Buzzy Linhart

Birthday: 3 March 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Singer-songwriter, Buzzy, is most famous for writing "Ya Gotta Have Friends" for Bette Midler and the acid-folk classic "The Love Is Still Growing" for ex-girlfriend Carly Simon. B ...Show More

Singer-songwriter, Buzzy, is most famous for writing "Ya Gotta Have Friends" for Bette Midler and the acid-folk classic "The Love Is Still Growing" for ex-girlfriend Carly Simon. Buzz's catalog of visionary recordings for the Phillips and Buddah record labels in the late sixties and early seventies, as well as a major release on Atlantic in 1974 serve as a slice of his many contributions to modern music. He also played vibraphone on the Jimi Hendrix song "Drifting" and drums on a live jam-session with Hendrix, Noel Redding and Al Kooper, which included "Like a Rolling Stone" at an uptown club called "The Scene" in 1969. Hide