Lou Handman

Lou Handman (* 10. September 1894 in New York City , New York ; † 9. December 1956 in Flushing , New York City, New York ) was an American songwriter and film music - composer . Together with the songwriter Roy Turk , he wrote the ballad Are You Lonesome Tonight? which achieved world fame in the interpretation of Elvis Presley .

Life

Handman began his career touring Australia and New York as a vaudeville artist . During his service in the US Army in World War I , he played piano concertos for soldiers. After the war he came to Tin Pan Alley , where he worked as a song promoter for Irving Berlin and as a pianist for Marion Harris . He began to write his own songs, his greatest successes being My Sweetie Went Away , Me and the Moon , No Nothing , Was it Rain , Blue and Broken Hearted and Are You Lonesome Tonight? . In 1930 he moved to Hollywood with his wife, vaudeville star Florrie Le Vere , where he composed film scores for Universal Studios . Handman died in 1956 and was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 .

personal data
SURNAME	Handman, Lou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American songwriter and film music composer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 10, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1956
Place of death	Flushing , New York City , New York , United States