Lou Handman


Lou Handman was an American composer.
Born in 1894 in New [York City], in his early career he toured in vaudeville shows in Australia and New York. Handman worked closely with lyricist Roy Turk, with whom went on to make chart-topping hits such as:
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 Change"
  • "Baby Me"
  • "Puddin' Head Jones"
  • "Blue " - a hit for Marion Harris in 1923.
Handman died in Flushing, New York in 1956 and was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.