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.
I'll Get By
Buddy Clark Lyrics
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As long as I have you
Though there be rain
And darkness too
I'll not complain
I'll see it through
Poverty
But what care I
Say, I'll get by
As long as I have you.
But what care I
Say, I'll get by
As long as I have you.
The lyrics of Buddy Clark's song "I'll Get By" tells a story of a person who feels confident and assured that they can face any challenges as long as they have their loved one by their side. The lyrics suggest that the person has experienced difficult times before and has learned to weather the storms. The first verse talks about how the person can endure through even the darkest times as long as they have someone by their side. The second verse mentions that the person is not afraid of poverty or any other challenge, as long as they have their loved one to lean on. In the end, the person declares that they will get by as long as they have their partner by their side.
The lyrics of "I'll Get By" has a timeless quality and speaks to the universal human experience of facing challenges and overcoming them with the support of loved ones. The lyrics have been interpreted in various ways by different singers and musicians, but the underlying message remains the same.
Line by Line Meaning
I'll get by
I will manage to survive and prosper
As long as I have you
As long as I have you by my side, I will be fine
Though there be rain
Even if there are difficulties and hardships
And darkness too
And even if there are dark and tough times
I'll not complain
I will not grumble about it
I'll see it through
I will persevere until the end
Poverty
Even if I become poor
May come to me, it's true
It is possible that I may fall into poverty
But what care I
But why should I care
Say, I'll get by
I will still manage to survive and thrive
As long as I have you.
As long as I have your support and love.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Jean Stewart
Love it!
Jean Stewart
He’s great!
Jean Stewart
So good!
G
So soothing
Joanne Thomas
So why wasn't this singer more popular than Bing Crosby.... he certainly had a fabulous voice.
Vic Glazer
+Joanne Thomas He was VERY popular...especially on radio. Crosby was the only singer more popular than Buddy on radio. I believe Buddy Clark would be remembered today as one of the GREATS....if his life hadn't been tragically cut short.l
Onalee McGraw
Buddy Clark was a much better singer than any of the others. The very best...
William Thomas
BILL THOMAS, BUDDY CLARK WAS ONE OF THE GREAT ONES
patrick ryan
When people could depend on one another, at least more often than it seems these days.
151disc
Great version