The Buddy Grecco Trio - Biography

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An International Artiste who needs no introduction - Buddy Grecco.

Buddy Greco (born Armando Greco, 14 August 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

American singer and pianist Buddy Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band.

Most of Buddy's work has been in the jazz and pop genres. He has had hits such as "Oh Look A-There, Ain't She Pretty", "The Lady is a Tramp", and "Around the World". Through his musical career Buddy has recorded over 60 albums and around 100 singles. Buddy has recorded albums for Columbia, Reprise and Pye. His most popular albums were "On Stage" and "Buddy's Back in Town" both recorded on Columbia. His most successful single was "The Lady is a Tramp". His last record that made it into the national charts was "From Atlanta to Goodbye" on the Scepter label. It made Billboard's Easy Listening Top 40 in 1969.

His albums were regarded as being well crafted in similar vein to Sinatra. Buddy recorded an album entitled "Movin' On" which included his version of the Marvin Gaye standard "What's Going On". After this album recording was sporadic, but the live shows kept on coming and Buddy has performed in most of the top nightclubs around the world.

He has had an active concert career playing in symphony halls, theatres, nightclubs, and Las Vegas showrooms (in the 1960s he made appearances with the Rat Pack). On screen, he had a memorable turn as the nightclub singer, Lucky, in the 1969 film, The Girl Who Knew Too Much. Buddy continues to appear at his club in Cathedral City, California.

In the summer of 2008, Buddy toured the UK with his fifth wife Lezlie Anders. Together they performed dates with The BBC Big Band and played venues such as Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London. Buddy also made history as the first Las Vegas Headliner to star at a British Casino when he performed in "Cabaret" in August 2008 at The Circus Casino, Star City, Birmingham.

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