1. Buddy Feyne wrote the lyrics for "Tuxedo Junction", which went to No 1 on the Billboard chart in 1940 when Glenn Miller recorded it, "Jersey Bounce", which was No 15 on the Cash Box Hit Parade of 1942.
14 Facts About Buddy Feyne
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Buddy Feyne was born in New York City, the youngest son of immigrants Solomon and Sarah Feinstein.
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Buddy Feyne was based at the Brill Building in New York, writing songs for Lewis Music Publishers, one of the few companies which published "race music", the term for songs created by black artists.
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Buddy Feyne met Hawkins and asked what the name referred to.
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Buddy Feyne played the original piano solo for them from the Miller Band and they changed their arrangement to match the original.
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Buddy Feyne continued to write lyrics for black composers such as Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Dud Bascomb, Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, and Edward Johnson.
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Buddy Feyne became a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1940.
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Buddy Feyne used the nom de plume "Robert B Wright" when he penned the lyrics for "After Hours", a haunting blues piece composed by Avery Parrish.
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Buddy Feyne wrote with many other composers, sang on the radio, and was a writer-producer of the series "Rhythm School of the Air".
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Buddy Feyne served in the Pacific in the 77th Infantry Division and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart.
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In 1954, Buddy Feyne collaborated with Maurice Shapiro on "Why", recorded by Nat King Cole and Karen Chandler.
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Buddy Feyne wrote with Joe Williams, who recorded their song "Everybody Wants to be Loved" and performed it on The Joey Bishop Show.
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Artists who recorded Buddy Feyne's songs included: Cab Calloway, Lester Young, Erskine Hawkins, Gene Autry, Henry Mancini, Red Norvo, Bob Crosby, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, BBC Dance Band, Kay Kyser, Ozzie Nelson, Teddy Powell, Alvino Rey, Joe Williams, The King Sisters, Gene Krupa, Frankie Avalon, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Jackson, LA Jazz Choir, The Manhattan Transfer, and Nat King Cole.
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Buddy Feyne died in Canoga Park, Los Angeles in 1998, at the age of 86.