Julie Budd is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on May 4, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. In November 1991 , she joined forces with Burns again for the benefit show to raise money to support The Children’s Hospital of Orange County. She is a performer in the annual event that is held by the Schultz-Hill Foundation, founded in 2002 in Atlantic City. In 2004, at the NYSSBA Annual Convention Preview Convention she performed songs by Barbra Streisand to whom she has often been her muse. On the 22nd and 23rd of October the 23rd of October, 2004, she performed Streisand classics as part of tribute to the singer “The Barbra Streisand Songbook” which was created by Marvin Hamlisch.
Budd began her singing career at the age of 12, taking the stage for amateur night at the Tamarack resort camp in the Catskills. There she was spotted by producer Herb Bernstein, who became her personal manager and arranger. He continued to work with her through the next thirty years. After signing a contract for personal management, he also had her record a demo, signed her to a three-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and sent her to a voice coach. One of Bernstein’s employees suggested her new stage name. Budd appeared on the Merv Griffin Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, The Carol Burnett Show’’ and The Jim Nabors Hour. In 1968 she released the LP Child of Plenty on the MGM label and became a regular on the NBC TV summer series Showcase ’68.
In her acting, Budd is associated with the Circle Repertory Theater and Playwright’s Horizons of New York City. She appeared as a character in the film of 1981 Walt Disney film The Devil and Max Devlin as a 19-year-old high school dropout and an aspiring singer. Budd has said her belief that “having the opportunity to work for the Disney Company was a life changer for me. At Disney they always do it right”.
She sang the title track for the movie Living Free, which played during the credits for the film’s opening scene. In 1976, she reached the top spot of the top of the charts at #93 with her hit song “One Fine Day”, one of her most popular hit songs. In 1979, she appeared as a performer on Broadway as part of They’re Playing Our Song. In 1981, a New York Magazine article noted that she had “sung in public for 15 of her 27 years” in addition to “almost had the lead in Evita on Broadway”.
Budd continues to perform mainly in the New York City area and Las Vegas. She released the albums Pure Imagination (1997) and If You Could See Me Now (2000), and to commemorate Sinatra’s centenary on December 12, 2015, she has released an album, Remembering Mr. Sinatra. She also teaches master classes in singing.
