Effective period / Period of releases: 1959

Buck Hammer was a pseudonym used by Steve Allen (born December 26, 1921, New York City, New York, USA - died October 30, 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA) an American composer, pianist, comedian and television talk show host. Buck Hammer was a hoax staged by Allen and was supposedly a shy African-American boogie-woogie pioneer whose album The Discovery Of Buck Hammer was released posthumously.