William Morgan "Buddy" Lewis, Jr. (26 December 1906 – 8 December 1968) was a writer of

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

songs, some of which were also recorded in the

pop music Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describe ...

genre. Lewis was born in Rockville,

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and died in

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. He wrote songs and

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scores with lyricist

Nancy Hamilton Nancy Hamilton (July 27, 1908 - February 18, 1985) was an American actress, playwright, lyricist, director and producer. Early life and education Nancy Hamilton was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1908, daughter of Charles Lee Hamil ...

including "

How High the Moon "How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue '' Two for the Show'', where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock. In ''Two for the S ...

" and "The Old Soft Shoe".

Selected work

;Songs * "At Last It's Love" * "Cause You Won't Play House" * "Fool for Luck" * "A House with a Little Red Barn" * "

" * "I Only Know" * "If It's Love" * "A Lovely, Lazy Kind of Day" * "Oh, You're a Wonderful Person" * "The Old Soft Shoe" * "Teeter Totter Tessie" * "Two Can Dream the Same Dream" * "The Yoo Hoo Blues" ;Broadway theatre scores * ''New Faces of 1934'' (1934); music also by others * ''One For the Money'' (1939) * '' Two for the Show'' (1940) * ''Three to Make Ready'' (1946) ;Film scores * '' The Unconquered'' (''Helen Keller in Her Story''), Documentary (1954)

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* 1906 births 1968 deaths people from Rockville, Connecticut {{jazz-musician-stub