Bill Buchanan (songwriter)

In his later years, he worked in a jewelry store in Texas until a few years before his death. He died of cancer on August 1, 1996, at age 66.

Label Unknown Susan Smith (Susan Smith Goodman) / Never Play Poker With A Man Named Doc Or Eat At A Place Called Mom's (1966) Produced by Dickie Goodman and/or Bill Buchanan.

Rori Records 714 Joel Langran / I Really Want To Be A "Singar" / Young And Foolish (1964) Written & produced by Buchanan & Goodman.

In 1962, with his then partner, Brill Building veteran Howard Greenfield, he wrote and produced a break-in for a new recording artist, Susan Smith ("A Letter From Susan"/"Will You Love Me When I'm Old?", Dynamic Sound 502). A few years later, she met one of Bill's old partners, Dickie Goodman, and recorded with him, later becoming his wife and the mother of their children, one of which is Jon Goodman, who continues in Dickie's footsteps, making break-in records, and recently wrote the book Dickie Goodman: King Of Novelty.

Dynamic Sound Records 502 Susan Smith / A Letter From Susan / Will You Love Me When I'm Old? (1962) This was written and produced by Greenfield & Buchanan.

Triodex Records 112 James MacArthur / (The Story Of) The In-Between Years - (Parts 1 & 2) (1961) This was also released on Scepter. It was produced and co-written by Bill Buchanan. The singer on this record would turn up in a much more famous Role on the hit t.v. show "Hawaii 5-0". When Steve McGarrett would say, "Book `em Dano!", this is who he was talking to.

20th Century Fox Records 45-139 The Little Toy Band / The Little Tin Man / Teeny Little Me (1/1960) This was written and produced by Buchanan & Cella

Guaranteed Records 204 The Prancers / Short Short `nin' / Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer (1/1960) This one was produced by Buchanan & Goodman.

Golden Records The Three Stooges / Party At Your House (1959) This album concept and songs were written by Dick Cella in one week. It was co-produced Dick Cella and Bill Buchanan. The back-up band, The Music Wreckers, was assembled Dick & Bill Studio sessions were co-produced by Dick Cella and Bill Buchanan. The tracks on this album are as follows: We're Coming To Your House The Concert At The Baseball Game Click Dart's Band Stand The Chipped Monks Let's Cut A Record Sing-Along With Moe At The Circus Parts 1 & 2 The Toy Store Parts 1 & 2 Goodbye, Auld Lang Syne!

Golden Records 559 The 3 Stooges / All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth / I Gotta Cold For Christmas (12/1959)

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 in 1959, Buchanan later wrote the song "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" for Bobby Vee. He also co-produced records for other artists, one of which was The Three Stooges. Some records he co-produced with Dickie Goodman, with whom he ran the Lunaverse record label.

Bill Buchanan (April 30, 1930 - August 1, 1996) was an American songwriter.