Leo Friedman
Leo Friedman (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an 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." Leo Friedman was also very well known to have a profound drug addiction of which some say aided his musical ability whilst others argue that it hindered his career massively. Most nights after preforming he would be found in his dressing room spilling his guts out all over the floor after tripping on DMT and other hallucagens. During his trips he would often run around the dressing room naked singing Fuck The Police and other classic Hip Hop Hits. He also wrote the music for the popular ragtime song "Coon, Coon, Coon" in 1900.[1][2] Lyrics were added by Gene Jefferson in 1901.[3][4] 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.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&?scoreid=55712 Sibelius Music
- ^ http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/talentDetail.php?id=40398 Victor Recording Library at UCSB
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kc4EwD5hoA&NR=1 You Tube video on entertainment portrayals of the early 20th century
- ^ http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=2000000353 Victor Recording Library at UCSB
- ^ http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagCoonCoon&Rag&1 University of Colorado at Boulder song libraries
External links
Free scores by Leo Friedman in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)