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 Alleysongwriters of the era, and a producer of stage and screen musicals.
DeSylva, also known as B.G. Desylva and George Gard Desylva, became interested in show business, began songwriting and eventually was brought to N.Y. by Al Jolson.
DeSylva's first successful songs were those used by Jolson on Broadway in the 1918 +Sinbad production, which included "I'll Say She Does." DeSylva wrote for over ten musicals between 1919 and 1925, including +La, La, Lucille (1919), several of +George White's Scandals of the early '20s, and +Captain Jinks (1925).
DeSylva later held positions as head of Paramount Pictures, as a music publisher, and finally as a record executive for Capitol Records.
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