Buddy Clark (July 26, 1912 - October 1, 1949) was a popular singer in the 1… Read Full Bio ↴Buddy Clark (July 26, 1912 - October 1, 1949) was a popular singer in the 1930s and 1940s.

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.

Peg o My Heart
Buddy Clark Lyrics

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Peg o'my heart
I love you, don't let us part
I love you, I always knew it would be you
Since I heard your lilting laughter
It's your Irish heart I'm after
Peg o'my heart
Your glances make my heart say "How's chances?"
Come, be my own, come make your home in my heart

Overall Meaning

The song "Peg o' My Heart" by Buddy Clark is a heartwarming love tune that tells a story of a man's confession of his love for a woman named Peg. The song starts with the man expressing his love for Peg and pleading with her not to leave him, as his love for her is true and real. He has always known that Peg was the one for him, and her "lilting laughter" captivated his heart from the beginning. It is also evident that the man is drawn to Peg's Irish heritage, noticing that her "Irish heart" is what he desires.

The song is a constant reminder to Peg of the man's love for her, and with every passing day, he hopes to make her his own. His heart flutters every time she glances his way, and he can't resist the urge to ask for a chance to be with her. He implores her to come to him and make her home in his heart.

Overall, "Peg o' My Heart" is a sweet and passionate love song that perfectly captures the essence of true love. It celebrates the unique traits and qualities of the person whom you love, and it empowers you to seek them out and let them know how you feel.

Line by Line Meaning

Peg o'my heart
My dearest love

I love you, don't let us part
I have strong affection towards you, let's not separate

I love you, I always knew it would be you
I have loved you for a long time and always knew you were the one for me

Since I heard your lilting laughter
Ever since I heard your sweet and pleasant laughter

It's your Irish heart I'm after
I am attracted to your Irish heritage and personality

Peg o'my heart
My beloved partner

Your glances make my heart say "How's chances?"
Your looks make me want to take the risk and ask you to be with me

Come, be my own, come make your home in my heart
Please be mine and make a permanent place in my heart and my life

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ALFRED BRYAN, FRED FISHER

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