Buddy Gard DeSylva, often credited as Buddy De Sylva, Buddy DeSylva, Bud De Sylva and B.G. DeSylva (January 27, 1895 - July 11, 1950) was a songwriter, one third of the songwriting team DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, one of the top Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the era, and a producer of stage and screen musicals.

He was born George Gard DeSylva in New York, New York, USA, and died in USA.

Broadway credits

• 1919 - La La Lucille (music by George Gershwin)
• 1922 - George White's Scandals of 1922 (music by George Gershwin
• 1922 _ Orange Blossoms (music by Victor Herbert)
• 1922 - The Yankee Princess (music by Emmerich Kalman)
• 1923 - George White's Scandals of 1923 (music by George Gershwin
• 1924 _ Sweet Little Devil (music by George Gershwin)
• 1924 - George White's Scandals of 1924 (music by George Gershwin
• 1925 _ Big Boy (music by Joseph Meyer and James Hanley)
• 1925 - Tell Me More! (co-lyricist with Ira Gershwin music by George Gershwin)
• 1925 - George White's Scandals of 1925 (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1925 - Captain Jinks (music by Lewis Gensler)
• 1926 - George White's Scandals of 1926 (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1926 - Queen High (music by Lewis Gensler)
• 1927 - Good News (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1927 - Manhattan Mary (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1928 - George White's Scandals of 1928 (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1928 - Hold Everything! (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1929 - Follow Thru (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1930 - Flying High (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson)
• 1932 - Take A Chance (music by Nacio Herb Brown, Richard A. Whiting and Vincent Youmans)

External link

• His profile (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=4394) at the Internet Broadway Database