Buddy Starcher

Who was Buddy Starcher?

Buddy Starcher was an American country singer. He starred on his own show on WCHS-TV from 1960 to 1966. However, he is best known for his 1966 spoken word recording entitled "History Repeats Itself", written with Minnie Pearl and released on Boone Records. The track recounts uncanny similarities between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

The single hit No. 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the album of the same name from which it was drawn peaked at No. 37 on the U.S. Country Albums chart.