Buddy Stewart

Buddy Stewart, who had a warm voice, was a pioneer bop singer who, if it were not for his early death, might very well have made an impact in the 1950s. Stewart began his professional career as a child performing in vaudeville when he was eight. He worked in a variety of groups including in a vocal duo with his future wife Martha Wayne. In the early '40s, Stewart sang as a member of the Snowflakes, and with the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Claude Thornhill. After a period in the Army (1942-1944), he teamed up with Dave Lambert in Gene Krupa's band in 1945 band to record what...