Joe Young (lyricist)
# Joe Young (lyricist)

Joe Young (July 4, 1889 – April 21, 1939) was an American lyricist. He was born in New York. Young was most active from 1911 through the late-1930s, beginning his career working as a singer and song-plugger for various music publishers. During World War I, he entertained the U.S. troops, touring Europe as a singer.

## Works

An early work is the song "Way Down East" (©1910) words by Cecil Mack, music by Joe Young and Harold Norman, published by Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company.

## The Laugh Parade

For the 1931 Broadway show The Laugh Parade, Young collaborated with co-lyricist Mort Dixon and composer Harry Warren on "You're My Everything". The show also included:

* "Ooh! That Kiss"
* "Love Me Forever"
* "That Torch Song"

## Later efforts

* "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town"
* "Lullaby of the Leaves"
* "Snuggled On Your Shoulder, Cuddled In Your Arms"
* "Was That the Human Thing To Do?"
* "Something in the Night"
* "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
* "I'm Growing Fonder of You"
* "You're a Heavenly Thing"
* "Sing an Old Fashioned Song"
* "Dancing with You"
* "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)"
* "Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away"

His last work was the famous standard "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", written with Fred Ahlert in 1935.

Joe Young died in New York. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

