Composer of well-recognized jingles and grammy award winning music
David Buskin (born December 13, 1943, in New York City) is a singer, songwriter, performer, author, playwright, jingle composer and girls' basketball coach. He is well known for composing numerous television and radio commercials produced in the 1980s and 1990s. He won a Clio Award in 1983 for Just Watch Us Now,NBC's signature jingle.
Buskin grew up in New York City. He graduated from Brown University in 1965 in the middle of the folk music era. After Brown, he attended Berklee College of MusicinBoston, MA where he began to write his own brand of folk-rock songs. His brother is the writer John Buskin.
In addition to his folk-rock music, Buskin has written numerous advertising jingles. Among others, Buskin wrote the jingle for NBC for which he won a Clio Award in 1983. He co-wrote All Aboard America for Amtrak, and did work for Burger King, JC Penney, and the US Postal Service.
He also helped create the children's show Generation O that was seen on the WB Kid's Network. He is currently working on a play to be directed by Tony Award winner and fellow Brown graduate, James Naughton.
Together with Janet Fox and Susan Hamilton he wrote a song "Every time a good time" for McDonald's (published by TUTTAPANNA MUSIC).
Buskin signed his first recording contract with Epic Records in the early 1970s. He recorded two albums in Nashville and later toured with the rock group Pierce Arrow, recording two albums for Columbia Records. Here he met Robin Batteau, and the two decided to become a duo. David played guitar and piano; Robin guitar, mandolin, and electric violin. The partnership lasted until 1990. The Washington Posthas described the duo as "an irresistible amalgam of melodic, sensual pop, folkie grit and killer wit." They appeared together, composing and performing throughout New England in various clubs, including The Bottom Line.
David performs with his partners, Rob Carlson and George Wurzbach in the group "Modern Man – filling the void between The Three Tenors and The Three Stooges." "With the release of their third CD, "Assisted Living," the somewhat musical group known as Modern Man continued its assault on the out-moded idea that only those persons not yet manifesting symptoms of Alzheimer's should perform in public."[1]
From 2005 to 2014, Buskin rejoined his former partner, Robin Batteau and percussionist Marshal Rosenberg. They created a new CD and toured as "Folk du Soleil." In April, 2014, Robin announced his retirement from performing, but reunited with Buskin starting in 2019.[2] From 2014 to 2015, David performed with his partners in "Modern Man," with a final concert in October, 2015.[2][3]
