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

[Cary Ginell]

This quote wasn't from me - that was the quote from my friend. I don't discount Clark's popularity or his voice; he's just not my taste.

Cary Ginell

> From: simmonssomer at comcast.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:36:00 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Any Buddy Clark fans out there? (Don't all answer at	once)
> 
> 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
> 
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