Buddy Gard DeSylva (1895-1950)

Overview

George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive born in New York City.
He was raised in California and studied at the University of Southern California. DeSylva wrote songs initially for by Al Jolson and in 1918 he went to New York to work as a songwriter in Tin Pan Alley and also worked with George Gershwin. Throughout the 1920's and 1930's he produced a string of song hits and motion pictures with various collaborators. In 1942, together with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs he founded Capitol Records.
One of his memorable hits is the eternal If You Knew Susie (1925 words: Joseph Meyer) which was sung by Ella Shields among many others.
He died in Hollywood..

Websites:
	Buddy DeSylva	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: B. G. DeSylva	List of 6 historic recordings from 1927 to 1949.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Ain't Love Grand! (1922)	W. Donaldson C. Conrad	Unknown
Aren't We All (1929)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Best Things in Life Are Free (1927), The	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Button Up Your Overcoat (1928)		Unknown
Don't Cry, Swanee (1923)	C. Conrad	James Pitt-Payne
Good News (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Here I Am Broken Hearted (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
I Gave Her That (1919)	A. Jolson	James Pitt-Payne
I'll Say She Does (1918)	G. Kahn A. Jolson	James Pitt-Payne
If I Had a Talking Picture of You (1929)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie (1925)		Unknown
It All Depends on You (1926)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Just Imagine	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Lucky in Love (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Magnolia (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
⇑Minnie the Mermaid (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
My Lucky Star (1928)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
My Sin (1929)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
My Tonia (1928)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Never Swat a Fly (1930)	L. Brown	James Pitt-Payne
So Blue (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Sunny Side Up (1929)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
That's Just My Way of Forgetting You (1928)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
There's Something About an Old Fashioned Girl (1930)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
Together (1928)	L. Brown	James Pitt-Payne
Varsity Drag (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	Denese Coulbeck
Without You Sweetheart (1927)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
You Are the Melody I Am Only the Words (1930)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
You Try Somebody Else (1931)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne
You're the Cream in My Coffee (1928)	L. Brown R. Henderson	James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Together (1941)	B.G. DeSylva	Dick Todd	Victor: BS-063783

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie	Buddy Gard DeSylva (music) Joseph Meyer (words) Ella Shields (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Ain't Love Grand! (1922)	B.G. DeSylva (music) W. Donaldson (coauth.) C. Conrad (coauth.) A. Jolson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Aren't We All (1929)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Best Things in Life Are Free (1927), The	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Button Up Your Overcoat (1928)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) R. Henderson (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Chloe (1919)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) A. Jolson (coauth.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Don't Cry, Swanee (1923)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) C. Conrad (coauth.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Good News (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) G. Olsen (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Here I Am Broken Hearted (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Gave Her That (1919)	B.G. DeSylva (music) A. Jolson (coauth.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I'll Say She Does (1918)	B.G. DeSylva (music) G. Kahn (coauth.) A. Jolson (coauth.) A. Jolson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
If I Had a Talking Picture of You (1929)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie (1925)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) J. Meyer (words) E. Cantor (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) Jay C. Flippen (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.) Jack Rose (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
It All Depends on You (1926)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) Jay C. Flippen (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Just a Cottage Small (1925)	B.G. DeSylva (music) James F. Hanley (words) John McCormack (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Just Imagine (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Lucky in Love (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) June Allyson (perf.) Peter Lawford (perf.) Patricia Marshall (perf.) Joan McCracken (perf.) Ray McDonald (perf.) Mel Torme (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Magnolia (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Minnie the Mermaid (1930)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) R. Vallée (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
My Lucky Star (1928)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
My Sin (1929)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
My Tonia (1928)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Never Swat a Fly (1930)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) El Brendel (perf.) Maureen O'Sullivan (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.) John Garrick (perf.) Frank Albertson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
So Blue (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) Haney Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Sunny Side Up (1929)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
That's Just My Way of Forgetting You (1928)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
There's Something About an Old Fashioned Girl (1930)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) El Brendel (perf.) Maureen O'Sullivan (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.) John Garrick (perf.) Frank Albertson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Together (1928)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) Claudette Colbert (perf.) Jennifer Jones (perf.) Joseph Cotton (perf.) Lionel Barrymore (perf.) Monty Woolley (perf.) Robert Walker (perf.) Shirley Temple (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Varsity Drag (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Without You Sweetheart (1927)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
You Are the Melody I Am Only the Words (1930)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.) El Brendel (perf.) Maureen O'Sullivan (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.) John Garrick (perf.) Frank Albertson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
You Try Somebody Else (1931)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑You're the Cream in My Coffee (1928)	B.G. DeSylva (w&m) L. Brown (coauth.) R. Henderson (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 90 works by Buddy Gard DeSylva (1895-1950). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1918-1925

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


But - After the Ball Was Over! (w&m)	1918	Arthur J. Jackson (co-author)
I'll Say She Does (w&m)	1918	Gus Kahn (co-author) Al Jolson (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)
It's Wonderful	1918
N' Everything	1918	Gus Kahn (words) Al Jolson (perf.)
By the Honeysuckle Vine	1919	Al Jolson (perf.)
Chloe	1919	Al Jolson (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
I Gave Her That	1919	Al Jolson (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
Oh, You Delicious Little Devil	1919	Alfred Bryan (words) Mae Murray (perf.)	Pub.
You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet (w&m)	1919	Al Jolson (co-author) Gus Kahn (co-author)
Just Snap Your Fingers at Care	1920		Pub.
Look For the Silver Lining	1920
⇑ Ain't Love Grand! (w&m)	1922	Walter Donaldson (co-author) Con Conrad (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)
Coo-Coo Song	1922	Al Jolson (words)
Arcady	1923	Al Jolson (words)
Don't Cry, Swanee (w&m)	1923	Con Conrad (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)
California Here I Come	1924	Joseph Meyer (co-author) Al Jolson (words)
I'm Gonna Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (w&m)	1924	Harry Woods (co-author)
If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie	1925	Joseph Meyer (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Jay C. Flippen (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Jack Rose (perf.) Ella Shields (perf.)
Just a Cottage Small	1925	James F. Hanley (words) John McCormack (perf.)	Pub.
Polly of Hollywood	1925	James F. Hanley (words)

