"Blue Moon"- BILLY ECKSTINE

[LDis1]

Wow, this is better than Elvis or Mel.

[gramophoneshane]

@flesh838 And this is the very reason the music companies keep removing music from youtube!

Not sure why anyone would want to copy this poor quality soundtrack anyway, when you can buy a clear remastered copy from itunes for about 50 cents.

[BuyBenco]

What year?

[jlb0317]

I saw Mr. B at a small club in Chicago in 1953. He was perfection personified! I have some of his 78's hidden away in one of my closets.

[MILEGULLY]

Sorry, correction please. The title "Mr. B.", rather "The Great Mr.B.", was initially assigned to Eckstine by a famous white New York Jazz disc jockey by the moniker of Symphony Sid. Sid was one of the few white DJ's, at the time, that would promote Jazz Music.....that's the fact!

[TheBigShad0w]

Billy Eckstine was a bit of a Fop and dressed sharp. He had a tie clasp with his initials BE and a writer wrote in the paper about him calling him Mr. BE

That minniker stuck.

[maureen1938]

It's lovely to hear this beautiful song again sung by Billy Eckstine he had a great voice. Thanks for posting this it's really appreciated.

[joeasmythe]

This song is for lovers only, and Mr. B is THE one to sing it, smooooth.

[gramophoneshane]

Hmmm, personally I think Mel Torme does it better :)

[cameltrail]

@gramophoneshane And I think Elvis did even better....fantastic for a 19year old Elvis.

[Alberto5651]

Mais uma bela interpretação do Billy Ecstine.

Este foi fera. Pena que a mídia não tenha visto isso !!!!!!

[joeasmythe]

B was one of the brightest stars of the era. He is greatly missed.

[winsome1235]

Magnificent.  Too bad the young people today have no idea who he was.

[anhacus]

Yes, it is a shame. What a voice. They need to listen to this to be restored to sanity.

[EcstaticMomentz]

Funny, we had an Old Edison that had to be cranked for 78's & The Glow Worm was the one we played to mellow out. Red River Valley, Rovin' Cowboy and (French) Boum were part of the playlist as well. :)

[singingsammage]

Please don't generalise. As an 18 year old singer, I have always maintained Billy Eckstine is definately one of the greats. His "Smoke Gets in your Eyes" is absolutely mind-blowing.

S.

[joeasmythe]

Thanks Shane, we will never forget the great Mr. B, and to hear this song again is heaven, he was our idol in the 40's