)|Dinah]]"
*"[[Dinah (song)|Dinah]]"
*"There's a Little Lane Without a Turning on the Way to Home, Sweet Home" - 1915. m: Geo. W. Meyer<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=World War I Sheet Music (Volume 2)|last=Parker|first=Bernard S.|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7864-2799-4|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=461, 465, 536, 583, 641, 669, 758, 773, 796, 818, 822}}</ref>
*"[[Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry]]
*"Everybody Took a Kick at Nicholas" - 1917<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=World War I Sheet Music (Volume 1)|last=Parker|first=Bernard S.|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7864-2798-7|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=109, 123, 141, 219, 237, 2424, 300, 327, 426, 428}}</ref>
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*"[[For All We Know (1934 song)|For All We Know]]"
*"In San Domingo" - 1917. m: [[Ted Snyder]]<ref name=":1" />
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*"[[Gloomy Sunday|Gloomy Sunday (English version)]]"
*"There's a Million Heroes in Each Corner of the USA" - 1917. m: [[Maurice Abrahams]]<ref name=":0" />
*"[[Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land]]" - 1918. m: [[Jean Schwartz]]<ref name=":1" />
*"[[Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)]]" - 1918. m: M. K. Jerome<ref name=":1" />
*"[[Oh How I Wish I could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home|Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home]]" - 1918. m: [[Pete Wendling]]<ref name=":0" />
*"Oh! What a Time for the Girlies When the Boys Come Marching Home" - 1918. m: [[Harry Ruby]]<ref name=":0" />
*"The Tale the Church Bell Told (Someone Will Answer for My Silence)" - 1918. m: Bert Grant<ref name=":0" />
*"Wedding Bells, Will You Ever Ring for Me?" - 1918. m: [[Jean Schwartz]]<ref name=":0" />
*"Worst Is Yet to Come" - 1918. m: Bert Grant<ref name=":0" />
*"You're the Greatest Little Mothers in the World (Mothers of America)" - 1918. m: [[Archie Gottler]]<ref name=":0" />
*"[[Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry]] - 1919. m: [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]<ref name=":1" />
*"Poor Little Butterfly Is a Fly Girl Now" - 1919. m: M. K. Jerome<ref name=":0" />
*"Fires of Faith" - 1919. m: U. M. Jerome<ref name=":1" />
*"Hippity Hop" - 1919. m: [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]<ref name=":1" />
*"Mother's Tears" - 1919. m: [[George W. Meyer]]<ref name=":1" />
*"My Barney Lies Over the Ocean (The Way He Lied to Me)" - 1919. m: Bert Grant<ref name=":1" />
*"Shall They Plead in Vain" - 1919. m: Ray Perkins<ref name=":0" />
*"What's the Use of Kickin' (Let's Go 'Round with a Smile)" - 1919. m: [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]<ref name=":0" />
*"You're a Million Miles from Nowhere When You're One Little Mile from Home" - 1919<ref name=":0" />
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*"[[For All We Know (1934 song)|For All We Know]]"<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
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*"[[Gloomy Sunday]]" (English version)<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
*"[[Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (song)|Has Anybody Seen My Gal?]]"
*"[[Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (song)|Has Anybody Seen My Gal?]]"
*"[[How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?]]''
*"[[How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?]]" - 1919. m: [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]<ref name=":1" />''
*"[[I'm Sitting on Top of the World]]"
*"[[I'm Sitting on Top of the World]]"<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
*"[[In a Little Spanish Town]]"
*"[[In a Little Spanish Town]]"<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
*"[[Just Friends (1931 song)|Just Friends]]"
*"[[Just Friends (1931 song)|Just Friends]]"<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
*"[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh]]"
*"[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh]]"
*"[[Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody]]"
*"[[Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody]]"<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
*"[[Street of Dreams (1932 song)|Street of Dreams]]"
*"[[Street of Dreams (1932 song)|Street of Dreams]]"<ref name="LarkinGE"/>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
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* [http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=95 Songwriter's Hall of Fame: Sam Lewis]


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Sam M. Lewis |sopt=t}}
*{{Discogs artist|Sam Lewis}}
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*{{IMDb name|0507723}}
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* {{Librivox author |id=10678}}
* [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109114 Sam M. Lewis recordings] at the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]
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* {{IMDb name|0507723}}
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* [http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=95 Songwriter's Hall of Fame: Sam Lewis]
*{{Internet Archive author|sname=Sam M. Lewis|sopt=t}}
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*{{Librivox author|id=10678}}


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Latest revision as of 23:13, 27 July 2024

Sam M. Lewis
Lewis in 1919
Lewis in 1919
Background information
Birth nameSamuel M. Levine
Born(1885-10-25)October 25, 1885
OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 22, 1959(1959-11-22) (aged 74)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationLyricist
Formerly ofJoe Young, many others

Sam M. Lewis (born Samuel M. Levine; October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959)[1] was an American singer and lyricist.

Career

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Lewis was born in New York City, United States.[1] He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and began writing songs in 1912. He wrote numerous songs, and collaborated with other songwriters, most frequently with Joe Young, but also with Fred Ahlert, Walter Donaldson, Bert Grant, Harry Warren, Jean Schwartz, Ted Fio Rito, J. Fred Coots, Ray Henderson, Victor Young, Peter DeRose, Harry Akst, and Maurice Abrahams.[2] He also contributed to the Broadway musical The Laugh Parade, and Hollywood musicals such as Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep, The Singing Fool, Wolf Song, and Spring is Here. His songs have been used in more modern movies, such as Big Fish and The Pelican Brief. Sam Lewis was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1914, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died in New York City.[1] He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City.

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1476/7. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ "High-High-High Up In The Hills :: Charles Templeton Sheet Music Collection". Digital.library.msstate.edu. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music (Volume 2). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 461, 465, 536, 583, 641, 669, 758, 773, 796, 818, 822. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 109, 123, 141, 219, 237, 2424, 300, 327, 426, 428. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
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