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DeSylva's first successful songs were those used by Al Jolson on Broadway in the 1918 production of Sinbad, which included "I'll Say She Does". Soon thereafter, he met Jolson and in 1918 the pair went to New York and DeSylva began working as a songwriter in Tin Pan Alley. [1]
His first hit, “I’ll Say She Does”, was written for the 1918 Broadway production Sinbad. Later he worked in collaboration with George Gershwin, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson.
De Sylva was the credited lyricist for Jolson’s next show, Big Boy, the biggest initial hit from which was “Hello, Tucky” (music by Joseph Meyer), recorded by Jolson, though Eddie Cantor made a bigger hit out of a castoff from the show, “If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)” (music by Meyer), which he recorded for a best-seller in ...
Two hits came out of this show, “My Lucky Star” and “Button Up Your Overcoat.” It ran for 401 performances. The team also wrote songs for the new form of entertainment, talking movies.
Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown. " The Best Things in Life Are Free " is a popular song written by the songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown (lyrics) and Ray Henderson (music) for the 1927 musical Good News. It enjoyed a revival during the period from 1947 to 1950, when it was covered by many artists. On January 1, 2023, the composition ...
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Brown's first hit was 'Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl' '17 with Albert Von Tilzer; Henderson wrote 'That Old Gang Of Mine' '23 with Billy Rose and Mort Dixon, 'Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue' and 'I'm Sitting On Top Of The World' with Sam Lewis and Joe Young, 'Don't Bring Lulu' with Rose and Brown, 'Alabamy Bound' '25 with DeSylva, whose ...
B.G. DeSylva wrote Somebody Loves Me, I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Look for the Silver Lining, Do It Again and other songs.
