Buddy Clark

Buddy Clark (July 26, 1911 - October 1, 1949) was a popular singer in the 1930's and 1940's.

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July 26 - 1911 - October 1 - 1949

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Clark was born "Samuel Goldberg" in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He made his Big Band singing debut in 1934 with Benny Goodman on the Let's Dance radio program. In 1936 he started to perform on the show, Your Hit Parade, and lasted until 1938. In the mid-1930's he signed with Vocalion Records, having a top-20 hit with "Spring Is Here". He did not have another hit until the late 1940's, but continued recording, appearing in movies, and dubbing other actors' voices.

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Dorchester, Massachusetts - Big Band - 1934 - Benny Goodman - 1936 - 1938 - Vocalion Records

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In 1946 he signed with Columbia Records and scored his biggest hit with the song "Linda" recorded in November of that year, but hitting its peak in the following spring. 1947 also saw hits for Clark with such titles as "How Are Things in Glocca Mora" (from the musical Finian's Rainbow), which made the Top Ten, "Peg O' My Heart", "An Apple Blossom Wedding", and "I'll Dance at Your Wedding". The following year he had another major hit with "Love Somebody" (a duet with Doris Day, selling a million and reaching #1 on the charts) and nine more chart hits, and extended his success into 1949 with a number of hits, both solo and duetting with Day and Dinah Shore. He was fatally injured in a private plane crash in Los Angeles, returning from a college football game, when the craft ran low on fuel and crash-landed on Beverly Boulevard. Ironically, a month after his death, his recording of "A Dreamer's Holiday" hit the charts.

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1946 - Columbia Records - Linda - 1947 - Peg O' My Heart - Doris Day - 1949 - Dinah Shore - Los Angeles - Football

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