Lou Levy (publisher)

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Lou Levy (December 3, 1910 – October 31, 1995)[1] was a music publisher during the Tin Pan Alley era of American popular music.

Levy established Leeds Music Corporation in 1935 with his friends, lyricist

Eddie Fisher, Connie Francis, Woody Herman, Steve Lawrence, Les Paul, The Andrews Sisters, Buddy Rich, and Charles Aznavour
.

Levy supplied numerous other singers with hit material:

MCA[3]

Lou Levy married Maxene Andrews of the

Andrews Sisters in 1941; they separated in 1950.[4]

Levy served on the Board of Directors of

ASCAP from 1958 to 1970 and was honored by ASCAP in 1986 for "outstanding contributions as a major force in music publishing." In 1987 he received the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Abe Olman Award for Excellence in Music Publishing.

References

  1. ^ William Grimes (November 4, 1995). "Lou Levy, 84, Publisher of Decades of Hit Songs". p. 54.
  2. OCLC 276305981
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Vosburgh, Dick. "OBITUARY : Maxene Andrews". Independent. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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