Bill Buchanan (April 30, 1930 - August 1, 1996) was an American songwriter. Career 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. 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. He also was president of a company manufacturing Disk-Go Cases, a plastic cylindrical portable record storage unit. 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. Singles Bill Buchanan Gone Records 5032 The Thing/Oh Happy Day (9/27/1958) "The Thing" was a cover version of Phil Harris' hit of the same name. "Oh Happy Day" was recorded by someone else, before Buchanan did this version. United Artists Records 531 The Night Before Halloween/Beware (10/11/1962) This was a Halloween-based version of "The Night Before Christmas". "Beware" was also a pretty good Halloween rocker. Buchanan and Ancell Flying Saucer Records 501 The Creature (From A Science Fiction Movie)/Meet The Creature (From A Science Fiction Movie) (11/30/1957) This song includes a joke on a break-in when one of the characters tells the creature to stop talking to him in records. Buchanan and Cella with Cast of Thousands ABC-Paramount Records 45-10,033 Side 1: String Along With Pal-O-Mine Side 2: More String Along With Pal-O-Mine/Still More String Along With Pal-O-Mine (8/16/1959) Buchanan and Goodman Luniverse Records 101 The Flying Saucer Part 1/The Flying Saucer Part 2 (7/25/1956) 101X Back To Earth Part 1/Back To Earth Part 2 (7/25/1956) 102 Buchanan And Goodman On Trial/Crazy (11/7/1956) 103 The Banana Boat Story/The Mystery (In