Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
-- Billy Eckstine
   
Billy Eckstine   Name:
Billy Eckstine
Type:
Musician
Nationality:
American
Birth:
July 8, 1914
Death:
March 8, 1993
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