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'm A Slave To You
Buddy Clark Lyrics
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And I am a fool for beauty
Fooled by a feeling that because I have found you
I could have bound you too
You are too beautiful for one man alone
For one lucky fool to be with
When there are other men
Love does not stand sharing
Not if one cares
Have you been comparing
My every kiss with theirs
If, on the other hand, I'm faithful to you
It's not through a sense of duty
You are too beautiful
And I am a fool for beauty
Love does not stand sharing
Not if one cares
Have you been comparing
My every kiss with theirs
If, on the other hand, I'm faithful to you
It's not through a sense of duty
You are too beautiful
And I am a fool for beauty
In Buddy Clark's song, "I'm A Slave To You," the lyrics express the singer's overwhelming admiration and appreciation for the physical beauty of the person he is addressing. He believes that this person is too beautiful to be real and that he himself is a fool for being so enamored by it. He then goes on to acknowledge that he is not the only one who sees this beauty and that there are other men who are also drawn to it.
The singer emphasizes that love does not tolerate sharing, especially when it comes to someone as captivating as the person he is addressing. He wonders if they have been comparing his love and affection with that of others. However, he makes it clear that his faithfulness is not due to a sense of obligation or duty, but rather because he cannot help but be enslaved by their beauty.
These lyrics showcase the power of physical attraction and how it can have a hold on someone to the point where they feel powerless to resist it. The singer is honest about his vulnerability and admits that he doesn't want to share this person's beauty with anyone else.
Line by Line Meaning
You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true
You are such an attractive person that it is hard to believe you are real
And I am a fool for beauty
I am easily deceived by beautiful things
Fooled by a feeling that because I have found you
I am tricked by the thought that just because I have discovered you, I can possess you
I could have bound you too
I could have kept you for myself, not allowing anyone else to have you
You are too beautiful for one man alone
You are so gorgeous that one man cannot have you all to himself
For one lucky fool to be with
Only a fortunate, easily deceived person can be with you
When there are other men
There are other guys around
With eyes of their own to see with
They have their own vision and can also see your beauty
Love does not stand sharing
True love cannot be shared
Not if one cares
If one cares for the other person deeply, sharing is not an option
Have you been comparing
Have you been measuring my love against that of others?
My every kiss with theirs
Have you been comparing every kiss I give you with those from other men?
If, on the other hand, I'm faithful to you
If I am loyal to you instead
It's not through a sense of duty
My faithfulness doesn't come from a responsibility, a feeling of obligation
You are too beautiful
Your beauty is too great
And I am a fool for beauty
I am easily deceived by beautiful things
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: LORENZ HART, RICHARD RODGERS
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