Buddy Buie

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Buddy Buie
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Background information
Birth namePerry Carlton Buie
Born(1941-01-23)January 23, 1941
Marianna, Florida, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 2015(2015-07-18) (aged 74)
Dothan, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer, publisher
Associated actsRoy Orbison, Classics IV, Atlanta Rhythm Section

Perry Carlton "Buddy" Buie (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2015)[1] was an American songwriter, producer, and publisher. He is most commonly associated with Roy Orbison, the Classics IV and the Atlanta Rhythm Section.

Career[]

Buie was born in Marianna, Florida, and raised in Dothan, Alabama.[2]

He was best known as a prolific songwriter, with 340 songs registered in the BMI catalog. His first success came in 1964, when Tommy Roe took "Party Girl", which Buie co-wrote with Billy Gilmore, into the Billboard Hot 100. In 1967 he started working with the group Classics IV, writing with the group's guitarist James Cobb to add lyrics to Mike Sharpe's instrumental "Spooky".[3] Subsequent songs co-written with Cobb included Sandy Posey's "I Take It Back", and the Classics IV hits "Stormy", "Traces", "Everyday with You Girl", and "What am I Crying For?"[4]

In 1978, Buie and marketing executive founded the Buie/Gellar Organization, a recording management company, and BGO Records in Doraville, Georgia.[5]

In 2003, Buie left Atlanta and retired to Eufaula, Alabama, just miles from the birthplace of the songs that built his career. In 2010, the Oscar-winning film The Fighter featured "So Into You" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section on its soundtrack. Buie was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1984,[6] and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1997.[7]

On July 18, 2015, Buie died at a hospital in Dothan, Alabama, after suffering a heart attack.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Perry 'Buddy' Buie, songwriter and producer, dies at 74". The Washington Post. July 23, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  2. ^ Weber, Bruce (July 20, 2015). "Buddy Buie, Producer and Hit-Making Songwriter, Dies at 74". The New York Times. p. A25.
  3. ^ "The Classics IV". Classicbands.com. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Songs Written By Buddy Buie". Music VF. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "Pair Launches Georgia Firms". Billboard: 18. February 4, 1978. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^ "Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Inductees". Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductee". Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  8. ^ Sailors, Jimmy (July 18, 2015). "Buddy Buie, Dothan songwriter and promoter who influenced hundreds of musicians, dies". Dothan Eagle.

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