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I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

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I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old.

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I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be.

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I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

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I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage.

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How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.

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But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

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Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

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Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

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Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 13th, 1925

Died: June 5th, 1999

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