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.
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Buddy Clark Lyrics
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In the night, though we're apart,
There's a ghost of you within my haunted heart
Ghost of you, my lost romance,
Lips that laugh, eyes that dance
Haunted heart won't let me be,
Dreams repeat a sweet but lonely song to me
Dreams are dust, it's you who must belong to me
And thrill my haunted heart,
Be still my haunted heart
Dreams are dust, it's you who must belong to me
And thrill my haunted heart,
Be still my haunted heart
Buddy Clark's haunting melody "Haunted Heart" speaks to the emotions of a person deeply in love within the confines of an imaginary space. The song relays a story of a love that has been lost, yet the ghost of this lost love follows the singer. Even while gone, the memory of them continues to haunt the singer's dreams- their lips that used to smile, and their dancing eyes.
The singer's "haunted heart" desires an end to the loneliness, dreams, and nightmares that plagues them. They long for the day when the one they love is reunited. The song ends with the desire of the singer's haunted heart - that their lost love returns, thrilling their haunted heart, but also pleading with it to be still.
This elegantly composed song is a reminder of love left behind and the power of imagination to keep the memories alive. The figurative representation of the lost love as a ghost speaks volumes about the emotional baggage we carry even as we move on from past relationships. It is a song that resonates with all who have loved and lost.
Line by Line Meaning
In the night, though we're apart,
During the night, even though we are not together,
There's a ghost of you within my haunted heart
I feel your presence in my heart, even though you are not physically here
Ghost of you, my lost romance,
The memory of our romance haunts me like a ghost
Lips that laugh, eyes that dance
I remember your smiling lips and your lively eyes
Haunted heart won't let me be,
My troubled heart can't seem to find peace
Dreams repeat a sweet but lonely song to me
I dream of you and it's bittersweet because it only makes me feel more alone
Dreams are dust, it's you who must belong to me
My dreams of you are fleeting, but in reality, it's you who should be with me
And thrill my haunted heart,
You have the power to excite and comfort my troubled heart
Be still my haunted heart
I want my heart to find peace and be still, but it's not that easy
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: FREDDY CURCI, STEVE DEMARCHI, STEVE DIAMOND
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