Philip Braham

Musician · 1881–1934 · London, England
Best known for Composer

Philip Braham was an English songwriter best remembered for “Limehouse Blues” (with lyricist Douglas Furber, 1922), the song the Andrew Sisters and Django Reinhardt later turned into a jazz and country standard.

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  • Born August 18, 1881, in London.
  • Composed “Limehouse Blues” with lyricist Douglas Furber for the 1921 London revue A to Z.
  • Teddie Gerard introduced the song in the A to Z revue in London; Gertrude Lawrence later made it famous on Broadway; the Mound City Blue Blowers and Jelly Roll Morton made it a jazz standard.
  • Died February 2, 1934.

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