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Buddy DeSylva - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
 | | 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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