BUDDY COLE

Kurz-Bio:
Der Jazz-Pianist und Band-Leader Buddy Cole wurde am 15. Dezember 1916 in Irving, Illinois, als Edwin LeMar Cole geboren und verstarb am 5. November 1964. Bei CAPITOL nahm er auch einige Orgelstücke mit dem Pseudonym Eddie Grant auf.
Die Solo-Singles und soweit bekannt auch jene, wo Buddy Cole begleitet:
CAPITOL
11 49....54-90038....CLARK DENNIS With Orchestra Accompaniment Conducted by Buddy Cole..Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) (45-4922) Z/O Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Joy To The World (-------) Y
12 49....F814....BUDDY COLE With Rhythm Accompaniment..'S Wonderful (---------)/Stompin' At Savoy (45-2887)
02 50....F882....EDDIE GRANT..Have I Told You Lately That I Love You/Yodel Blues
04 50....F1004....EDDIE GRANT..Are You Lonesome Tonight/If You Smile At The Sun
07 50….F1104….BUDDY COLE at the Hammond Organ with Rhythm Accompaniment..Mona Lisa (45-6138) Y/Peanut Vendor (45-6130) Z
08 50....F1127....EDDIE GRANT..I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell/I Cross My Fingers
08 50....F1158....EDDIE GRANT..Bonaparte's Retreat/Goodnight, Irene
08 50….F1171….BUDDY COLE..Le Vie En Rose, Part 1/ Le Vie En Rose, Part 2
09 50....F1183....EDDIE GRANT..Cincinnati Dancing Pig/All My Love
11 50....F1296....EDDIE GRANT..Beyond The Reef/Petite Waltz
03 51....F1403....BUDDY COLE..Somebody Stole My Gal/Tilin Tilin
07 51....F1619....BUDDY COLE..Sleepy Lagoon/Sleepy Time Gal
01 52....F1923....BUDDY COLE..Dew Dew Dewy Day/Nobody's Sweetheart
DECCA
03 52….9-28039….B. STARK & BUDDY COLE..Be Anything/Sincere
COLUMBIA
11 52….4-39899….CHAMP BUTLER with THE BUDDY COLE QUINTET..I'm Not Afraid (RZSP 0351)/Cakewalk Rag (We'll Take The Cake Tonight) (RZSP 0352)
01 53….4-39935....CHAMP BUTLER Orch. & Chorus under the direction of Jimmy Carroll..Fit As A Fiddle (ZSP 12978)/CHAMP BUTLER with The Buddy Cole Quintet..Kaw-Liga (RZSP 10350) ----- zu Champ Butler links klicken
CAPITOL
04 53….F2426….BUDDY COLE and GLORIA WOOD..Red Canary/Hello Sunshine
COLUMBIA
08 53….4-40046….JOHNNIE RAY with PAUL WESTON & his ORCH. ..Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye (RZSP 10362)/JOHNNIE RAY with The Buddy Cole Quartet..All I Do Is Dream Of You (RZSP 10363) ----- zu Johnnie Ray links klicken
ALLIED
07 53….ARS-5005F….JIMMY JOYCE Buddy Cole with Vocal Group..The Man From The Alamo (Beside The Alamo) (M)/BUDDY COLE with Vocal Group..Heaven's To Betsy (O)
08 53….5007….BUDDY COLE..Singing An Old Refrain/If I Had My Life To Live Over
COLUMBIA
06 54….4-40266….ROSEMARY CLOONEY with Buddy Cole & his Orch. ..Hey There (RZSP 10927)/This Ole House (RZSP 10928)
OKEH
10 54….4-7044….DAVE BURGESS And The Buddy Cole Quartet..Too Late For Tears/Gratefully Yours
COLUMBIA
10 54….4-40361….ROSEMARY CLOONEY and THE MELLOMEN with Orchestra under the direction of Buddy Cole..Mambo Italiano (RZSP 33234)/ ROSEMARY CLOONEY with PAUL WESTON and his ORCHESTRA..We'll Be Together Again (RZSP 10595)
11 54….4-40370….ROSEMARY CLOONEY and The Mellomen Orchestra under direction of Buddy Cole..Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep (RZSP 33232)/ ROSEMARY CLOONEY with PERCY FAITH and his ORCHESTRA and The Mellomen..White Christmas (RZSP 33220) ----- zu Rosemary Clooney links klicken
03 55….4-40460….BUDDY COLE with THE WOOD SISTERS..Plantation Boogie (RZSP 33339)/Foolishly (RZSP 33340)
CORAL
04 55….9-61384….HOAGY CARMICHAEL WITH BUDDY COLE AND HIS CRAZY FIVE..The Crazy Otto Rag/Happy Hoagy's Medley I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Ivory Rag
06 55….9-61438….HOAGY CARMICHAEL WITH BUDDY COLE AND HIS CRAZY FIVE..I'm Just Wild About Mary (I'm Just Wild About Harry)/Lazy River ----- zu Hoagy Carmichael links klicken
COLUMBIA
01 56….4-40627….JILL COREY & BUDDY COLE..First Love/Wait For Tomorrow ----- zu Jill Corey links klicken
DECCA
03 56….9-29850….BING CROSBY With The Buddy Cole Trio..In A Little Spanish Town ('Twas On A Night Like This)/Ol' Man River
07 56….9-29981….BING CROSBY WITH THE BUDDY COLE TRIO..Honeysuckle Rose/Swanee ----- zu Bing Crosby links klicken
VIK
04 57….4X-0272….BUDDY COLE & The Mamselle's..He's Graduating/I'll Always Thank You For The Sunshine
LIBERTY
06 57….F-55075….PETE KING and his Orchestra..So Beats My Heart For You/An Affair To Remember (Buddy Cole on piano)
WARNER BROS.
12 59….5137….CONNIE STEVENS With The Big Sound Of Don Ralke..Sixteen Reasons (B10,892)/CONNIE STEVENS With The Buddy Cole Trio..Little Sister (BX11,141)
MERRI
08 60….2 0 5….LEE DENSON Buddy Cole Orchestra..Teen - Age World (161A)/LEE DENSON..Who Tickled The Sphynx (1022) ----- zu Lee Denson links klicken

