Buddy Clark, Part 4

The latest post in our ongoing Buddy Clark series is this very early 10" LP, through the generosity of my friend Bill Reed of the People vs. Dr. Chilledair.

This set was designed to be an album, rather being a collection of singles. It contains standards (rather than new songs of the day), with all items conducted by the reliable Mitchell Ayres.

The anonymous liner notes tell us that Clark was the favorite singer of Al Jolson. (I would have guessed that Al Jolson was Jolie's favorite.) That shows the high regard in which Clark was held - although it's also true that you can hear Jolson in Clark's style. It's a shame his life ended so prematurely.