Joe Young (lyricist)

Joe Young
Background information
Born	(1889-07-04)July 4, 1889 New York City, United States
Died	April 21, 1939(1939-04-21) (aged 49) New York City, United States
Occupation	Lyricist
Years active	1911–1930s

Joe Young (July 4, 1889 – April 21, 1939)^[1] was an American lyricist, born in New York as Joseph Judewitz to immigrant Jewish parents.^[1] In 1911, he began his career as a singer and song-plugger for various music publishers.^[1] During World War I, he entertained U.S. troops and sang across Europe.^[1]

An early work is the song "Way Down East" (1910), with words by Cecil Mack, music by Young and Harold Norman, published by Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company.^{[citation needed]}

For the 1931 Broadway show The Laugh Parade, Young collaborated with co-lyricist Mort Dixon and composer Harry Warren on "You're My Everything".^[1] The show also included:

• "Ooh! That Kiss"^[1]
• "Love Me Forever"^[1]
• "That Torch Song"^[1]

• "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town"
• "Lullaby of the Leaves"
• "Snuggled On Your Shoulder, Cuddled In Your Arms"
• "Was That the Human Thing To Do?"
• "Something in the Night"
• "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
• "I'm Growing Fonder of You"
• "You're a Heavenly Thing"
• "Sing an Old Fashioned Song"
• "Dancing with You"
• "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)"
• "Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away"^[1]

Young's last work was the pop standard "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", written with Fred Ahlert in 1935.^[1] He died in New York in 1939^[1] and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

• Joe Young's entry at the Songwriters' Hall of Fame
• Joe Young at IMDb
• Joe Young recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.