Sam M. Lewis

American pop music lyricist Sam M. Lewis experienced a prolific and effective career from enough time of his 1st strike in 1912 with “That Mellow Melody” through the entire 1930s along with his last strike, 1939’s “THE FINAL FOURTEEN DAYS in July.” Given birth to and elevated in N.Con.C. in the past due 1800s, Lewis experienced already worked well many odd careers as a youngsters, including performing in cafés, when he started writing materials for himself among others. Lewis penned some more music after his preliminary discovery before teaming up with lyricist Joe Small in 1916. The Tin Skillet Alley duo collaborated with a variety of composers — including George Meyer, Fred Ahlert, Jean Schwartz, Ray Henderson, and much more — on many effective tunes, some of that have been found in stage musicals like Sinbad (1918) and Child Shoes (1924). Lewis and Small experienced a prolific result and remained companions through 1930. A few of their best-known tunes include “Rock-a-bye YOUR CHILD Having a Dixie Melody” (1918), “How Ya Gonna Maintain ‘Em Down on the Plantation?” (1919), “Five Feet Two, Eye of Blue,” “I’m Seated together with the entire world” (1925), “In just a little Spanish City” (1926), and “Lack Makes the Center Grow Fonder” (1930). Following this, Lewis published lyrics single, collaborating with composers such as for example Victor Little and J. Fred Coots for strikes including “Simply Close friends” (1931), “Road of Dreams” (1933), as well as the much-recorded “Gloomy Weekend” (1936).