Bert Lown
Composer
1903 – 1962
Who was Bert Lown?
Bert Lown was a violinist and orchestra leader.
He was born in White Plains, New York. He began as a sideman playing the violin in Fred Hamm's band, and in the 1920s and 1930s he led a series of jazz-oriented dance bands, making a large number of recordings in that period for Victor Records. In 1925, he composed the well-known standard "Bye Bye Blues." He also wrote some other songs, including "You're The One I Care For" and "Tired." By the mid-1930s he quit leading the orchestras, becoming a booking agent and manager; eventually he left the music industry and moved on to executive positions in the television industry. He died of a heart attack in 1962 in Portland, Oregon.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1903
White Plains - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 2, 1962
Portland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013