About Curtis Reginald Lewis
Lived 1918 – 1969 (aged 50). Curtis Reginald Lewis was an American songwriter.
Curtis Reginald Lewis (August 29, 1918 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer of popular songs, many of which have become jazz standards. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, grew up in Chicago, and came to New York City in the 1940s. Lewis subsequently became one of the first black composers and lyricists to own a music publishing company on Broadway in the early 1950s.
He died in Kew Gardens, New York. Having served in the United States Army during World War II (from August 22, 1942, discharged as a Staff Sergeant December 2, 1945), his body was interred at the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY.
Selected compositions "All Night Long" Shirley Horn; Album: All Night Long (1981) Billie Holiday George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson; Album: The Swingin's Mutual! Freddie Roach; Album: Brown Sugar Aretha Franklin; Album: Sweet Bitter Love Sonny Criss; Album: Crisscraft (Muse, 1975) Sandy Graham; Album: Sandy Graham Elkie Brooks; Album: No More the Fool: The Collection Rolf Delfos, Marijn Wijnands; Album: Complete Boulevard of Broken Dreams Beverley Staunton, Album: Here's to You Mary Stallings; Album: Live at the Village Vanguard Mary Stallings; Album: San Francisco Jazz Festival Dylan Cramer; Album: All Night Long (2001) Nancy Wilson; Album: Lady Sings the Blues Joe Sample, Randy Crawford; Album: Feeling Good Diana Krall; Album: Only Trust Your Heart (1995) "All Soul" "Blue City" Shirley Horn; Album: Embers And Ashes (1960) "Fortune Teller, Marion Keene" (1955) "Garden of the Blues Suite, The" "Great City, The" "He Never Mentioned Love" Shirley Horn; Album: Embers And Ashes (1960) Claire Martin; Album: He Never Mentioned Love (2007) Sarah Vaughan; Album: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol. 4 - 1963–1967 "He’s Gone Again" "Now or Never" — Billie Holiday (music), Curtis R. Lewis (words) "Old Country" "Roaming Lover" "Today I Sing the Blues" "What Would a Woman Do?" "You Oughta Be Mine"
Selected albums The Garden of the Blues Shirley Horn sings Curtis Lewis, Steeple Chase Records
Film and TV Blown Away (1994): song, All Night Long
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American songwriter
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Curtis Reginald Lewis was born on 29 August 1918 in Fort Worth.
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Curtis Reginald Lewis died on 22 May 1969 in Kew Gardens.
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Curtis Reginald Lewis was a songwriter.
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