What is Buddy Bregman?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = | image = Buddy Bregman 1959.JPG | image_size = | landscape = | caption = Bregman c. 1959 | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|9}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age |2017|01|08 |1930|07|09 |mf=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[jazz]] | occupation = Composer, arranger, producer, conductor | instrument = | years_active = | label = [[Verve Records|Verve]] | associated_acts = [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Eddie Fisher]] | website = }} '''Buddy Bregman''' (July 9, 1930 &ndash; January 8, 2017) was an American arranger, television producer, and composer. He was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He worked with many of the greatest musical artists of 20th Century popular music, including: [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], [[Peggy Lee]], [[Bobby Darin]], [[Anita O'Day]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Count Basie]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Jerry Lewis]], [[Paul Anka]], [[Buddy Rich]], [[Eddie Fisher]], [[Annie Ross]], and [[Carmen McRae]]. He became [[Ethel Merman]]'s personal arranger. In the early 1960s Bregman became a television producer and director. After producing several TV specials in Europe, he was hired by [[David Attenborough]] for [[BBC 2]] in 1964. In 1966, he was appointed head of light entertainment for the weekday ITV company [[Rediffusion London]]. Bregman wrote ''[[Jump Jim Crow]]'' – a musical for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. It moved into London-based independent TV and movie production. Bregman died in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]] on January 8, 2017, aged 86.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike|tit