'''Leo Friedman''' (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an [[United States|American]] composer of popular music. Friedman was born in [[Elgin, Illinois]] and died in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He is best remembered for composing the sentimental waltz "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]" with lyrics by [[Beth Slater Whitson]] in 1910. Another popular composition was "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland."
He also wrote the scoremusic for the popular [[racism|racist]] ragtime song, "Coon, Coon, Coon", in 1900,.<ref>http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&?scoreid=55712 Sibelius Music</ref><ref>http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/talentDetail.php?id=40398 Victor Recording Library at [[UCSB]]</ref> withLyrics lyricswere added by Gene Jefferson in 1901.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kc4EwD5hoA&NR=1 You Tube video on entertainment portrayals of the early 20th century</ref><ref>http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=2000000353 Victor Recording Library at [[UCSB]]</ref> The song was claimed to be the most successful song of 1901. It was published and promoted by "[[Sol Bloom]], the Music Man" of [[Chicago]].<ref>http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] at Boulder song libraries</ref>
