Lou Handman
Lou Handman (September 10, 1894 – December 9, 1956) was an American composer born in New York City. In his early career, he toured in vaudeville shows in Australia and New York. Handman is best known for his collaboration with lyricist Roy Turk, with whom he created several chart-topping hits. Some of these include "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "It's All the Same to Me", "My Sweetie Went Away", "One Night of Love", "Two Ton Tessie", "You've Got Those Wanna Go Back Again Blues", "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston", and "Me and the Moon". Other notable songs by Handman are "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", and "Blue (And Broken Hearted)". Handman passed away in Flushing, New York, in 1956 and was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.