Lou Herscher(1894-1974)

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".