Bernie Lowe, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bernie Lowe

American songwriter, record producer, arranger, pianist, bandleader

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1917

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1993

Profession: conductor, record producer, pianist, songwriter, bandleader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Bernie Lowe

  • Bernie Lowe (born Bernard Lowenthal, November 22, 1917 – September 1, 1993) was an American songwriter / record producer / arranger / pianist and bandleader.Born in Philadelphia, Lowe started Teen Records and in 1955 was working with Freddie Bell and the Bellboys.
  • He asked Freddie Bell to rewrite the lyrics of "Hound Dog" to appeal to a broader radio audience.
  • Teen Records and the group had a regional hit with this version of the song, which was one of four songs the group did with Lowe.
  • It was this same version that Elvis Presley heard in Las Vegas, Nevada, adopted, recorded, and made his own.
  • Lowe went on to co-pen with Kal Mann the chart-topping song, "Teddy Bear", for the same singer.Bernie Lowe sometimes masqueraded as 'Harold Land'.
  • This enabled him to be affiliated with both ASCAP and BMI.Lowe founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Cameo Records in 1956, and Cameo was later expanded into the Cameo-Parkway Records label.
  • The owners then signed a then unknown singer, Ernest Evans, to their burgeoning label.
  • Evans would soon change his name to Chubby Checker, whose success helped Cameo-Parkway become one of the largest independent record labels in the United States.
  • Lowe is credited with co-writing the song "Butterfly" which helped launch and further the career of Charlie Gracie, the eminent 1950s rock and roller, just as the term was entering into the cultural lexicon.
  • Lowe also launched the careers of Dee Dee Sharp, Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, The Dovells, and The Tymes. Bernie Lowe died in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, on September 1, 1993.

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