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Louis Alter

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Aliases
Lou Alter
Born
June 18, 1902
Died
November 5, 1980
Country
United States
IPI
00000698403 20 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Pianist, composer and songwriter from New York City. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.
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Songs written by Louis Alter

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Melody from the Sky Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Elmer Feldkamp REC, Fuzzy Knight with Henry Fonda (whistling) BRD January 27, 1936 Covered by (17 artists)
Blue Shadows Louis Alter, Raymond Klages Covered by (4 artists)
Circus Bob Russell [US], Louis Alter Tony Martin with Skip Martin and His Orchestra August 1949 Covered by (4 artists)
Dolores Frank Loesser, Louis Alter Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers REC, Bing Crosby - With The Merry Macs and Bob Crosby's Bob Cats REL January 20, 1941 Covered by (11 artists)
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven October 17, 1946 Covered by (422 artists)
Gotta Feelin' for You Louis Alter, Jo Trent Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra May 21, 1929 Covered by (6 artists)
I Love the Way You're Breaking My Heart Louis Alter, Milton Drake Peggy Lee December 17, 1951 Covered by (12 artists)
Love Ain't Nothin' but the Blues Louis Alter, Joe Goodwin Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain Smith Ballew September 18, 1929 Covered by (5 artists)
Love Me as I Am Frank Loesser, Louis Alter Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Marilyn Duke and Vaughn Monroe May 19, 1941 Covered by (4 artists)
Manhattan Moonlight Louis Alter The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra - conductor Charles Shadwell with Reginald Foort 1938 Covered by Morton Gould and His Orchestra
Manhattan Serenade Louis Alter Victor Salon Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) March 1, 1928 Covered by (27 artists)
My Campfire Dreams Paul Francis Webster, Louis Alter Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen August 6, 1937 Covered by Bobby Breen with St. Luke Choristers and Orchestra conducted by Hugo Riesenfeld
My Kinda Love Louis Alter, Jo Trent Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolians December 12, 1928 Covered by (39 artists)
Nina Never Knew Louis Alter, Milton Drake Vic Damone with Orch. Dir. by Joe Reisman October 1952 Covered by (39 artists)
Rainbow on the River Paul Francis Webster, Louis Alter Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo September 17, 1936 Covered by (4 artists)
That Wonderful Something (Is Love) Louis Alter, Joe Goodwin Roy Ingraham and His Orchestra September 10, 1929 Covered by (8 artists)
The Blues Are Brewin' Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter Billie Holiday December 27, 1946 Covered by (14 artists)
The Sky Fell Down Edward Heyman, Louis Alter Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REC, Woody Herman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman REL February 1, 1940 Covered by (7 artists)
Twilight on the Trail Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell Bing Crosby REC,REL, Fuzzy Knight, aided by Nigel Bruce (humming) and Fred MacMurray (whistling) BRD March 24, 1936 Covered by (34 artists)
What a Life (Trying to Live Without You) Louis Alter, Charlotte Kent Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders March 9, 1932 Covered by (4 artists)
You Turned the Tables on Me Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barbara Blake REC, Alice Faye BRD, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward REL July 6, 1936 Covered by (129 artists)