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B.G. DeSylva

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Aliases
Buddy DeSylva
Real name
George Gard De Sylva
Born
January 27, 1895
Died
July 11, 1950
Country
United States
IPI
00030008938 2 works
00071736572 76 works
00204921201 2 works
00337461754 45 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Celebrated songwriter and publisher of Broadway shows in the 1920s and 1930s and of musicals for Fox and Paramount in the 1940s. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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Capitol Records   founder of
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Songs written by B.G. DeSylva

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Kiss in the Dark B.G. DeSylva, Victor Herbert Edith Day September 19, 1922 Covered by (39 artists)
Alabamy Bound Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Bud Green Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra December 29, 1924 Covered by (85 artists)
April Showers B.G. DeSylva, Louis Silvers Al Jolson October 22, 1921 Covered by (106 artists)
Black Bottom Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders June 28, 1926 Covered by (49 artists)
Button Up Your Overcoat Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal January 9, 1929 Covered by (113 artists)
California, Here I Come B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer Al Jolson October 6, 1921 Covered by (105 artists)
Cross Your Heart B.G. DeSylva, Lewis Gensler The Ambassadors [US2] May 10, 1926 Covered by (15 artists)
Do It Again George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva Irene Bordoni February 20, 1922 Covered by (118 artists)
Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Sammy Fain August 19, 1930 Covered by (9 artists)
Eadie Was a Lady B.G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard A. Whiting Ethel Merman November 26, 1932 Covered by (6 artists)
Forgetting You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Peggy English May 11, 1928 Covered by (12 artists)
For Old Times' Sake Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour" July 7, 1928 Covered by (6 artists)
Good News Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Zelma O'Neal September 6, 1927 Covered by (19 artists)
Headin' for Louisville B.G. DeSylva, Joseph Meyer Perry's Orchestra 1925 Covered by (4 artists)
(Here Am I) Broken Hearted Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra June 22, 1927 Covered by (31 artists)
He's a Ladies' Man Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Zelma O'Neal September 6, 1927 Covered by (2 artists)
If I Had a Talking Picture of You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ed Lowry July 12, 1929 Covered by (61 artists)
If You Knew Susie B.G. DeSylva Al Jolson January 7, 1925 Covered by (68 artists)
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Ira Gershwin Winnie Lightner With Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra 1922 Covered by (58 artists)
I'm a Dreamer (Aren't We All) Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ed Lowry July 12, 1929 Covered by (59 artists)
I'm in Seventh Heaven Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey April 4, 1929 Covered by (12 artists)
I Still Can Dream B.G. DeSylva, Julius Brammer, Emmerich Kálmán, Alfred Grünwald Vivienne Segal & Thorpe Bates October 2, 1922 Covered by (4 artists)
It All Depends on You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Al Jolson Covered by (114 artists)
I Want to Be Bad Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Zelma O'Neal January 9, 1929 Covered by (13 artists)
I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Moe Thompson January 26, 1927 Covered by (4 artists)
Just a Cottage Small (By a Waterfall) B.G. DeSylva, James F. Hanley John McCormack October 27, 1925 Covered by (9 artists)
Just a Memory Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra August 19, 1927 Covered by (22 artists)
Just Imagine Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ruth Mayon & Mary Lawlor September 6, 1927 Covered by (30 artists)
Keep Smiling at Trouble (Trouble's a Bubble) B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lewis Gensler Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring December 10, 1924 Covered by (22 artists)
Kicking the Clouds Away George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Ira Gershwin Covered by (6 artists)
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ethel Merman September 14, 1931 Covered by (76 artists)
Little Pal Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown Al Jolson Covered by (19 artists)
Look for the Silver Lining Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol December 8, 1919 Covered by (185 artists)
Love Is in the Air George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Ira Gershwin Girls and Boys [Tell Me More] 1925 Covered by Michael Feinstein
Lucky Day Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman June 24, 1926 Covered by (33 artists)
Lucky in Love Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Covered by (17 artists)
Magnolia (Mix the Lot–What Have You Got?) Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Clevelanders May 19, 1927 Covered by (15 artists)
Memory Lane B.G. DeSylva, Con Conrad, Larry Spier Covered by (13 artists)
Miami B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Con Conrad The Ambassadors under Direction of Louis Katzman August 26, 1925 Covered by (7 artists)
Minnie the Mermaid B.G. DeSylva Johnny Marvin August 1924 Covered by (14 artists)
My Lucky Star Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Jack Barker January 9, 1929 Covered by (6 artists)
My Sin Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Charles W. Hamp April 1, 1929 Covered by (43 artists)
Never Swat a Fly Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra September 17, 1930 Covered by (24 artists)
Nobody but You George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva Cliff Edwards Covered by (11 artists)
Oh Baby Walter Donaldson, B.G. DeSylva Frank Crumit - Phil Ohman at the Piano December 21, 1923 Covered by (37 artists)
One More Time Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ben Bernie and His Orchestra February 13, 1931 Covered by (13 artists)
Red Hot Chicago Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Waring's Pennsylvanians January 10, 1930 Covered by (4 artists)
Rise 'n' Shine B.G. DeSylva, Vincent Youmans Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra November 25, 1932 Covered by (14 artists)
Save Your Sorrow (For Tomorrow) B.G. DeSylva, Al Sherman [US1] Ben Litchfield April 15, 1925 Covered by (45 artists)
So Blue Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra February 21, 1927 Covered by (11 artists)
Somebody Loves Me George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, B.G. DeSylva Winnie Lightner Covered by (317 artists)
Sonny Boy Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown Al Jolson August 20, 1928 Covered by (141 artists)
South Wind Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Frank Farrell & His Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra March 1, 1927 Covered by (8 artists)
Sunny Side Up Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther September 13, 1929 Covered by (30 artists)
Thank Your Father Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Wilbert Morgan and The Three Girl Friends January 17, 1930 Covered by (8 artists)
The Best Things in Life Are Free Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones September 6, 1927 Covered by (150 artists)
The Birth of the Blues Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Irving Abrams & His Orchestra June 1926 Covered by (166 artists)
The Varsity Drag Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The OKeh Melodians August 16, 1927 Covered by (77 artists)
The Yankee Doodle Blues George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Irving Caesar Isham Jones Orchestra May 1922 Covered by (16 artists)
Together Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour" December 10, 1927 Covered by (95 artists)
Turn On the Heat Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Charleston Chasers [US] September 28, 1929 Covered by (16 artists)
Whip-Poor-Will Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva Marilyn Miller and Irving Fisher December 8, 1919 Covered by (9 artists)
Wishing Will Make it So B.G. DeSylva Covered by (7 artists)
Without You Sweetheart Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown The Rounders – Vocal Chorus Tom Stacks December 15, 1927 Covered by (16 artists)
Yoo-Hoo B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson Al Jolson October 6, 1921 Covered by (10 artists)
You're an Old Smoothie B.G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard A. Whiting Ethel Merman and Jack Haley November 26, 1932 Covered by (18 artists)
You're the Cream in My Coffee Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown Ona Munson and Jack Whiting October 10, 1928 Covered by (95 artists)

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