050929 FYI: Oh You Crazy Moon by Billy Eckstine
Thursday, September 29th, 2005Born:Jul. 08, 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died:Mar. 08, 1993
Years Active: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Billy Eckstine’s smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music. An influence looming large in the cultural development of soul and R&B singers from Sam Cooke to Prince.
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