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Lew Pollack [b 16 June 1895 in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, d 18 January 1946 in Hollywood was a composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 active during the 1920's and the 1930's. Among his best known songs are "Charmaine
Charmaine (song)

"Charmaine" is a popular music song written by Erno Rapee, with lyrics by Lew Pollack. The song was written in 1926 in music and published in 1927 in music....
" and "Diane
Diane (song)

Diane is a song by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack originally written as a theme song for the 1927 classic silent movie "Seventh Heaven ".The song appears on the 1961 Miles Davis Quintet album Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, originally recorded in 1956....
" with lyrics by Erno Rapee
Erno Rapee

Ern? Rap?e was one of the most prolific American symphonic conductors in the first half of the 20th Century. His most famous tenure was that of the head conductor of the Radio City Symphony Orchestra, the resident orchestra of the Radio City Music Hall, whose music was heard by millions over the air....
, "Miss Annabelle Lee", "Two Cigarettes in the Dark" and Go In and Out The Window
Go In and Out The Window

Go In and Out The Window is a popular song composed by Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter Lew Pollack . The song remains popular today as a children's music standard....
, now a children's music
Children's music

Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience....
 standard. He also collaborated with Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster

Paul Francis Webster was an United States lyrics who won three Academy Award for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award....
, Sidney Clare
Sidney Clare

Sidney Clare was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best known songs include "On the Good Ship Lollipop" In 1933, Clare wrote his first full film score for Street Girl....
, Ned Washington
Ned Washington

Ned Washington was an United States lyricist....
 and Jack Yellen
Jack Yellen

Jack Selig Yellen was a Jewish-United States lyricist and screenwriter.Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old....
, amongst others. In 1914 he wrote "That's A Plenty
That's a Plenty

That's a Plenty was the second album released by Oakland family girl group the Pointer Sisters in 1974 on the Blue Thumb record label. Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale." The song became their second Billboard hit and crossed over to th...
", a 'rag'
Ragtime

Ragtime is an originally American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Ragtime was the first truly American musical genre, predating jazz....
 that became an enduring Dixieland
Dixieland

Dixieland music or sometimes referred to as Hot jazz or New Orleans jazz is a style of jazz which developed in New Orleans, Louisiana at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s....
 standard.

Lew Pollack was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond....
 in 1970.








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Lew Pollack [b 16 June 1895 in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, d 18 January 1946 in Hollywood was a composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 active during the 1920's and the 1930's. Among his best known songs are "Charmaine
Charmaine (song)

"Charmaine" is a popular music song written by Erno Rapee, with lyrics by Lew Pollack. The song was written in 1926 in music and published in 1927 in music....
" and "Diane
Diane (song)

Diane is a song by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack originally written as a theme song for the 1927 classic silent movie "Seventh Heaven ".The song appears on the 1961 Miles Davis Quintet album Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, originally recorded in 1956....
" with lyrics by Erno Rapee
Erno Rapee

Ern? Rap?e was one of the most prolific American symphonic conductors in the first half of the 20th Century. His most famous tenure was that of the head conductor of the Radio City Symphony Orchestra, the resident orchestra of the Radio City Music Hall, whose music was heard by millions over the air....
, "Miss Annabelle Lee", "Two Cigarettes in the Dark" and Go In and Out The Window
Go In and Out The Window

Go In and Out The Window is a popular song composed by Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter Lew Pollack . The song remains popular today as a children's music standard....
, now a children's music
Children's music

Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience....
 standard. He also collaborated with Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster

Paul Francis Webster was an United States lyrics who won three Academy Award for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award....
, Sidney Clare
Sidney Clare

Sidney Clare was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best known songs include "On the Good Ship Lollipop" In 1933, Clare wrote his first full film score for Street Girl....
, Ned Washington
Ned Washington

Ned Washington was an United States lyricist....
 and Jack Yellen
Jack Yellen

Jack Selig Yellen was a Jewish-United States lyricist and screenwriter.Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old....
, amongst others. In 1914 he wrote "That's A Plenty
That's a Plenty

That's a Plenty was the second album released by Oakland family girl group the Pointer Sisters in 1974 on the Blue Thumb record label. Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale." The song became their second Billboard hit and crossed over to th...
", a 'rag'
Ragtime

Ragtime is an originally American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Ragtime was the first truly American musical genre, predating jazz....
 that became an enduring Dixieland
Dixieland

Dixieland music or sometimes referred to as Hot jazz or New Orleans jazz is a style of jazz which developed in New Orleans, Louisiana at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s....
 standard.

Lew Pollack was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond....
 in 1970.

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