Buddy G. DeSylva

George Gard “Buddy” DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. 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. In 1942 DeSylva, Johny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs founded Capitol Records – the first West-Coast-based record label.