Leo Friedman (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an American composer of popular music. Friedman was born in

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and died in

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. He is best remembered for composing the sentimental waltz "

Let Me Call You Sweetheart "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" is a popular song, with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. The song was published in 1910 and was a huge hit for the Peerless Quartet in 1911. A recording by Arthur Clough was very popular the s ...

" with lyrics by

Beth Slater Whitson Beth Slater Whitson (December 1, 1879 – April 26, 1930) was an American lyricist. She was born on December 1, 1879, in Goodrich, Tennessee and died on April 26, 1930. She was the daughter of John H. Whitson and Anna Slater Whitson. Her Fathe ...

in 1910. Another popular composition was "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland." He also wrote the music for the popular ragtime song "

Coon, Coon, Coon ''Coon, Coon, Coon'' is a "coon song" from 1900. The words were written by Gene Jefferson and the music by Leo Friedman. The lyrics are about an African American concerned with his appearance including his skin color and hair type while not being ...

" in 1900. Lyrics were added by Gene Jefferson in 1901. The song was claimed to be the most successful song of 1901. It was published and promoted by " Sol Bloom, the Music Man" of

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.http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1

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at Boulder song libraries

References

External links

Complete list of L.Friedman's piano works: sheet music in PDF
* * Jewish American songwriters 1869 births 1927 deaths Songwriters from Illinois {{US-composer-19thC-stub