 He wrote the lyrics to the Glenn Miller #3 "Billboard" chart hit "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem" in 1941, with music by Jerry Gray.He wrote with many other composers, sang on the radio, and was a writer-producer of the series "Rhythm School of the Air".Drafted in World War II, while in training at Fort Pickett in Virginia, Buddy continued to write songs and was sand his tune, "Your Soldier Boy" on Armed Forces Radio, recorded on the base.