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After [[demobilization]], Morrow joined [[Jimmy Dorsey]]'s band, then went into radio freelancing as a studio musician. He began conducting odd sessions, which introduced him to bandleading. [[RCA Victor]] sponsored him as director of his own band in 1951. The band's first hit — "Night Train" by [[Jimmy Forrest]] — was a crossover into rhythm and blues.<ref>Arthur Jackson, ''The Last of the Big Bands of the 1950s: Buddy Morrow & Ralph Marterie'', <u>In Tune Magazine</u>, Issue 109 (Feb. 2001)</ref>
== Selected compositions ==
* "Big Beat", music by Buddy Morrow, (1953)
* "Boogie Woogie March", words & music by Buddy Morrow & [[Herbert Hendler]] (1918–2007) (1951)
* "Corrine Corina", with Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1953)
* "Dear Mary", words by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1951)
* "Diggin", words by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1953)
* "Memphis Drag", music by Buddy Morrow (1953)
* "Midnight March", music by Bill Allen & Buddy Morrow (1957)
* "Old Potato Farm", words & music by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), Tommie McLeston Hendler & Buddy Morrow (1951)
* "Scrub-a-dub-dub", music by [[Howard Biggs]] & Buddy Morrow (1955)
* "Solo; A Fox-Trot Bolero Based on Chopin's Waltz in C-sharp minor", words by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1951)
* "Teen Polka", arranged by Buddy Morrow & Walter Stuart (1956)
== Discography ==
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