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Lou Busch

real name Louis Ferdinand Busch

Lou Busch is credited on 513 releases across 149 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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513

Credits

149

Albums

8

Decades active

43

In collections

Biography

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American composer, pianist, arranger and conductor.
Born July 18, 1910 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Died September 19, 1979 (aged 69) in Camarillo, California.
Married to singer/actress Janet Blair 1943-1950 (divorced) and singer/actress Margaret Whiting 1950-3.
Best known by his alternate persona, Joe "Fingers" Carr.
He got his start early, leading his own band by the age of 12 and leaving home at 16 to work as a professional musician. He played with a number of sweet big bands--Clyde McCoy, Henry Busse, and George Olson--then took a short break to study at the Cincinnati Conservatory. As "Fingers", Busch/Carr's success spurred a revival of ragtime in the form of camped-up honky tonk.

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Credited work

513 releases · 149 albums · active 1950–2020

  • Performance · 638
  • Other credits · 177
  • Production · 29

Studios: The Kaiser Aluminum Dome · The Mastering Lab · Producers Workshop · Ter Mar Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • "Joe ""Fingers"" Carr"
  • Allan Sherman
  • Various
  • Kay Starr
  • Margaret Whiting
  • Ira Ironstrings
  • "Joe ""Fingers"" Carr And His Ragtime Band"
  • Lou Busch And His Orchestra

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