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Buddy Cole (musician)
American jazz pianist and orchestra leader
Musical artist
Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole (December 15, 1916 – November 5, 1964) was a jazz pianist, organist, orchestra leader, and composer.
He played behind a number of pop singers, including Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby.
Biography
Cole was born in Irving, Illinois, on December 15, 1916[1] and the family moved to California when he was two.
One of his two sisters - Bertie - played for silent movies and Buddy would watch as a little boy. At the age of ten, he debuted on the theater piano, filling in for someone who had not turned up.[2] He started his musical career in the theater playing between movies[1] and his first keyboard job was as theater organist at Los Angeles' Figueroa Theater.[3] He was recruited to be part of Gil Evans's band at the age of 19.[4] In Hollywood in the second half of the 1930s Cole played in dance bands, including those le