Gene Buck

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Gene Buck

Edward Eugene Buck (born August 7, 1885 in Detroit , † February 25, 1957 in Great Neck / New York ) was an American illustrator, songwriter and music producer.

Buck studied at the University of Detroit and the Detroit Art School and then worked as an illustrator for Jerome Remick's studio in New York. During this time he designed around 5,000 covers for music books, in which he anticipated the Art Deco style . From around 1910 he also worked as a songwriter, initially for Dave Stamper . Later he also wrote texts for Rudolf Friml , Jerome Kern , Mischa Elman , Augustus Thomas , Werner Janssen , James Hanley , Ray Hubbell , Victor Herbert and Louis Hirsch . He composed songs like Daddy Has a Sweetheart and Mother Is Her Name , Hello, Frisco , Have a Heart , Hello, My Dearie , Tulip Time , Sally, Won't You Come Back? , Sweet Sixteen , Sunshine and Shadows , The Love Boat , My Rambler Rose , Neath the South Sea Moon , Lovely Little Melody , No Foolin , Florida, the Moon and You , Some Boy and Garden of My Dreams .

From 1912 to 1926 he was chief author and assistant to Florenz Ziegfeld . He wrote the scripts and skits for thirteen episodes of the Ziegfeld Follies and two issues of Ziegfeld's 9 O'Clock Revue, and directed eleven episodes of Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics . He also composed, produced and conducted the musicals Yours Truly and Take the Air . From 1920 to 1957 he was a director, from 1924 to 1941 president of the ASCAP . Here he supported young songwriters like Billy Hill .

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SURNAME Buck, Gene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buck, Edward Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American illustrator, songwriter, and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1957
Place of death Great Neck , New York