Lou Handman(1894-1956)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

Songwriter ("Are You Lonesome Tonight?"), composer and pianist. He toured in vaudeville in Australia, and served in the US Army during World War I, then was a pianist for music-publishing firms and accompanied vaudeville singers. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief musical collaborator was Irving Fields, and his other popular-song compositions include "Give Me a Smile and a Kiss", "My Sweetie Went Away", "I Can't Get the One I Want", "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston", "What Good Would It Do?", "Is My Baby Blue Tonight?", "No Nothing", "Me and the Moon", "Was It Rain?", "Don't Ever Change", "Baby Me", "Blue", and "Puddin' Head Jones".

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Known for

The Experiment

7.7

Soundtrack("Are You Lonesome Tonight")

2001

Top Secret!

7.2

Soundtrack("Are You Lonesome Tonight?")

1984

Look Who's Talking Too

4.7

Soundtrack

1990

The Game Plan

6.2

Soundtrack

2007

Credits

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The Week Elvis Died
Short
- music by: "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
- words by: "Are You Lonesome Tonight" (as Turk and Handman, as Turk and Handman)
- 1997
Rhythm in the Clouds
5.7
- songs by
- 1937

Composer

Soundtrack

Paradise
7.9
TV Series
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2026
Ladies
5.8
Short
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2024
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost
7.1
TV Movie
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
- 2023
Elvis
7.3
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2022
Val
7.6
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
- 2021
New Graceland
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (Elvis Presley cover)
- 2020
Promised Land: A Musical Roadmovie from Elvis in Memphis
TV Movie
- writer: "Are You Lonesome To-Night?"
- 2020
For All Mankind
8.1
TV Series
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2019
The Sara Cox Show
4.2
TV Series
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (uncredited)
- 2019
Raindrop Taste Test 68
Video
- writer: "Tiddle-Dee, Winks (At All The Men)"
- 2018
The Seven Ages of Elvis
6.9
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2017
Sun Records
7.4
TV Series
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2017
El gusto es nuestro 20 años
Video
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
- 2016
Strictly Come Dancing
6.1
TV Series
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (uncredited)
- 2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
7.0
- writer: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
- 2016

Personal details

Official site
- Official Site
Alternative name
- Turk and Handman
Born
- September 10, 1894
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- December 9, 1956
- Flushing, New York, USA
Other works
Ed Wynn's Carnival (1920). Musical revue. Music by Ed Wynn. Book by Ed Wynn. Lyrics by Ed Wynn. Musical Director: Antonio Bafunno. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Frank Saddler. Featuring songs by Alfred Bryan, Alex Sullivan, Walter Donaldson, William Eckstein, Chris Smith, Lou Handman, Ray Miller, Raymond Klages, Billy Fazioli, Ring Hager, Tom Brown and Clarence Seena. Featuring songs with lyrics by Al Bryan, Gene Buck, Grant Clarke, Alex Sullivan, Ray Miller, Fred Fisher, Raymond Klages, Billy Fazioli, Ring Hager and Clarence Seena. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to The Selwyn Theatre from 21 Jun 1920- close): 5 Apr 1920- 14 Aug 1920 (150 performances). Cast: Earl Benham, Jane Bowen, Violet Bristow, Joan Butlin, Elizabeth Chatterton, Catherine Doyle, Ursula Dale, Marion Davies, Dorothy Deane, Lillian Durkin, Carolyn Erwin, Orville Fisher, Lillian Fitzgerald, Evan Burrows Fontaine, Ida Gerber, Ann Greenway, Bess Hoban, Sadie Howe, Trixie Jennery, Olga Kale, Gladys Lee, Richie Ling, Beulah McFarland, The Meyakos, Simeon Moore, Florence Quarters, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys, Henry Regal, Frank Ridge, Ted Roberts, Edith Rook, Herbert Russell, Fay West, Arthur Williams, Dade Winlack, Lillian Wood, Ed Wynn, Carol Young. Produced by B.C. Whitney.