Lou Herscher(1894-1974)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter, composer, conductor, author and publisher, educated in
public schools and a music student of his father, Cantor Elias
Herscher. Lou got his start in vaudeville where he accompanied his
younger brother Nate on the piano. He composed and directed music for a
number of films and features, and co-owned Accadia Music Company.
Joining ASCAP in 1920,his chief musical collaborators were Mitchell Parish, Frank Loesser, Joe Burke, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Benny Davis, Jules
Loman, and his daughter Ruth Grahm. His popular-song compositions
include "Chilpancingo", "Dream Daddy", "There Are Just Two I's in
Dixie", "Wake Up Little Girl", "Nestle In Your Daddy's Arms",
"Silver-Haired Sweetheart", "Valparaiso", "Where Were You?", "I Didn't
Believe I'd Fall in Love", "You're Free to Go", "The Grasshopper", "I'm
Free From the Chain Gang Now", "When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye",
"Orange Blossoms", "Are You Lonely?", "One More Kiss, Then Good Night",
"Garden of the Moon", "Down Home Blues", "Mahalo, I Thank Thee", "Sing
Low, Sweet Harriet", "On My Ukulele", "Lost, A Man's Best Pal", "If",
"Mama Never Said a Word About Love", "In the Park", "Fifty Games of
Solitaire", "Elmer the Knock-Kneed Cowboy", "The Best Years In Our
Lives", "Years Ago", and others. He also wrote music for several
albums, including "The Entertainer".