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He grew up in Chicago and came to New York City in the 1940s.
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Curtis Lewis
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Lewis subsequently became one of the first black composers and lyricists to own a music publishing company on Broadway in the early 1950s. Having served in the United States Army during World World War II (from August 22, 1942, discharged as a Staff Sergeant December 2, 1945), the body of Curtis Reginald Lewis was interred at the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New New York "Now or Never" — (music), Curtis R. Blown Away (1994), (song, All Night Long).
