# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-kaye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:52:28.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-kaye"
name: "Buddy Kaye"
slug: "buddy-kaye"
description: "Jules Leonard \"Buddy\" Kaye was an American songwriter, lyricist, arranger, producer, and author. His songs were recorded by top performers, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, The McGuire Sisters, Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Charles Aznavour, Tony Bennett, Cliff Richard, Pat Boone, Harry Belafonte, Bobby Darin, Little Richard, Barry Manilow, Karen Carpenter, Diana Krall, and Dusty Springfield. He scored number-one hits on the Billboard charts in 1945 with \"Till The End Of Time\", recorded by Perry Como, and in 1949 with \"'A' You're Adorable \", recorded by Como and The Fontane Sisters. Among his most recognizable tunes in pop culture are the theme songs to the Famous Studios theatrical cartoons Little Lulu and Little Audrey; the international hit song \"Speedy Gonzales\", recorded by Pat Boone; and the co-written theme song to the television series I Dream of Jeannie. In 1976, he won a Grammy Award for best children's album for his production of The Little Prince, narrated by Richard Burton."
tagline: "American songwriter, musician, producer, author and publisher (1918-2002)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-01-03"
deathDate: "2002-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.33
  momentum:             0.6426735218508998
  historical:           7.681570666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443267/"
    handle:    "nm0443267"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/587168"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "بادي كاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "بادى كاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Kaye"
    title: "Buddy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "بادی کی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Kaye"
    title: "Buddy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Kaye"
    title: "Buddy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cee0b4d5-22e6-4d33-9ad1-3734ab9b7f18"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2434494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/423980"
    title: "Buddy Kaye"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump