Question: Facts: - instrument: piano - death place: rancho mirage , california , us - years active: c. 1905 -- 1969 - birth name: abraham olshewitz - death date: 4 january 1984 - birth date: 20 december 1887 - name: abe olman - background: non_performing_personnel - birth place: cincinnati , ohio , us - occupation: songwriter , music publisher , music industry executive Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abe olman .
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abe olman -lrb- december 20 , 1887 -- january 4 , 1984 -rrb- , born abraham olshewitz , was an american songwriter and music publisher .he composed a number of successful ragtime and popular songs including '' red onion rag '' -lrb- 1912 -rrb- , '' down among the sheltering palms '' -lrb- 1915 -rrb- , '' oh johnny , oh johnny , oh ! ''-lrb- 1917 -rrb- , and '' down by the o-hi-o '' -lrb- 1920 -rrb- .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 .