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Joe Young (July 4, 1889 – April 21, 1939) was an American lyricist, born in New York. In 1911, he began his career as a singer and song-plugger for various music publishers. During World War I, he entertained U.S. troops and sang across Europe.
Joe Young is a composer, lyricist, & librettist as well as singer/songwriter, screenwriter, and photographer. He is earning a BFA from Carnegie Mellon Univeristy in Composition with additional minors in Drama and Film and is proud to call himself a born and raised Oregonian.
Lyricist Joe Young, the writer behind such classic songs as “Dinah”, “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” and “I’m Sitting on Top of the World”, was born in New York City on July 4, 1889.
Joe Young. Prolific lyricist from the teens through the '30s, wrote many of the most mighty, memorable, peppy numbers of the day. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the Great American Songbook .
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The lyrics highlight concern that soldiers would not want to return to their family farms after experiencing the European city life and high culture of Paris during World War I. The song features music by Walter Donaldson and words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis.
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