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 Love You so Much It Hurts
Buddy Clark Lyrics
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Darling, that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
Afraid of losing you
I love you so much, it hurts me
And there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you, my Dear, forever and ever
I love you so much, it hurts me
Darling, that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
Afraid of losing you
I love you so much, it hurts me
And there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you, my Dear, forever and ever
I love so much it hurts me so
The song "I Love You So Much It Hurts" by Buddy Clark is a ballad that explores the intense longing and emotional pain of the singer in expressing their deep love for someone. The lyrics convey a sense of vulnerability and fear of losing the person they love.
The phrase "I love you so much, it hurts me" is repeated several times throughout the song, highlighting the emotional intensity and internal struggle of the singer. This line suggests that their love is so strong that it causes them emotional pain, and they are unable to control their feelings.
The second stanza of the song emphasizes the singer's fear of losing their loved one, expressing their reluctance to go to bed at night out of fear of waking up alone. The longing to hold their loved one forever and ever reinforces the depth of the singer's attachment.
Overall, the song conveys a sense of poignant and heartfelt emotion, emphasizing the power and pain of love.
Line by Line Meaning
I love you so much, it hurts me
My love for you is so intense that it causes me great emotional pain
Darling, that's why I'm so blue
My love for you is causing me to feel sad and depressed
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
I'm scared of losing you while I'm asleep because of how much I love you
Afraid of losing you
I fear losing you because my love for you is so strong
And there's nothing I can do
My love for you is beyond my control and I cannot change how I feel
I want to hold you, my Dear, forever and ever
I desire to hold you close to me for all eternity because of how much I love you
I love so much, it hurts me so
My love for you is so intense that it causes me great emotional pain
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: FLOYD TILLMAN
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@onaleemcgraw4048
I love Buddy Clark. Thank you for this as he always gave the best....
@hep2jive
Classy sound
@christown2827
One of his last recordings as sadly he didn't live into the 1950's leaving Perry Como with a clear run in the Pop charts.
@jjakiefte2165
Band directed by Buddy's ex Noble pal Earle Hagen.