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Billy Stewart (1937-1970) era uno de los principales activos del sello Chess. Su particular fraseo está presente en la mejor interpretación, en clave R&B, que se haya hecho nunca del standard "Summertime" de George Gershwin, aquí grabada para las cámaras de un famoso programa estadounidense emitido en 1966, del que no citaré el nombre por razones de copyright. De entre la miriada de versiones que existen de este clásico, en mi opinión, destacaría la reformulación "blue beat" que lanzaron los Shake Spears en un disco de procedencia belga en 1966, también son plato de mi gusto la adaptación anfetamínica de los suecos Bootjacks y la "jazzistica" recreación de The Zombies, estas dos últimas versiones fechadas en 1965. Por supuesto que cualquiera de las anteriormente mencionadas es, cualitativamente hablando, un 500% superior a esa basura sobreactuada que perpetraron, unos pocos años después, Janis Joplin y su cohorte de onanistas rascacuerdas a cuenta de este tema. Los que la habeis sufrido en vuestros castigados pabellones auditivos ya sabeís de que hablo, de la más espantosa pesadilla hippie, repleta de grititos y solos infumables, que impunemente acabó destrozando una las mejores canciones de la historia. COMMENTARIES WILL BE APPRECIATED! SE AGRADECEN LOS COMENTARIOS!. + Informações

EASTSIDE STORY VOL.7. + Informações

Just one of the many greats by Billy Stewart. + Informações

Video Clip. + Informações

Taken from the original Chess 45, this track includes the final 23 seconds that have been missing from all the reissues of 'Strange Feeling'. Apparantly the master damaged or lost some point, Pookie thought it might be interesting to post the original single version. Pookie has always said that nobody finishes a song like Billy. Apologies for the record wear, it's 47 years old!!. + Informações

I Do Love You - Billy Stewart East Side Story Vol.8 1.Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) -Delfonics 2.I Do Love You -Billy Stewart 3.Tonite, Tonite -Mello Kings 4.Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye -Casinos 5.The Touch Of You -Brenda & The Tabulations 6.Hey There Lonely Girl -Eddie Holman 7.I'm Still Here -Notations 8.Darling Baby -Elgins 9.Sincerely -Moonglows 10.Duffy's Blues -Premiers 11.Baby Oh Baby -Shells 12.Could This Be Magic -Dubs east side story vol.8 oldies delfonics billy stewart mello kings casinos brenda the tabulations eddie holman notations elgins moonglows premiers shells dubs oldie rolas love songs r&b. + Informações

Billy Stewart (March 24, 1937 January 17, 1970) was an American musical artist, with a highly distinctive scat-singing style, who enjoyed popularity in the 1960s. Stewart was 12 years old when he began singing with his brothers Johnny 11, James 9 and Frank 4 as the 4 Stewart Brothers, and later went on to get their own radio show every Sunday for five years at WUST radio station in Washington, DC After that, he joined his mother's group, the Stewart Gospel Singers, as a teenager. He made the transition to secular music by filling in occasionally for The Rainbows, a DC area vocal group led by the future soul star, Don Covay. It was also through The Rainbows that Stewart met another aspiring singer, Marvin Gaye. Seminal rock and roller Bo Diddley has been credited with discovering Stewart playing piano in Washington, DC in 1956 and inviting him to be one of his backup musicians. This led to a recording contract with Diddley's label, Chess Records and Diddley played guitar on Stewart's 1956 recording of "Billy's Blues". A strong seller in Los Angeles, "Billy's Blues" reached the sales top 25 in Variety magazine. Stewart then moved to Okeh Records and recorded "Billy's Heartache", backed by the Marquees, another DC area group which featured Marvin Gaye. Back at Chess in the early 1960s, Stewart began working with A&R man Billy Davis. He recorded a song called "Fat Boy" and then had additional success with his recordings of "Reap What You Sow" and "Strange Feeling", both .... + Informações

