[78-L] Any Buddy Clark fans out there? (Don't all answer at once)

[David Lennick]

Cary didn't make that statement..it's part of the quote from Percy's 
granddaughter. And yeah, Buddy did sort of look like a handsome Jimmy Durante 
(relatively).

dl

On 11/19/2010 1:36 PM, simmonssomer wrote:
> I really must disagree with your judgment that "the less said the better"
> is an accurate appraisal of his art and popularity Cary.
> As we know Buddy was one of the biggest post war singing stars. His record
> of "Baby It's Cold Outside" was a huge shlager.
> He made hundreds of very good pre WW II sides and I am pleased to have some.
> The only reason he wasn't tapped for movie work was that he was anything but
> photogenic.
> I argue that next to Bing Crosby this guy had what was one of  the best
> regarded pop voices in the country.
> He just didn't look it.
>
> Al Simmons
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cary Ginell"<soundthink at live.com>
> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:54 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Any Buddy Clark fans out there? (Don't all answer at once)
>
>
>
> This was sent to me by Percy Faith's granddaughter, who is a friend of mine.
> Does anyone know of a Buddy Clark collector or fan club where these
> recordings can be housed?
>
> I have a rather extensive collection of the WW II
>    era recordings carefully digitized and preserved with PERFECT handwritten
>    titles and times by a gentleman Wally Antuck, who I don’t believe is with
> us
>    anymore.  Even while he was doing this work I told him I wasn’t the IDEAL
>    recipient, to put it mildly, because I’m not at all a fan of vocalists and
>    Buddy Clark is from a time when – well the less said the
>    better.
>
>    Still, there are probably 50 CD’s full of material
>    that Wally carefully restored taken from THE MELODY HOUR, from 16”
>    transcription discs.  I’ve done some searching, and there don’t seem to
>    be Buddy Clark fans out there.  Wally always said “I’d know what to do
>    with these recordings when the time comes” only I do not know!  Your mom
>    was uninterested; she mentioned that outside of these shows that to me are
>    “chopped up Carnation Contented Hours” meant for the AFRS, at least in
>    part.  It’s too long before even I was born (!) in 1952 to understand
>    some of these things.
>
>    Though there was a rare instrumental/orchestral
>    track or an occasional vocal guest, most shows were strictly Buddy Clark
> with
>    backings by Percy Faith.
>
> Please contact me if anyone has any leads or interest in this.
>
> Cary Ginell
>