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Singer-emcee Bud Brees gets everyone into his act
Guest Fran Warren duets with Bud on WPEN. The earphones cue him on the recorded musical background.
It's open house in Bud's apartment for visiting stars. This time, Eddie Fisher and Nat ("King") Cole help plan the show.
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Bud Brees, Brooklyn's gift to the Quaker City, acts like a magnet in attracting celebrities to his unusual disc jockey shows on station WPEN. When singing stars like Fran Warren, Patti Page, Johnny Ray or Eileen Barton visit Philadelphia, they are likely to be heard opening Bud's program with a pitch for listeners to "Keep Breezing along with this Brees named Bud." Or perhaps the station identifications and transcription credits will be read by Stan Kenton, The Andrew Sisters or Buddy Greco.
The six-foot 230-pound emcee of the Bud Brees Show has been nicknamed "the mountain that walks like a man." However, his feminine fans prefer to talk about his voice and claim that he sings like an angel. Although he's only thirty, Bud has already reached the magic million record score with his vocal on the "Bluebird of Happiness" platter he made with Art Mooney.
Music is Bud's life. He proves it time and time again, around the clock, with the new tunes he debuts almost daily on his radio programs, personal appearances and night-club dates. For this reason, too, stars in the music world make sure to find time for Bud's show when they're visiting the Cradle of Independence. His apartment phone is often answered by equally top names in show business, because Brees is an "at home guy."
Stars playing the spots in and around Philadelphia congregate at Bud's "BHQ" (Bachelor Headquarters) to talk music and help him plan shows.
Brooklyn-born Bud rose to radio stardom in the tradition of show business — from boy soprano with Bob Emery's famous Rainbow House Children's Troupe through the gamut of small bands, night clubs, vaudeville and special entertainment services with the Army in the China-BurmaIndia Theatre. For three years, Brees was the featured singer with Art Mooney, his ex-Army sergeant. Bud has recorded for all the major companies, including Capri and RCA Victor.
Although a newcomer to Philadelphia, this singer-emcee is fast becoming one of its most popular radio stars. His special facility for selecting purely instrumental platters and providing his own vocals is the delight of Bud's many fans. A two-a-day schedule keeps Brees hopping — he's on the air from 12:15-1 P.M. and returns for more of the same at 8:05 until 9 P.M.
In addition to lots of fan mail, Bud receives daily tape recordings from leading singers who have found it a challenge to dream up new gags and patter for his Philadelphia listeners, who look forward to the Bud Brees Show knowing that anything can happen and usually does.
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