Bud Green
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Bud Green was an Austria
n-born songwriter
. Bud Green (Buddy) grew up in Harlem at 108th & Madison Ave. at the turn of the century, the eldest of seven. He dropped out of elementary school to sell newspapers and help the family. While selling papers, he decided to become a songwriter and started keeping a notebook of poems and rhymes that he thought would be useful someday. He was the brother of writer Hannah Russell (Song About the Sky who also wrote scores for children's film in London in the late '50s) see who's who in American women b.1913 d.2002. He was also the brother-in-law of the great lyricist Bob Russell, also see, b.1914 d.1970 who wote Brazil, Frenisi, Don't get around Much anymore and He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother & many more. He's also the granduncle to Luther Russell a singer songerwriter in his own right (www.lutherrussell.com).
Bud Green at 21, married a girl from the Ziegfeld Follies, Nan Hinken, they were together until her death in the early 60's. They had two sons, both deceased. Bud worked as a salaried writer for music publishers. By 1928 he had written "Alabamy Bound, & "That's My Weakness Now" which became a huge hit for Ukelele Ike and Helen Kane. Kane's version including a suggestive scat phrase "boop boop ba doo." This line and Kane's stage persona made the song synonymous with the flapper era; Kane and the song became the inspiration for the Betty Boop cartoons which debuted in 1930. The song was self-published by Green and Stept. They were in the Brass Rail Bldg. at 745, 7th Ave. They then went to Hollywood to work for the movie industry. He and Sammy eventually sold their company to Warner Bros. and returned to New York. He moved his family to Yonkers, New York where he lived the rest of his life commuting to NYC everyday.
He has collaborated with many artists and fellow songwriters, including Les Brown
, Buddy De Sylva
, Al Dubin
, Ella Fitzgerald
, Slim Gaillard
, Ray Henderson
, Ben Homer, Raymond Scott
, Sam H. Stept
, and Harry Warren
.
and immigrated to the United States
as an infant. In his early career he wrote material for vaudeville
s. He was a staff writer for music publishers and wrote Broadway
stage scores as well as songs for other musicals. Green died in Yonkers, New York
in 1981.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-born songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. Bud Green (Buddy) grew up in Harlem at 108th & Madison Ave. at the turn of the century, the eldest of seven. He dropped out of elementary school to sell newspapers and help the family. While selling papers, he decided to become a songwriter and started keeping a notebook of poems and rhymes that he thought would be useful someday. He was the brother of writer Hannah Russell (Song About the Sky who also wrote scores for children's film in London in the late '50s) see who's who in American women b.1913 d.2002. He was also the brother-in-law of the great lyricist Bob Russell, also see, b.1914 d.1970 who wote Brazil, Frenisi, Don't get around Much anymore and He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother & many more. He's also the granduncle to Luther Russell a singer songerwriter in his own right (www.lutherrussell.com).
Bud Green at 21, married a girl from the Ziegfeld Follies, Nan Hinken, they were together until her death in the early 60's. They had two sons, both deceased. Bud worked as a salaried writer for music publishers. By 1928 he had written "Alabamy Bound, & "That's My Weakness Now" which became a huge hit for Ukelele Ike and Helen Kane. Kane's version including a suggestive scat phrase "boop boop ba doo." This line and Kane's stage persona made the song synonymous with the flapper era; Kane and the song became the inspiration for the Betty Boop cartoons which debuted in 1930. The song was self-published by Green and Stept. They were in the Brass Rail Bldg. at 745, 7th Ave. They then went to Hollywood to work for the movie industry. He and Sammy eventually sold their company to Warner Bros. and returned to New York. He moved his family to Yonkers, New York where he lived the rest of his life commuting to NYC everyday.
He has collaborated with many artists and fellow songwriters, including Les Brown
Les Brown (bandleader)
Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...
, Buddy De Sylva
Buddy De Sylva
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 founded Capitol Records.-Biography:...
, Al Dubin
Al Dubin
Alexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:...
, Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
, Slim Gaillard
Slim Gaillard
Bulee "Slim" Gaillard was an American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, noted for his vocalese singing and word play in a language he called "Vout"...
, Ray Henderson
Ray Henderson
Ray Henderson , was an American songwriter.Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley...
, Ben Homer, Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor....
, Sam H. Stept
Sam H. Stept
Samuel Howard Stept was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway, Hollywood and the big bands. He became known simply as Sam Stept or Sam H. Stept — he almost never used his full middle name.-Family:Born in Odessa, Russia, Stept came to the U.S. at the age of three and grew up in...