Billy's first major chart success came with "I Do Love You" in 1965, but a few years earlier in 1962, "Fat Boy" got him a lot of attention and began a musical theme often repeated in many of his later hits.. + Informações

Billy's scat-vocal of "Summertime" captured the ear of audiences during the summer of '66 so much so that the recording landed in the Top 10 in August and became Billy's highest-charting single release. The version here is the original and complete, uncut studio recording rather than the popular trimmed-down version that was played on most radio stations back in 1966.. + Informações

Cruisin' Oldies. + Informações

Billy Stewart was a fantastic artist with many great songs, but one that always gets me going is this Knight Brothers cover version.. + Informações

The release date has been corrected from 1964 (except video intro) it's 1965. You gotta love Wiki! Billy Stewart (March 24, 1937 January 17, 1970) was an American musical artist, with a highly distinctive scat-singing style, who enjoyed popularity in the 1960s. Stewart was 12 years old when he began singing with his brothers Johnny 11, James 9 and Frank 4 as the 4 Stewart Brothers, and later went on to get their own radio show every Sunday for five years at WUST radio station in Washington, DC After that, he joined his mother's group, the Stewart Gospel Singers, as a teenager. He made the transition to secular music by filling in occasionally for The Rainbows, a DC area vocal group led by the future soul star, Don Covay. It was also through The Rainbows that Stewart met another aspiring singer, Marvin Gaye. Seminal rock and roller Bo Diddley has been credited with discovering Stewart playing piano in Washington, DC in 1956 and inviting him to be one of his backup musicians. This led to a recording contract with Diddley's label, Chess Records and Diddley played guitar on Stewart's 1956 recording of "Billy's Blues". A strong seller in Los Angeles, "Billy's Blues" reached the sales top 25 in Variety magazine. Stewart then moved to Okeh Records and recorded "Billy's Heartache", backed by the Marquees, another DC area group which featured Marvin Gaye. Back at Chess in the early 1960s, Stewart began working with A&R man Billy Davis. He recorded a song called "Fat Boy" and then .... + Informações

Billy Stewart. + Informações

This stunning ballad by Billy Stewart was released in 1967 on Chess 2002.. + Informações

Music video Director: Feike Santberge DOP: Thomas Leermakers. + Informações

Billy Stewart (March 24, 1937 -- January 17, 1970) While Stewart continued to record throughout the remainder of the 1960s on Chess without major success, his weight problem worsened and he developed diabetes. He suffered minor injuries in a motorcycle accident in 1969 and died the following January, just two months prior to his 33rd birthday. It happened when the car he was driving plunged into the Neuse River in Smithfield, North Carolina, killing him and three members of his band.. + Informações

Billy Stewart. + Informações

Lost & Found Vol.1. + Informações

One of his best imho.. + Informações

One of the last singles released by DC native, Billy Stewart. Nobody had the uniqueness of this man's vocal stylings, and i've always said no one finished a song like Billy Stewart could. Released in '69, this track undoubtedly was done a few years earlier. Billy Davis left Chess in 1967, and being his production, this had to have been done before then. Also of note is that instead of the usual Phil Wright or Charles Stepney treatment, this track was arranged by New Yorker Bert Keyes. Though known for those wonderful,misty mid-tempo ballads, I always felt this was a great vocal performance that has been sadly overlooked. And like pookie says, nobody finishes a song like Billy Stewart. Enjoy another in the legacy of Soul Music's stylistic genius. A Universal Music Group recording.. + Informações

billy stewart song over the rainbow a rare soul classic..1965. + Informações

EASTSIDE STORY VOL.8. + Informações

Both sides of Billy's Blues in one video. Enjoy. + Informações

If you wondered what Billy Stewart may have lived to create in the 70's and 80's, listen to this. A rare live recording of Summertime done to extreme, using echoplex and his own natural vocal gymnastics. The sound is only adequate, but it's so wonderful to hear one of the most unique singers of any era. From the CD 'Essential Billy Stewart'.. + Informações