Bud Green

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Bud Green was born in Austria on November 19, 1897 and immigrated to America as an infant. In his early career he wrote material for vaudevilles. He died in Yonkers, New York on January 2, 1981. He was a staff writer for music publishers and wrote Broadway stage scores as well as for other musicals.

He has collaborated with many artists, including:

• Les Brown
• Buddy De Sylva
• Al Dubin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Slim Gaillard
• Ray Henderson
• Ben Homer
• Raymond Scott
• Sam Stept
• Harry Warren

He has wrote a number of songs, most notably:

• "Alabamy Bound"
• "That’s My Weakness Now"
• "I Love My Baby"
• "Oh Boy, What A Girl"
• "In My Gondola"
• "Away Down South in Heaven"
• "I’ll Always Be In Love With You"
• "Do Something"
• "Congratulations"
• "Good Little, B ad Little You"
• "My Mother’s Evening Prayer"
• "Simple and Sweet"
• "Dream Sweetheart"
• "Moonlight on the River"
• "Swingy Little Thingy"
• "Blue Fedora"
• "More Than Ever"
• "You Showed Me the Way"
• "Tia Juana"
• "Once in a While"
• "The Man who Comes Around"
• "Flat Foot Floogie"
• "Sentimental Journey"
• "Speed Limit"
• "Who Can Tell"
• "All the Days of Our Years"
• "My Number One Dream Came True"
• "On Account I Love You"

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.

[edit] References

• Songwriters Hall of Fame