Buddy Greco and Marilyn Monroe

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Singer/pianist Buddy Greco reminisces on Marilyn Monroe's last weekend in the London Daily Mail...

Buddy Greco's story

[AllenLowe]

thanks, interesting story, if ultimately speculative - and Greco was a terrific pianist, surprisingly Bud Powell-ish on the B.G. sextet things with Wardell.

[JSngry]

But isn't he the guy who was infamous as a singer for not being able to count bars, resulting in some really "interesting" phrasings on live gigs?

Or is that somebody else?

[AllenLowe]

news to me - could be true. Don't know - he seems to be a pretty good musician.

[JSngry]

I always thought so too, but I keep hearing stories about some singer who has serious challenges counting bars. Used to be the butt of some "inside" jokes on the old Carson show from time to time, + stories thru the grapevine.

It might not be Buddy Greco, but I'm thinking that it is?

Help? Anybody?

[Larry Kart]

Eddie Fisher? He was notorious in that regard. And both he and Greco had curly hair.