This article, written by Dave Laing, appears on The Guardian.
Buddy Greco obituary
Singer and pianist who was the consummate club and saloon performer
Richard Rodgers’ and Lorenz Hart’s 1937 composition The Lady Is a Tramp has been performed by many singers, but the most widely known version is the 1960 recording by Buddy Greco, who has died aged 90. It encapsulated Greco’s jazz-inflected, finger-snapping, wisecracking, dynamic vocal style and went on to sell more than a million copies.
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