Bill Buchanan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bill Buchanan (April 30, 1930 - August 1, 1996) was a songwriter. His most famous composition took place in 1956, when he and Dickie Goodman created the sound collage "The Flying Saucer." After Buchanan and Goodman severed their partnership, Buchanan later wrote the song "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" for Bobby Vee. He also was president of a company manufacturing Disk-Go Cases, a plastic cylindrical record storage cabinet.


[edit] Singles

Bill Buchanan


Gone Records

  • The Thing/Happy Day (1958)


United Artist Records

  • The Night Before Halloween/Beware (1962)


Buchanan And Ancell


Flying Saucer Records

  • The Creature/Meet The Creature (1957)


Buchanan And Cella


ABC-Paramount Records

  • String Along With Pal-O-Mine/More And More String Along With Pal-O-Mine (1959)


Buchanan And Goodman


Comic Records

  • The Flying Saucer Part 1/The FLying Saucer Part 2 (1956)
  • Back To Earth Part 1/Back To Earth Part 2 (1956)
  • Buchanan And Goodman On Trial/Crazy (1956)
  • The Banana Boat Story/The Mystery (In Slow Motion) (1957)
  • Flying Saucer The 2nd/Martian Melody (1957)
  • Santa And The Satellite Part 1/Santa And The Satellite Part 2 (1957)
  • The FLyin Saucer Goes West/Saucer Serenade (1958)
  • Flying Saucer The Third/The Cha Cha Lesson (1959)


Novelty Records

  • Frankenstein Of '59/Frankenstein Returns (1959)


Buchanan And Greenfield


Novel Records

  • The Invasion/What A Lovely Party (1964)


[edit] External links