Artist: B.G. DeSylva

B.G. DeSylva
Aliases
Buddy DeSylva
Real name
George Gard De Sylva
Born
January 27, 1895
Died
July 11, 1950
Country
United States
Comments
Celebrated song-writer and publisher of Broadway shows in the 1920s and 1930s and of musicals for Fox and Paramount in the 1940s.
See also
California

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 April Showers B.G. DeSylva, Louis Silvers (24 artists)
2 Button Up Your Overcoat Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (24 artists)
3 California, Here I Come B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer (15 artists)
4 Do It Again George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva (23 artists)
5 Eadie Was a Lady B.G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard Whiting (3 artists)
6 I Want to Be Bad Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (2 artists)
7 I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Ira Gershwin (9 artists)
8 It All Depends on You Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (17 artists)
9 Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (24 artists)
10 Look for the Silver Lining Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva (33 artists)
11 My Lucky Star Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown
12 Somebody Loves Me George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, B.G. DeSylva (56 artists)
13 Sonny Boy Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lew Brown (21 artists)
14 The Best Things in Life Are Free Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (47 artists)
15 The Birth of the Blues Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (51 artists)
16 You're an Old Smoothie B.G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard Whiting (9 artists)
17 You're the Cream in My Coffee Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (23 artists)

Adapted songs

Title down Written by Originals Covered by
1 Avalon B.G. DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose E lucevan le stelle (72 artists)

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Howard McGhee 1957 Bethlehem Records
2 Just Imagine - The Music of DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Keith Ingham & Marty Grosz 1995 Stomp Off Records

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