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Buddy Rich

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Aliases
Buddy Rich Big Band
Buddy Rich and The Big Band Machine
Buddy Rich and His Buddies
Buddy Rich and His Orchestra
Buddy Rich and His Sextet ‎
Buddy Rich Quartet
Buddy Rich Quintet
Buddy Rich Quintet - Buddy Rich Quartet
Real name
Bernard Rich
Born
September 30, 1917
Died
April 2, 1987
Country
United States
Comments
Although Rich was self-taught, he set the standard for technique for jazz drummers. Rich was also a bandleader known for his temper tantrums and occasional vocalist.
Family
Cathy Rich
Related
The Buddy Rich Band The version of the band after Rich's death.
Harry James Drummer
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
  June 1956 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
November 1959 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
August 2, 1954 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
i 1979 Benny Goodman and His Sextet
i 1968 Cilla Black
i 1967 Phil Regan
listen on Internet Archive May 1948 Hoagy Carmichael with Orchestra directed by Billy May
November 1959 Ruth Etting
i 1955 Judy Garland, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes, Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC, George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD, Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin, Jessie Matthews PRF, Ambrose and His Mayfair Orchestra REC
i 1966 The Al Belletto Sextet
1972 Kermit [voiced by Jim Henson]
i 1955 Gerry Mulligan Quartet
  1957 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1959 Charlie Parker [US1] REC, Curtis Counce REL
i 1968 Don Sebesky & The Jazz Rock Syndrome
i 1978 Weather Report
i November 1961 Horace Silver Quintet
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
1978 Toots Thielemans, Sarah Vaughan
  June 1956 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
  1978 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i 1978 Bud Powell
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1967 Friars Society Orchestra
  1957 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i 1978 The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson
i November 1961 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
listen on Internet Archive i   March 1953 Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra REL, Etta Moten BRD
i   1961 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
  1957 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i January 1996 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  1966 Louis Jourdan PRF, Doug Crosley REL
i   1980 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 1969 The Dave Bailey Quintet
i 1966 Oliver Nelson [US]
i 2015 Miles Davis
June 1956 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
1966 The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
November 1959 Bing Crosby with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra
June 1956 The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
1955 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i   1961 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
i 1978 Chick Corea
i 1976 The Isley Brothers
i   1979 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
June 1956 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
i 1976 Spinners [US]
  1955 Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
i 1972 Billie Holiday
June 1956 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
i 1969 (unknown)
1962 Crowel Glee Club, Andy Iona and His Islanders, (unknown)
i 1969 The Doors
1978 Dolores Gray
  November 1959 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
  November 1959 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
1966 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
i   1981 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
i   1979 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
1957 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i 2015 Mary Healy
1966 Petula Clark
i January 1996 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i November 1961 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1957 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
November 1959 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
1957 Claire Carleton
  November 1959 Harry James and His Orchestra REL, Martha O'Driscoll [dubbed by Margaret Whiting] BRD
November 1959 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
i I Want to Be Happy Lester Young - Buddy Rich Trio 1950 Unverified
November 1959 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
1978 Carpenters
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 2015 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i July 1970 Simon and Garfunkel
  1978 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i 1959 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i Let's Fall in Love Buddy Rich 1954 Unverified
i 1959 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1969 The Jazz Crusaders
i   1967 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 1961 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
i   1977 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i   1961 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
November 1959 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
  1957 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i   1980 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1968 "Cannonball" Adderley
Sampled by Amon Tobin
i 1977 The Mouseketeers
i 1961 Erroll Garner Trio
i   1966 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i January 1996 Wes Montgomery
i   January 1996 Cannonball Adderley and The Poll-Winners, featuring Ray Brown, Wes Montgomery REC, Anthony Perkins REL,PRF
i   1955 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i Night Train Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa 1962 Unverified
i 1967 The Beatles
i 1955 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i Nuttville Buddy Rich 1974 Unverified
i 1968 Bobbie Gentry
i 1975 The Cookies REC, The Crystals [US] REL, The Drifters [US1]
  1966 Dean Martin with Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger PRF
  June 1956 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  June 1956 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
1957 Judy Garland
i 1975 Johnny Mathis
1966 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
i 1977 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
Route 66 The Buddy Rich Band (Buddy Rich) 1946 Unverified
i 1979 Benny Goodman Sextet
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1959 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
i 1966 Horace Silver Quintet
June 1956 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i 1956 Benny Goodman and His Sextet
1976 The Brecker Brothers
i 1974 Benny Goodman Sextet
i   1980 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i 1972 The Beatles
1976 Natalie Cole
i 1969 The Doors
i 1959 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i 1955 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
  1955 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD
i 1974 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 1948 Sam Donahue and His Orchestra
i Take the "A" Train Buddy Rich 1977 Unverified
1957 Virginia Verrill
1967 Sonny & Chér
i 1969 Julie London with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra
i 1972 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
i   1979 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
June 1956 Priscilla Lane
listen on Internet Archive i   March 1953 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
  June 1956 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
i   1959 Al Jolson PRF,REC
June 1956 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1972 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i 1979 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1972 Paul & Linda McCartney
i 2019 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i 1966 Stevie Wonder
i 1967 The Capitols - Arr. & Cond. by Mike Terry, The Young-Holt Trio
i 1972 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
i 1966 Mickey Calin, Lee Becker, Grover Dale, Tony Mordente, Eddie Roll, David Winters, Tommy Abbott, Hank Brunjes, Martin Charnin, Frank Green, Lowell Harris, Larry Kert REC,REL,PRF, Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
1966 Barbara Harris
i January 1996 Ray Charles
1966 Anthony Newley
1966 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
1966 Jackie deShannon
1978 Peggy Lee
i 1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
1955 Bing Crosby
i 1977 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1959 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1978 Stevie Wonder
i   1955 Bebe Daniels BRD, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring REC,REL
1957 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
November 1959 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes