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.
It All Comes Back to Me Now
Buddy Clark Lyrics
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A starry summer sky,
A laughing you and I, alone.
It all comes back to me now,
A sea of midnight blue,
Your face uplifted to my own.
We called it a thrill of the moment,
We didn't know what the glow meant,
We never dreamed it might be love.
It all comes back to me now,
The love I threw away,
And now each lonely night I pray,
That it will all come back to me someday.
The lyrics of Buddy Clark's song, It All Comes Back to Me Now, is a melancholic reflection of a past love that was taken for granted. The opening lines reflect on a moment shared with the loved one under a starry summer sky, highlighting the beauty of the memory. As the verses progress, it becomes apparent that the singer has come to regret their choices and yearns for the love they let go. The song captures the emotions that come with realizing the mistakes made in the past and wanting a chance to make things right.
The chorus of the song touches on the initial thrill the couple shared and confirms that the singer never realized the weight of their emotions until it was too late. The regret is palpable with the singer wishing that they could relive the moment when they "threw away" their love. The narration displays a sense of longing and heartbreak, evoking strong emotions. The song's relatable lyrics and melody make it an all-time classic.
Line by Line Meaning
It all comes back to me now
I am remembering everything vividly
A starry summer sky
I distinctly remember a sky full of stars during that summer
A laughing you and I, alone
We were both laughing and enjoying each other's company in solitude
A sea of midnight blue
I recall a dark blue sea in my mind's eye
Your face uplifted to my own
I remember your face looking up at mine
We called it a thrill of the moment
We thought it was just a temporary excitement
And blamed the moon up above
We held the moon responsible for our actions
We didn't know what the glow meant
We were unaware of the significance of the glow
We never dreamed it might be love
We never suspected that what we felt could be love
The love I threw away
I realize now that I discarded the love I had back then
And now each lonely night I pray
Every night, I find myself alone and hope for my past love to return
That it will all come back to me someday
I wish to relive that love again and have it back in my life someday
Lyrics © DELLA BLUE MUSIC LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ALEX C. KRAMER, HY ZARET, JOAN WHITNEY
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