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Gerd

Hallo,
ergänzend zu # 1:

COLUMBIA
09 51....4-39571.... TONI HARPER with Buddy Cole & his Trio..Mom And Dad's Waltz (ZSP 8580)/That's What I Want For Christmas (ZSP 8581)

Gruß
Heino

Hallo Heino!
Buddy Cole nannte sich als Organist Eddie Grant.
Gerd

Hallo,
zu meiner Frage nach Eddie Grant hatte Gerd bereits zur Einleitung einen Hinweis gegeben.

Vielleicht kam es so zu diesem Pseudonym:
1932 verließ der Fox Theater-Organist Grant Marshall seinen Posten an der Wurlitzer-Orgel und Buddy Cole wurde sein Nachfolger. Aus seinem Geburtsnamen Edwin LeMar Cole änderte er den Vornamen in Eddie und fügte von seinem Vorgänger das Grant hinzu und schon saß ein Eddie Grant an der Orgel.

Gruß
Heino

Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole (December 15, 1916 – November 5, 1964), was a jazz pianist and orchestra leader. He played behind a number of pop singers, including Rosemary Clooney, Jill Corey, Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads, who recorded for Columbia
Records. As "Buddy Cole and his Trio" he recorded the albums Some Fine Old Chestnuts and New Tricks with Bing Crosby.

Buddy Cole was born in Irving, Illinois, and started his musical career in the theatre playing between movies. He moved to Hollywood and played with a couple of bands, most notably the Alvino Rey big band, before becoming a studio musician.

Joining the John Scott Trotter orchestra as a pianist in 1947, he worked closely with Bing Crosby for a number of years and in 1954 he began a daily radio show with Crosby supported by a trio comprising Vince Terri on guitar, banjo etc., Don Whittaker on bass and Nick Fatool on drums. Cole also played piano on a number of Nat King Cole's early vocal hits, including "Nature Boy," and toured occasionally with him as an accompanist between 1948 and 1952.

Cole played piano and electric organ. He and Crosby built up a large library of songs which could then be inserted into the show. Cole also recorded a similar library of songs with Rosemary Clooney (with whom he had previously toured) and these songs together with those of Crosby's were employed in The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show (1960-1962). Examples of Cole's playing and band leadership on recordings include a pair of Bing Crosby's greatest singles, "In a Little Spanish Town" and "Old Man River".

Albums with his combo were recorded on piano and Hammond organ. Cole recorded for Capitol Records as both Buddy Cole and Eddie LaMar and His Orchestra. He did both commercial and transcription recordings for Capitol.

Although primarily known as a pianist, he had an abiding love for the organ, both Hammond and theatre organ. In his capacity as a studio musician, he worked extensively with Henry Mancini, who used his distinctive Hammond organ sound for the sound track to the TV series "Mr. Lucky". He also recorded several albums for Warner Brothers on piano, Hammond organ and theatre pipe organ.

The theatre organ heard on these albums was the 17-rank Wurlitzer organ from the United Artists theatre plus nine ranks from a one-time radio studio Robert Morton theatre organ which he installed in the garage of a former residence in North Hollywood and on which he recorded three albums for the Columbia and Capitol labels. The combined ranks were installed in a specially built studio next to his home.

Two albums - Modern Pipe Organ and Autumn Nocturne - were recorded for Warner Brothers, as well as two albums done in conjunction with arranger Monty Kelly, one of which contained an arrangement of Richard Rodgers' Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and the other of which contained transcriptions of big band
Cole and Hoagy Carmichael arrangements with spaces for the organ.

Cole had been suffering from an advanced case of heart disease for a number of years, and beginning as early as 1959, suffered a series of heart attacks as a result. On November 4, 1964, Cole was contracted to record some organ pieces featured in 20th Century Fox's blockbuster hit The Sound of Music including sections of the "End Titles", the reprise of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" and "Processional" and "Maria". In the early hours of November 5, after the marathon six-hour recording session had been completed for the evening, Cole headed home, went to bed and died in his sleep of a heart attack, being found the following morning by a staff member.

Cole married Yvonne King on 17 August 1940, member of the King Sisters, and with her had two daughters, actress Tina Cole and Cathy Cole Green. They divorced in 1953. He married Clare Foley Woodruff on 12 November 1957, who already had two children, Jay and Jeffrey Woodruff, the latter of whom would often assist him in organ tuning. The marriage lasted until Cole's death.