{{Short description|American songwriter (1881–1961)}}
'''Lou Davis''' (May 14, 1881 – October 18, 1961) was an American songwriter, and author associated with Tin Pan Alley. He was also a businessman in the wholesale meat business. His primary musical collaborators were Abel Baer, Henry Busse, Harold Arlen, Henry Lange, and J. Fred Coots.<ref>Tyler, Don. ''Hit songs, 1900-1955: American popular music of the pre-rock era.'' Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007. p. 376; {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2946-2}}. {{OCLC| 76961274}}</ref> Several of his most notable songs include "Hot Lips", "A Precious Little Thing Called Love", "Deep in the Arms of Love", "Here Comes My Ball and Chain", and "I'm Croonin' a Tune About June".<ref>Jasen, David A. 1988. ''Tin Pan Alley: the composers, the songs, the performers, and their times : the golden age of American popular music from 1886 to 1956''. New York. pp. 160, 171, 185, 200; {{ISBN|1556110995}}. {{OCLC|18135644}}.</ref>
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==Bibliography== *Vogel, Frederick G. ''World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics''. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995. {{ISBN|0-89950-952-5}}. {{OCLC | 32241433}}
==External links== * [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111714 Lou Davis recordings] at the Discography of American Historical Recordings
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