1926-1927

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Behind the Clouds (w&m)	1926	Benny Davis (co-author) Ray Welch (perf.)
It All Depends on You (w&m)	1926	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Phil Baker (perf.) Betty Burnett (perf.) Jay C. Flippen (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Tom Waring (perf.) Rube Wolf (perf.)
South Wind (w&m)	1926	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Why Don't You Marry the Girl? (w&m)	1926	Al Piantadosi (co-author) Sam Williams (co-author)
Ask Me Another (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Best Things in Life Are Free, The (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) June Allyson (perf.) Peter Lawford (perf.) Patricia Marshall (perf.) Joan McCracken (perf.) Ray McDonald (perf.) George Olsen (perf.) Mel Torme (perf.)
Good News (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) George Olsen (perf.)	Pub.
Good News - Selection	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)
Happy Days (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)
Here I Am Broken Hearted (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Johnnie Ray (perf.)	Pub.
I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
⇑ Just Imagine (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Lucky in Love (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) June Allyson (perf.) Peter Lawford (perf.) Patricia Marshall (perf.) Joan McCracken (perf.) Ray McDonald (perf.) Mel Torme (perf.)	Pub.
Magnolia (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Oh! Baby Don't We Get Along (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author)	Pub.
Plenty of Sunshine (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
So Blue (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Jessie Crawford (perf.) Haney Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Varsity Drag, The (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) June Allyson (perf.) Peter Lawford (perf.) Patricia Marshall (perf.) Joan McCracken (perf.) Ray McDonald (perf.) Mel Torme (perf.)	Pub.
Why Do You Sit on Your Patio? (w&m)	1927	Leo McCarey (co-author)
Without You Sweetheart (w&m)	1927	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.

1928

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Because You're Beautiful	1928
Blue Grass	1928
Button Up Your Overcoat	1928	Ray Henderson (words) arr.: Joseph M Weiss	Pub.
Don't Hold Everything	1928
Follow Thru	1928
For Old Times' Sake (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
I Could Give Up Anything But You	1928
I Want to Be Bad	1928
Maybe This Is Love	1928
My Lucky Star (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
My Tonia (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
⇑ Pickin' Cotton (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)
Pompanola	1928
She's a Home Girl (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)
Song I Love, The (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Still I'd Love You	1928
That's Just My Way of Forgetting You (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Then I'll Have Time For You	1928
Together (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Lionel Barrymore (perf.) Claudette Colbert (perf.) Joseph Cotton (perf.) Jennifer Jones (perf.) Shirley Temple (perf.) Dick Todd (perf.) Robert Walker (perf.) Monty Woolley (perf.)
Two Boys	1928

1928-1930

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?	1928
You're the Cream in My Coffee (w&m)	1928	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)
Aren't We All	1929	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.)	Pub.
I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All? (w&m)	1929	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
I'm in Seventh Heaven (w&m)	1929	B.G. DeSylva (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
If I Had a Talking Picture of You (w&m)	1929	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.)	Pub.
Little Pal (w&m)	1929	Al Jolson (co-author) Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.) Davey Lee (perf.)	Pub.
My Sin (w&m)	1929	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Belle Baker (perf.)	Pub.
Sunny Side Up (w&m)	1929	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.)	Pub.
Turn on the Heat	1929	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Why Can't You? (w&m)	1929	Al Jolson (co-author) Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.) Davey Lee (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me (w&m)	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
I Am Only the Words, You Are the Melody (w&m)	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Minnie the Mermaid	1930	Rudy Vallée (perf.)
Never Swat a Fly (w&m)	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Frank Albertson (perf.) El Brendel (perf.) John Garrick (perf.) Maureen O'Sullivan (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.)	Pub.
Old Fashioned Girl (w&m)	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)
Thank Your Father	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
There's Something About an Old Fashioned Girl (w&m)	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Frank Albertson (perf.) El Brendel (perf.) John Garrick (perf.) Maureen O'Sullivan (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.)	Pub.
Wasn't It Beautiful While It Lasted?	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Without Love	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.

1930-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


You Are the Melody I Am Only the Words	1930	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Frank Albertson (perf.) El Brendel (perf.) John Garrick (perf.) Maureen O'Sullivan (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.)
Come to Me (w&m)	1931	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author) Gloria Swanson (perf.)	Pub.
One More Time (w&m)	1931	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
You Try Somebody Else (w&m)	1931	Lew Brown (co-author) Ray Henderson (co-author)	Pub.
Turn Out the Light (w&m)	1932	Richard A. Whiting (co-author) Nacio Herb Brown (co-author)
You're an Old Smoothie (w&m)	1932	Richard A. Whiting (co-author) Nacio Herb Brown (co-author)
Be Careful (w&m)	1933	Leo Robin (co-author) Richard A. Whiting (co-author)
Gather Lip Rouge While You May	1933	Leon Robin (co-author) Richard A Whiting (co-author)
Wishing	1939	Charles Boyer (perf.) Irene Dunne (perf.)
If You Look in Her Eyes	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	B.G. DeSylva	If You Knew Susie (1925) (3:06)	Ella Shields
	B.G. DeSylva	My Sin (1929) (2:48)	Belle Baker