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Buck, Richard Henry
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Sea Moon"; "It's Getting Darker on Broadway"; "Garden of My Dreams"; "The Love Boat"; "Florida, the Moon and You"; "Rambler Rose"; "Lonely Little Melody"; "Maybe"; "Someone, Someday, Somewhere." Home: Ken­sington, Great Neck, N.Y.
Buck, Richard Henry, author; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 11, 1870. ASCAP 1938. Educ: Philadelphia
1 >ublic schools. For many years col-aborator Adam Geibel, also Theodore Morse. Songs: "Kentucky Babe"; "Dear Old Girl"; 'Where the South­ern Roses Grow"; "Little Cotton Dolly"; "Diaper Kid"; "I Never Thought I'd Miss You as I Do"; "Dream On, Dear Heart, Dream On"; "Little Black Lamb"; "Bamboo Baby"; "Uncle Wip's Lullaby"; "My Kingdom of Heart's Desire"; "I Live for You Alone, Dear." Address: 533 Benner St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Bullock, Walter, author; b. Shelburn, Ind., May 6, 1907. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: DePauw Univ., B.A., 1928. Motion picture scores and screen­plays include: 52nd Street; Sally, Irene and Mary; Springtime in the Rockies; The Gang's AM Here; The Cowboy and the Blonde; Just Around the Corner; The Bluebird; Greenwich Village; The Three Musketeers. New York stage productions: Mr. Barrys Etchings; Great to be Alive. Songs: "I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight"; "I'd Like to See Samoa of Samoa"; "The You and Me That Used to Be"; "When Did You Leave Heaven." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Bunch, Boyd, composer, author, ar­ranger, pianist; b. Chamois, Mo., Feb. 24, 1889. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: El Reno, Okla. public school and high school; self-taught in music. Served in armed forces, World War I. Ar­ranger for popular orchestra. Songs: "The Day I Let You Get Away"; "The
Broken Record"; "There Goes My Attraction"; "Frankie and Johnny" (wrote lyrics for new version). Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Burdge, Gordon, author; b. New York, N.Y., March 20, 1906. ASCAP 1949. Educ.: In South and abroad; prof, in journalism in graduate schools and advanced work classes; newspaper and magazine editor. At present man­ufacturer of phonograph records. Member: San Francisco Press Club; Noblesse Normandie; Folk Music So­ciety of America. Songs: "Portrait of Jennie"; "The Family That Prays To­gether"; "Anniversary Toast"; "Old Cowboy Church"; "Israeli Lullaby"; "Sweet Land of Israel"; "Hebrew Nocturne"; "Yemenite Love Song"; "Single and Sentimental." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Burk, Robert, composer, radio and recording artist, b. New York, N.Y., July 5, 1908; d. Saranac Lake, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1940. ASCAP 1940. Educ.: School of Ethical Culture and Blessed Sacrament Night School, Washing­ton, D.C. Began music as choir boy; became professional singer for stage and screen, also radio, and recording soloist with popular orchestras; master of ceremonies. Songs: "The Song I Wrote for You"; "Never Again"; "Don't Do It Again"; "You Didn't Know Me from Adam"; "All Quiet On the Front Porch Tonight"; "A Woman's Got a Right to Change Her Mind"; "A Strange Loneliness"; "My Piggy Bank Is Jing-a-Ling Again. * Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Burke, Francis (Sonny Burke), com­poser, arranger, recording executive; b. Scranton, Pa., March 22, 1914. ASCAP 1942. For some years with Jimmy Dorsey's orch., then leader of own popular orch. Songs: "You're a Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith"; "Star Dreams"; "Black Coffee"; "How It