14 Facts About Buddy Greco

Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK.

Buddy Greco's most successful single was "The Lady Is a Tramp", which sold over one million copies.

Buddy Greco conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and performed for Queen Elizabeth II and with the Beatles.

Buddy Greco was born Armando Joseph Greco to an Italian-American family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Buddy Greco's mother introduced him to piano at age four.

In 1951 Greco started his recording career, signing with labels such as Coral, Kapp, Epic, and Reprise.

Buddy Greco had a role in the film The Girl Who Knew Too Much.

Buddy Greco met his fifth and last wife, Lezlie Anders, while she was performing in Las Vegas.

Buddy Greco performed there often, and it became a popular place for celebrities to dine.

Buddy Greco moved to Essex, keeping his Palm Springs, California, property as a vacation home.

Buddy Greco toured the UK with the Swinging Las Vegas Legends show beginning in July 2010.

Buddy Greco played piano and conducted the orchestra while Anders sang.

Buddy Greco died on January 10,2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 90.

Buddy Greco had an album released by Scepter which Tom Murray of the Calgary Herald referred to 48 years later as "a strange and beautiful mutant of its time".