Buddy Clark

Buddy Clark July 26 1912 - October 1 1949 Was A Popular Singer In The 1930s And 1940s. Clark Was Born Samuel Goldberg To Jewish Parents In Boston 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-1930s He Signed With Vocalion Records Having A Top-20 Hit With "Spring Is Here". He Did Not Have Another Hit Until The Late 1940s But Continued Recording Appearing In Movies And Dubbing Other Actors' Voices. 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. Linda Was Written Especially For The Six-Year-Old Daughter Of A Show Business Lawyer Named Lee Eastman Whose Client Song-Writer Jack Lawrence Wrote The Song At Lee’s Request. Upon Reaching Adulthood And Becoming Famous As A Photographer Linda Was For A While Something Of A Musician Later Became A Prominent Spokeswoman For Vegetarianism And Animal Rights And Broke A Generation Of Teenage Girls' Hearts When She Married Beatle Paul McCartney. Citation Needed 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. A Month After His Death His Recording Of "A Dreamer's Holiday" Hit The Charts. Buddy Clark And Five Other Friends Had Rented A Small Plane To Attend A Stanford Vs. Michigan Football Game. After The Game On The Way Back To Los Angeles The Plane Developed Engine Problem Due To Lack Of Gas And Lost Altitude And Crashed On Beverly Boulevard In California. Clark Didn't Survive The Crash. At That Time He Was 37 Years Old Reaching New Heights Of Popularity When Tragedy Struck. read less