Abe Olman

Abe Olman (December 20, 1887[1][note 1] – January 4, 1984), born Abraham Olshewitz, was an American songwriter and music publisher.

He was later director of ASCAP, and a founder of the Songwriters Hall of Fame which, in 1983, named the annual Abe Olman Publisher Award in his honor.

It was successfully revived in 1939 by Orrin Tucker with singer "Wee" Bonnie Baker, and by The Andrews Sisters,[1] and was recorded in 1959 by Peggy Lee on her album I Like Men!.

He became the secretary and general manager of Leo Feist, Inc. in 1935, holding the post until 1956, and also began working for the much larger firm of Robbins Music in the early 1940s.

[1] In 1969, with Johnny Mercer and Howie Richmond, he co-founded the National Academy of Popular Music's Songwriters Hall of Fame.