Max Friedman (died 1964) was an American

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

and published music through his company, Max Friedman Music Publishing Co.

Career

He composed songs about

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

including "Like a Baby Needs its Mother That's How

Uncle Sam Uncle Sam (which has the same initials as ''United States'') is a common national personification of the federal government of the United States or the country in general. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam has been a popular symbol of ...

Needs You" (1917); "Our Own American Boy (1917); ''

Before I Grew Up to Love You "Before I Grew Up To Love You" is a World War I era song released in 1917. Max Friedman wrote the lyrics and music. The song was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. of New York City. There are two versions of the cover. One features a framed pho ...

'' (1918); and the post-war "Give the Job to the Gob and the Doughboy" (1919), a plea for employers to hire veterans, featuring lyrics by Lew Porter and Alex Sullivan. He founded with P. and H. R. Shapiro the Max Friedman Music Publishing Co., which operated out of

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

. He also composed the 1928

Gene Austin Lemeul Eugene Lucas (June 24, 1900 – January 24, 1972), better known by his stage name Gene Austin, was an American singer and songwriter, one of the early "crooners". His recording of " My Blue Heaven" sold over 5 million copies and was for a ...

hit "I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You)", for which

Lew Brown Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espe ...

wrote the lyrics.

Selected works

*Friedman, Max. ''Before I Grew Up to Love You''. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1918. *Friedman, Max, Lew Porter, and Alex Sullivan. ''Give a Job to the Gob and the Doughboy: Song''. Detroit: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1919. *Friedman, M. ''I Wish I Had Died in My Cradle: Before I Grew Up to Love You''. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc, 1926. and *Friedman, Max. ''In the Heart of Kentucky: (Where You Gave Your Heart to Me)''. Pittsburgh, PA: Max Friedman Music Publishing Co., 1918. *Friedman, Max, George F. Olcott, and Joseph Hiller. ''Like a Baby Needs Its Mother: That's How Uncle Sam Needs You''. New York: M. Friedman Music Pub. Co, 1917. *Friedman, Max. ''Lonesomeness''. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1919. *Friedman, Max, Frank Davis, and Louis Johnson. ''My Sweet Erin Rose''. Pittsburgh: Max Friedman Music Publishing Co., 1916. *Friedman, Max, Geo Olcott, and W. C. Wilbert. ''Our Own American Boy''. Pittsburgh: Max Friedman Music Co., 1917. *Friedman, Max, Walter C. Ness, Murray Sturm, and Kenn Sisson. ''Spread a little sunshine: where the sun never shines''. New York: Max Friedman Music Publishing Co, Inc, 1924.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Friedman, Max 1964 deaths American male songwriters Music publishers (people)