Lou Davis

Lou Davis (May 14, 1881 – October 18, 1961) was an American songwriter, and author associated with Tin Pan Alley. He was also a businessman in the wholesale meat business. His primary musical collaborators were Abel Baer, Henry Busse, Harold Arlen, Henry Lange, and J. Fred Coots.¹ Several of his most notable songs include "Hot Lips", "A Precious Little Thing Called Love", "Deep in the Arms of Love", "Here Comes My Ball and Chain", and "I'm Croonin' a Tune About June".²

References

Tyler, Don. Hit songs, 1900-1955: American popular music of the pre-rock era. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007. p. 376; ISBN 978-0-7864-2946-2. OCLC 76961274
Jasen, David A. 1988. Tin Pan Alley: the composers, the songs, the performers, and their times : the golden age of American popular music from 1886 to 1956. New York. pp. 160, 171, 185, 200; ISBN 1556110995. OCLC 18135644.

Bibliography

Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433

External links

Lou Davis recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings

[1] Tyler, Don. Hit songs, 1900-1955: American popular music of the pre-rock era. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007. p. 376; ISBN 978-0-7864-2946-2. OCLC 76961274

[2] Jasen, David A. 1988. Tin Pan Alley: the composers, the songs, the performers, and their times : the golden age of American popular music from 1886 to 1956. New York. pp. 160, 171, 185, 200; ISBN 1556110995. OCLC 18135644.

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