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Buddy Merrill Biography
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Buddy was born in Torrey , Utah . He began playing guitar at age 6 , and by age 11 was playing in a country/western band headed by his father Les Merrill {pictured to the right with Buddy circa 1947} .
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Buddy spent nearly 2 decades as "featured guitarist" in the Lawrence Welk Orchestra . He stayed with Lawrence till 1974 when he left to devote himself full time to recording in Hollywood and his deluxe home studio .
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Buddy wrote a suite for symphonic orchestra entitled "The Living Sea" . It is now used for film productions in London . Mr. Merrill is a member of ASCAP and his publisher is S&R Music Publishing Company .
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Buddy's original treatment of "Busy Bee" , an adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Flight of the Bumblebee" , has been used worldwide in television and motion pictures . His composition "Country Capers" was used as the theme song to the B.B.C.'s English television show ... "Country Club" .
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The Buddy Merrill discography includes 144 "masters" of the most beloved songs in the world's history of music . Plus 263 "masters" of original compositions by Buddy and his co-writers . He has recorded more than 20 albums for Accent Records .
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