, and Harry Warren
Harry Warren
Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,...
.
Biography
Green was born in AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and immigrated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as an infant. In his early career he wrote material for vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
s. He was a staff writer for music publishers and wrote Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
stage scores as well as songs for other musicals. Green died in Yonkers, New York
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...
in 1981.
Songs
Bud Green has written or co-written a number of songs, including:- "Alabamy BoundAlabamy Bound"Alabamy Bound" is a Tin Pan Alley tune written in 1924, with music by Ray Henderson and words by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green. Written for the vaudeville stage it was made famous by Al Jolson. "Alabamy Bound" opens with:...
" (Dean MartinDean MartinDean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
on Swingin' Down YonderSwingin' Down YonderSwingin' Down Yonder is the first full-length, 12-inch album recorded by Dean Martin for Capitol Records during three sessions in September and October 1954 and February 1955...
, 1955; Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
on New TricksNew Tricks (Album)New Tricks was Bing Crosby's sixth Decca long-playing album, but his eighth original LP.-Track listing:#Alabamy Bound#When I Take My Sugar to Tea#Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea#Georgia on My Mind#I'm Confessin'#If I Could Be With You#Avalon...
, 1957; Ray CharlesRay CharlesRay Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
on The Genius Hits the RoadThe Genius Hits the RoadThe Genius Hits the Road is a 1960 album by Ray Charles. It is a concept album of sorts with the theme revolving around various parts of the U.S...
, 1960; Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
on The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast 1998The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast 1998 is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber, released in 2000 . Lonnie Donegan had played with the Chris Barber jazz band when he had his first hit with "Rock Island Line"/"John Henry" in 1955...
, 2000) - "That's My Weakness NowThat's My Weakness Now"That's My Weakness Now" was written by, Sam H. Stept and Bud Green, in 1928. This became their first hit song together, having been made popular by singer Helen Kane that same year....
" (Helen KaneHelen KaneHelen Kane was an American popular singer; her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Kane's voice and appearance were a likely source for Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick when creating Betty Boop, although It-girl Clara Bow is another possible influence.-Early life:Born as Helen...
, 1928) - "I Love My Baby" (Ottilie PattersonOttilie PattersonOttilie Patterson was a Northern Irish blues singer best known for her performances and recordings with the Chris Barber Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:...
, 1957) - "Oh Boy, What a Girl"
- "In My Gondola"
- "Away Down South in Heaven"
- "I'll Always Be In Love With You" (Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
on Rhythm Is My BusinessRhythm Is My BusinessRhythm Is My Business is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The album was recorded with a 'Big Band' and arranged and conducted by the American R&B organist Bill Doggett....
, 1962; The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
on The Beatles Complete Home Recordings, 1962) - "Do Something"
- "Congratulations"
- "Good Little, Bad 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" (Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
; Billie HolidayBillie HolidayBillie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
; Tony BennettTony BennettTony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
on Here's To The LadiesHere's to the LadiesHere's To The Ladies is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1995.The theme of the album was songs made famous by female singers. In 1997 the album won Bennett the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.-Track listing:...
, 1995) - "Tia Juana"
- "Once in a WhileOnce in a While"Once in a While" is a popular song, written by Michael Edwards with lyrics by Bud Green. The song was published in 1937.The song is a much-recorded standard. Tommy Dorsey's recording in 1937 went to number one in the United States...
" - "The Man Who Comes Around"
- "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)"Flat Foot Floogie " was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease...
" (Mills BrothersMills BrothersThe Mills Brothers, sometimes billed as The Four Mills Brothers, were an American jazz and pop vocal quartet of the 20th century who made more than 2,000 recordings that combined sold more than 50 million copies, and garnered at least three dozen gold records...
and Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
; Slam StewartSlam StewartLeroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart was an African American jazz bass player whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass and simultaneously hum or sing an octave higher. He was originally a violin player before switching to bass at the age of 20.-Biography:Stewart was born in Englewood, New...
, 1938) - "Sentimental JourneySentimental Journey (song)"Sentimental Journey" is a popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by Arthur Green.-History:...
" (Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
and Les BrownLes Brown (bandleader)Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...
's band, 1944) - "Speed Limit"
- "Who Can Tell"
- "All the Days of Our Years"
- "My Number One Dream Came True" (Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
, 1946) - "On Account I Love You"