Joe Young (lyricist)

For other uses, see Joe Young (disambiguation).

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]

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

Early work

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]}

The Laugh Parade

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]

Later work

• "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.