Buddy Hughes also recorded on Columbia with Claude Thornhill's post-war band. Many of the band's songs at thattime featured vocals by Fran Warren (her big hit with Thornhill was Sunday Kind Of Love"), but Buddy was also featured with the band on the recordings Did I Have To Fall In Love With You?" and Far Away Island." After having lost a job opportunity to sing with the Benny Goodman Orchestra (due to Goodman wanting a vocalist that could also double on an instrument), Buddy took up learning how to play the acoustic bass to stay in the jazz arena, as big band popularity diminished with the public in the post-war years. In later life Hughes performed occasionally with other Chicago-area jazz notables Bert Rose, Joe Vito, and Johnny Frigo. Mr. Hughes, a World War II veteran, served in Algiers with the U.S. Army's 102nd Cavalry.
There are some really great articles on Buddy Hughes at the following links from Bob Knack's The Great Escape Newsletter" featured on his DixieSwing.com website: -Includes a pic of Buddy Hughes circa 2007http://www.dixieswing.com/vol5.pdf -Great Overview of Buddy's Singing careerhttp://web.me.com/mikebaker/page5/files/greatescape19.pdf
Memorial Service: Sepetember 25, 2010 10AM to 1PM Wheaton Wesleyan Church 1300 S. President St. Wheaton, IL
On-Line Memorial and Guestbook is available here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=145190744
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Chicago Tribune Obit: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/obituaries/ct-met-hughes-obit-0916-20100915,0,882949.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chicagotribune%2Fobits+%28chicagotribune.com+-+Obituaries+in+the+news%29
Chicago Sun Tmes Obit: http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/2714580,CST-NWS-xhughes16.article
Some Samples of Buddy Hughes Recordings With Gene Krupa's Orchestra: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001MCA/ref=asc_df_B000001MCA1250854?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=shopzilla_rev_552-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B000001MCA
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