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Songwriter Biography: ALTER, LOUIS

ALTER, LOUIS        Hall of Fame
Born: 1902 Haverhill, MA
Died: 1980 New York, NY
Collaborators: Frank Loesser, Sidney Mitchell, Harold Adamson,
Oscar Hammerstein, Eddie DeLange

Shows:  Ballyhoo, Hold Your Horses, Sweet and Low, Vanities

Films:  Hollywood Revue, Sing Baby Sing, Trail of the Lonesome
Pine

Principal Songs:  Come Up and See Me Sometime, Do You Know What It Means
to Miss New Orleans, Dolores, Manhattan Serenade, A Melody
from the Sky, My Kinda Love, Rainbow on the River, The Sky
Fell Down, Steak and Potatoes, Twilight on the Trail, You
Turned the Tables on Me
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