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.
You're Breaking My Heart
Buddy Clark Lyrics
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You've fallen for somebody new
It isn't too easy believing
You'd leave after all we've been through
It's breaking my heart to remember
The dreams we depended upon
Your leaving is slow dying ember
I wish you joy though tear drops burn
But if some day you should care to return
Please hurry back and we'll make a new start
Til then you're breaking my heart
I wish you joy though tear drops burn
But if some day you should care to return
Please hurry back and we'll make a new start dear
Til then you're breaking my heart
In Buddy Clark's song "You're Breaking My Heart," the singer expresses his heartbreak and pain over the fact that his lover is leaving him for someone else. He doesn't want to believe that she would leave after all they've been through together. It's evident from the lyrics that the two have shared many happy memories and relied on each other's support in their lives. However, now that she is leaving, the singer cannot help but feel that a part of him is dying. The "slow dying ember" of their relationship is a poignant image for the fading love that they once had.
The singer wishes his lover well in her pursuit of happiness, even though the tears in his eyes burn with pain. He holds onto a glimmer of hope that maybe someday she will return to him and they can start anew. Until then, however, he endures the agony of a broken heart. The final line of the chorus, "Til then you're breaking my heart," is a powerful statement that captures the depth of his emotions. He admits that he cannot move on from his loss until she is back in his life.
Overall, the song paints a vivid picture of the devastation that comes with heartbreak. The singer's raw emotion resonates with listeners who have experienced similar pain in their own lives. The lyrics are simple yet powerful, evoking a sense of nostalgia for lost love and longing for a happy ending.
Line by Line Meaning
You're breaking my heart 'cause you're leaving
I am in tremendous emotional pain because you have decided to leave me.
You've fallen for somebody new
You have found another person to love, and that has caused you to choose to leave me.
It isn't too easy believing
I find it difficult to believe that you would leave me after all we have been through together.
You'd leave after all we've been through
I am surprised that you would choose to leave me, given everything that we have gone through as a couple.
It's breaking my heart to remember
Thinking back on our relationship makes me feel especially sad and emotional.
The dreams we depended upon
We had built our lives and our future plans around our love for each other.
Your leaving is slow dying ember
Your departure feels like a slowly burning, painful and agonizing ending to our love.
I'll miss you my love when you're gone
I will feel deep sorrow and longing when you are no longer a part of my life.
I wish you joy though tear drops burn
Even though it hurts me tremendously to see you go, I hope that you will find happiness in your new life.
But if some day you should care to return
If, at some point in the future, you realize that you made a mistake in leaving me, please know that I am open to the possibility of starting anew.
Please hurry back and we'll make a new start
I am willing to forgive you and start fresh with you if you choose to come back to me.
Til then you're breaking my heart
Until that happens, however, the reality of you leaving me will be a constant source of emotional pain and heartache for me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PAT GENARO, SUNNY SKYLAR
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Australia's 77th number one hit along with a version by Vic Damone.