Abe Olman (December 20, 1887 – January 4, 1984), born
Abraham Olshewitz, was an
American songwriter and
music publisher. He composed a number of successful
ragtime and
popular songs including
Red Onion Rag (1912),
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1915),
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! (1917), and
Down By the O-Hi-O (1920). 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.