autorem tekstów i wydawcą muzycznym. Uważa się go głównie za autora tekstów z epoki Tin Pan Alley; jednak czasami pisał też muzykę. Zawodowo był najbardziej aktywny w latach dwudziestych XX wieku, pracując do lat pięćdziesiątych XX wieku. W tym czasie najczęściej współpracował z autorami piosenek, takimi jak Al Sherman i Abner Silver.
Do jego najsłynniejszych piosenek należą „Blueberry Hill” i „You Gotta Be a Football Hero”. W latach 1931–1934, podczas ostatnich dni wodewilu, Lewis i kilku innych ówczesnych twórców hitów wystąpili w rewii zatytułowanej „Songwriters on Parade”, występując na całym wschodnim wybrzeżu na torach Loew's i Keith.
Kariera Lewisa nabrała rozpędu w 1956 roku, kiedy „Blueberry Hill”, piosenka, którą w latach czterdziestych XX wieku napisał wspólnie z Larrym Stockiem, stała się wielkim hitem Fatsa Domino. Dwa lata później Lewis i Sylvester Bradford, niewidomy afroamerykański autor tekstów, napisali „Tears on My Pillow”, który stał się hitem Little Anthony and the Imperials.
Kompozycje Ala Lewisa na listach przebojów
[with Carmen Lombardo]
.1927 A Lane in Spain Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra 13.US
[with Al Sherman & Joe Burke]
.1929 Dream Mother Gene Austin 12.US
[with Al Sherman]
.1930 Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra 16.US
.1931 Ninety-Nine out of a Hundred (Wanna Be Loved) Ben Bernie & His Orchestra 13.US
.1934 Over Somebody Else's Shoulder Isham Jones & His Orchestra 6.US
[with Al Sherman & Fred Phillips]
.1931 Got the Bench, Got the Park Noble Sissle 14.US
[solo]
.1932 All-American Girl George Olsen and His Orchestra 6.US
[with Al Sherman, Buddy Fields]
.1933 You Gotta be a Football Hero (To Get Along with the Beautiful Girls) Ben Bernie & His Orchestra 10.US
[with Abner Silver, Al Sherman]
.1934 Isn't It a Shame Connee Boswell 19.US
.1934 Isn't It a Shame? Jan Garber and His Orchestra 15.US
12/1935 One Night in Monte Carlo Freddy Martin and His Orchestra 15.US
[with Tony Sacco & Dick Smith]
.1934 The Breeze Anson Weeks & His Orchestra 7.US
06/1953 The Breeze (That's Bringin' My Honey Back to Me) Trudy Richards 19.US
[with Tom Waring]
.1935 Way Back Home Victor Young & His Orchestra 6.US
11/1949 'Way Back Home Bing Crosby and Fred Waring 21.US
[with Al Sherman, Gerald Marquee]
.1936 It's Like Reaching for the Moon Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra 17.US
[with Charles Tobias, Maurice Spitalny]
.1939 (Ho-Dle-Ay) Start the Day Right Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell 12.US
[with Vincent Rose,Larry Stock]
.1940 Blueberry Hill The Glenn Miller Orchestra 1.US
09/1940 Blueberry Hill Russ Morgan 17.US
09/1940 Blueberry Hill Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 15.US
10/1956 Blueberry Hill Fats Domino 2.US/6.UK
11/1956 Blueberry Hill Louis Armstrong 29.US
08/1960 Blueberry Hill John Barry 34.UK
[with Mabel Wayne]
.1942 Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me? Connee Boswell 21.US
01/1943 (As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me Dinah Shore 3.US
01/1943 (As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me? Johnny Long and His Orchestra 1.US
01/1943 (As Long as You're Not in Love with Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me? Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 16.US
[with Charles Tobias]
01/1942 Rose O'Day (The Filla-Ga-Dusha-Song) Freddy Martin and His Orchestra 17.US
01/1942 Rose O'Day (The Filla-Ga-Dusha-Song) The Four King Sisters 18.US
02/1942 Rose O'Day (The Filla-Ga-Dusha Song) Kate Smith 8.US
03/1942 Rose O'Day Woody Herman and His Orchestra 18.US
[with Walter Donovan, Dick Jurgens,, Country Washburne]
04/1942 One Dozen Roses Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 17.US
06/1942 One Dozen Roses Harry James and His Orchestra 4.US
06/1942 One Dozen Roses Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra 8.US
06/1942 One Dozen Roses Dinah Shore 8.US
[with Guy Wood]
09/1950 Cincinnati Dancing Pig Red Foley 7.US
09/1950 Cincinnati Dancing Pig Vic Damone 11.US
[with Paul Mann]
12/1954 The Finger of Suspicion Dickie Valentine 1.UK
[with Larry Stock]
01/1957 The Adoration Waltz David Whitfield with the Roland Shaw Orchestra 9.UK
[with Sylvester Bradford]
12/1957 Uh-Huh-mm Sonny James 92.US
08/1958 Tears on My Pillow Little Anthony & the Imperials 4.US
03/1959 Wishful Thinking Little Anthony & the Imperials 79.US
06/1969 Tears on My Pillow Johnny Tillotson 119.US
01/1990 Tears on My Pillow Kylie Minogue 1.UK
[with Antoine Domino & Sylvester Bradford]
05/1959 I'm Ready Fats Domino 16.US
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