Lew Spence (June 29, 1920, Cedarhurst, New York – January 9, 2008, Los Angeles) was an American songwriter.
Spence received little formal musical training, and led a dance band in his hometown as a teenager.
For much of his career, he wrote melodies, but toward the end of the 1950s he devoted himself primarily to writing lyrics.
Spence's songs were recorded by Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Bobby Short, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby, Billy Eckstine and Dinah Shore.
Spence wrote songs with Burton Lane for a musical in the 1980s, but the project was never finished.