Max Friedman

For the professional wrestler, see Maxwell Jacob Friedman.

Max Friedman (died 1964) was an American songwriter and published music through his company, Max Friedman Music Publishing Co.

Career

He composed songs about World War I including "Like a Baby Needs its Mother That's How Uncle Sam Needs You" (1917); "Our Own American Boy" (1917); "Before I Grew Up to Love You" (1918); ^[1] 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. ^[2]

He founded with P. and H. R. Shapiro the Max Friedman Music Publishing Co., which operated out of Buffalo, New York. ^[3]

He also composed the 1928 Gene Austin hit "I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You)", for which Lew Brown wrote the lyrics. ^[4]

Selected works

• Friedman, Max. Before I Grew Up to Love You. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1918. OCLC   818014519
• Friedman, Max, Lew Porter, and Alex Sullivan. Give a Job to the Gob and the Doughboy: Song. Detroit: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1919. OCLC   79959095
• Friedman, M. I Wish I Had Died in My Cradle: Before I Grew Up to Love You. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc, 1926. OCLC   497780739 and OCLC   898532476
• Friedman, Max. In the Heart of Kentucky: (Where You Gave Your Heart to Me). Pittsburgh, PA: Max Friedman Music Publishing Co., 1918. OCLC   430956449
• 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. OCLC   13464779
• Friedman, Max. Lonesomeness. New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1919. OCLC   498661994
• Friedman, Max, Frank Davis, and Louis Johnson. My Sweet Erin Rose. Pittsburgh: Max Friedman Music Publishing Co., 1916. OCLC   879555533
• Friedman, Max, Geo Olcott, and W. C. Wilbert. Our Own American Boy. Pittsburgh: Max Friedman Music Co., 1917. OCLC   20119592
• 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. OCLC   878602914

References

1. OCLC   818014519
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3. "NEW MUSIC PUBLISHING CHARTERS" (PDF). Music Trade Review: 62. 1923. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
4. "Victor Discography: Max Friedman (composer)". Victor.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2013-04-01.