# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-desylva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:01:31.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-desylva"
name: "Buddy DeSylva"
slug: "buddy-desylva"
description: "George Gard \"Buddy\" DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs, and, along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs, he co-founded Capitol Records."
tagline: "American songwriter, film producer and record executive (1895–1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_DeSylva_(1895%E2%80%931950)%2C_Lew_Brown_(1893%E2%80%931958)%2C_and_Ray_Henderson_(1895%E2%80%931970).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1895-01-27"
deathDate: "1950-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.31983866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221865/"
    handle:    "nm0221865"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "بادى ديسيلفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_G._DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy G. DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "بادی دسیلوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_DeSylva"
    title: "Buddy DeSylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buddy_de_Sylva"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/37c16e49-0d6f-4fdd-bdd6-63e99607a831"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14972"
    title: "Buddy G. DeSylva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump