Lou Handman(1894-1956)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Are You Lonesome Tonight?"), composer and pianist. He
toured in vaudeville in Australia, and served in the US Army during
World War I, then was a pianist for music-publishing firms and
accompanied vaudeville singers. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief
musical collaborator was Irving Fields, and his other popular-song
compositions include "Give Me a Smile and a Kiss", "My Sweetie Went
Away", "I Can't Get the One I Want", "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to
Charleston", "What Good Would It Do?", "Is My Baby Blue Tonight?", "No
Nothing", "Me and the Moon", "Was It Rain?", "Don't Ever Change", "Baby
Me", "Blue", and "Puddin' Head Jones".