Buddy Clark
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1912-07-26
- Died
- 1949-10-01
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Carolyn
- Alone, unarmed--but safe!
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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 <a href="htt
Key dates
- Born
- 26 July 1912
- Died
- 1 October 1949
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Family name
- Goldberg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dorchester
- Place of death
- Beverly Boulevard
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
Connections
Categories
1912 births1949 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century American male singers20th-century American singersAccidental deaths in CaliforniaAmerican croonersAmerican people of Romanian-Jewish descentAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descentBurials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)Columbia Records artistsJewish American musicians