Billy Eckstine born 1914 Jul 8th

Stormy Monday Blues

as part of Earl Hines band

LYRICS from Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Bob Crowder

It's gone and started rainin'
I'm lonesome as a man can be
It's gone and started rainin'
I'm lonesome as a man can be
Cause every time it rains
I realise what you mean to me

If you read my letters, baby
You sure must'a read my mind
If you read my letters, baby
You sure must'a read my mind
Then you wouldn't have left me
To sit alone and pine

Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIdNa9lL5s

Jelly Jelly 

as part of Earl Hines band

LYRICS from Earl Hines + Billy Eckstine

Hello baby, I had to call you on the phone

Hello baby, I had to call you on the phone

`Cause I feel so lonesome

And daddy wants his baby home

It's a down-right rotten, Low down dirty shame

It's a down right rotten low down dirty shame

The way that you're treatin' poor me

I know I'm not to blame

Jelly jelly jelly

Jelly stays on my mind

Jelly jelly jelly

Jelly stays on my mind

Jelly roll killed my pappy,

And wrung my mama stone blind.

video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGK_okFzzw&list=RDGUGK_okFzzw&start_radio=1

Rhythm In A Riff

heading his own band

Lyrics from Billy Eckstine

[all instruments no voice]
I, love, the rhythm in a riff
when the music jumps, i get a lift
[scatting A with instruments background]
anything, to make it swing

I, love, the music from a tone
but end it with a mello saxophone
[scatting A little lower tone with instruments background]
what a lot of kicks it brings

when that rhythms in ya
the blues don't have a chance
you 'll find the groove will when ya
make you never think about romance

jump jump, the rhythm with a riff
any kind of music gets a lift
[scatting A with instruments background]
anything to make it swing
[instruments no voice]
[scatting B (start with oh higher than A )with instruments background]
[instruments no voice]
[scatting C (start with ba higher than B )with instruments background]

when that rhythm's in ya
the blues don't have a chance
you 'll find the groove will when ya
make you never think about romance
[instruments no voice]
[scatting D (start with ah same height as C)with instruments background]
[Horn lead - instruments no voice, end with drum solo]
[scatting E (same height as A) with instruments background]
Riffin is the thing for me

video link 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHd2LTTkrB8&list=RDXHd2LTTkrB8&start_radio=1

the movie is about, if someone can find it, black director, black cast all. 1947
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135629/

soundie, made from the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUKHWJyrbs&list=RDLRUKHWJyrbs&start_radio=1

Even though White people cancelled Billy Eckstine for the following photo[from Martha Holmes, following Eckstine with fans], he never stopped smiling