12 Facts About Buddy Bregman

Louis Isidore "Buddy" Bregman was an American arranger and conductor.

Buddy Bregman's father was an executive in the steel industry.

Buddy Bregman spent summers in Hollywood with Styne, observing him compose music.

Buddy Bregman wrote an arrangement for the song "Bazoom I Need Your Lovin'" by The Cheers, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

At the age of 25 Buddy Bregman became head of artists and repertoire at Verve Records, founded and run by Norman Granz, after meeting with Granz at the home of Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer.

Buddy Bregman arranged and conducted Verve's first single and first album, Anita, both featuring vocals by Anita O'Day.

In 1956 Buddy Bregman arranged and conducted three albums which were certified platinum by the RIAA.

Buddy Bregman arranged and conducted on albums for Toni Harper, Jane Powell, Ricky Nelson, and for his friend Fred Astaire, including several of Astaire's own songs.

Buddy Bregman was involved in creating the scores or orchestrations for several motion pictures in this period: Five Guns West, Crime in the Streets and The Wild Party, The Pajama Game, including scoring all of the Bob Fosse dance numbers, The Delicate Delinquent, Born Reckless, Secret of the Purple Reef, and The Cat Burglar.

Buddy Bregman produced and directed The New-Fangled Wandering Minstrel Show, a TV special starring Olivia Newton-John and Georgie Fame.

Buddy Bregman recorded 'scratch' vocals against each and every one of his own session-tracks during studio downtime at Westlake.

On January 8,2017, she confirmed that Buddy Bregman had died from complications of Alzheimer's disease, which he had suffered from for many years.