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.
East Of The Sun
Buddy Clark Lyrics
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We'll build a dream house of love dear
Close to the sun in the day
Near to the moon at night
We'll live in a lovely way dear
Sharing our love in the pale moonlight
Just you and I,
Love will not die,
We'll keep it that way
Up among the stars
We'll find a harmony of life to a lovely tune
East of the sun and west of the moon dear
East of the sun and west of the moon
The lyrics of Buddy Clark's song "East of the Sun" portray the idea of an idyllic love that transcends time and space. When the singer professes, "East of the sun and west of the moon," they are referencing a far-off, mystical place that represents the transcendence of earthly constraints, a place where they can build a dream house of love. The lines, "We'll live in a lovely way dear, sharing our love in the pale moonlight," suggest that the lovers envision a life together where they bask in the beauty and tranquility of nature. The idea of living close to the sun and moon, at opposite times, indicates that their love will be constant, both in daylight and darkness.
As the song progresses, the singer promises to love their partner forever and beyond, promising that love won't die and that they will find a harmonious life together above the stars, representing the infinite possibilities of their love. The last line "East of the sun and west of the moon" is repeated, suggesting that their dream of love will always exist in the imagined, mystical land of transcendence. Overall, Buddy Clark's song, "East of the sun," is a romantic and idealistic portrayal of a love that is both transcendent and otherworldly.
Line by Line Meaning
East of the sun and west of the moon
Let's leave everything behind and start a new life somewhere far away, where nobody knows us
We'll build a dream house of love dear
We'll make a home together that is filled with love and happiness
Close to the sun in the day
Our love will be strong when things are going well and the sun is shining down on us
Near to the moon at night
Even when times are dark and difficult, our love will still shine brightly like the moon in the night sky
We'll live in a lovely way dear
Our life together will be beautiful, peaceful, and full of joy and laughter
Sharing our love in the pale moonlight
We'll express our love for each other openly and tenderly, under the soft light of the moon
Just you and I,
It will be just the two of us, with nobody else to bother us or interfere with our happiness
Forever and a day
Our love will last forever, no matter what happens, and will never fade or die
Love will not die,
Our love will endure through all the challenges and hardships that life brings
We'll keep it that way
We'll work hard to nurture and sustain our love, so that it remains strong and lasting
Up among the stars
Our love will soar high, like the stars in the sky, reaching new heights of happiness and fulfillment
We'll find a harmony of life to a lovely tune
We'll learn how to live together in perfect harmony, like notes in a beautiful melody
East of the sun and west of the moon dear,
We'll leave the past behind and journey together to a new life that is full of love and possibility
East of the sun and west of the moon
We'll chart a new path for ourselves, away from the familiar and towards the unknown, where the world is full of endless possibilities
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Written by: Brooks Bowman
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