Peter "Chuck" Badie (May 17, 1925 – April 15, 2023) was an American

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bass player.

Life and career

Badie was born in New Orleans on May 17, 1925. His father was a prominent jazz saxophone player who played with the "Eureka" and the "Original Olympia" brass bands. He left the Navy in 1945, and then used the

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to enrol at the Grunewald School of Music. From around 1950 he played with singer Roy Brown for two years. He then "worked with the singer

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and

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, then from 1954 to 1956 was a member of

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's orchestra." Badie played double bass on some famous New Orleans rhythm-and-blues recordings. He worked with

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, Edward Frank, June Gardner,

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, and

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, but had to stop playing in the 1970s because of stomach problems. He returned to frequent playing in the 1990s, as part of

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's band. Badie was honored at the

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in February 2020 for 72 years in the music business. Badie died on April 15, 2023, at the age of 97.

Personal life

Badie was a devout

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and a member of the

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References

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