Lou Busch was an American record producer, musician and songwriter, best known for performing, as a pianist under the pseudonym Joe "Fingers" Carr.
11 Facts About Lou Busch
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Lou Busch quickly showed an aptitude for music, and by age 12 was already leading a ragtime and jazz band, Lou Bush and His Tickle Toe Four.
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Lou Busch honed his arranging skills, and was offered an arranging position when arranger John Scott Trotter left the band in 1936.
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Lou Busch shared the position with another key arranger, Hal Mooney; it was invaluable experience for them both.
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Lou Busch was in charge of production of promotional radio shows featuring Capitol artists for distribution to stations around the country.
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One summer, Lou Busch played piano for singer Jo Stafford and conductor Paul Weston on the hit record "Ragtime Cowboy Joe".
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Lou Busch returned to arranging and conducting responsibilities again, one of the most notable being the musical force behind comic singer Allan Sherman.
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Lou Busch married actress and singer Janet Blair in 1943; the union ended in divorce in 1950.
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Lou Busch wed singer Margaret Whiting in 1950, and their daughter was born in December 1950.
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Lou Busch died in Camarillo, California, on September 19,1979, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile crash.
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Lou Busch was interred in the Westwood Village Mortuary near UCLA.