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BILLY STEWART

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Billy Stewart
 Billy Stewart (March 24, 1937 – January 17, 1970) was an United States|American musician|musical artist, with a highly distinctive scat-singing style, who enjoyed popularity in the early 1960s.

Biography
Stewart began singing publicly with 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 D.C. area vocal group led by future soul star Don Covay. It was also through the Rainbows that Stewart met another aspiring singer, a very young Marvin Gaye. Seminal rock and roller Bo Diddley has been credited with discovering Stewart playing piano in Washington, D.C. in 1956 and inviting him to be one of his session musician|backup musicians. This led to a recording contract with Diddley's record label|label, Chess Records, and Diddley played guitar on Stewart's 1956 sound recording and reproduction|recording of "Billy's Blues". Stewart then moved to Okeh Records and recorded "Billy's Heartache" backed by the Marquees, another D.C. area group which was now featuring Marvin Gaye.

Back at Chess in the early 1960s, Stewart began working with A&R man Billy Davis. He cut a song called "Fat Boy" and then showed additional promise with his recordings of "Reap What You Sow" and "Strange Feeling", both making the Billboard pop Top 100 and... read all

Billy Stewart top albums

  1. One More Time: The Chess Years
  2. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billy Stewart
  3. One More Time
  4. Greatest Hits
  5. I Do Love You
  6. 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Billy Stewart
    7. ...show all albums

Billy Stewart top songs and lyrics

  1. Summertime
  2. Sitting in the Park
  3. I Do Love You
  4. Secret Love
  5. Reap What You Sow
  6. Strange Feeling
  7. fat boy
  8. Cross My Heart
  9. Count Me Out
  10. Summertime (w/Bob Dylan intro)
  11. Once Again
  12. We'll Always Be Together
  13. How Nice It Is
  14. Because I Love You
  15. A Fat Boy Can Cry
  16. Love Me
  17. Keep Lovin'
  18. I'm In Love (Oh, Yes I Am)
  19. Golly Golly Gee
  20. Every Day I Have The Blues
  21. Sugar And Spice
  22. Tell Me The Truth
  23. One More Time
  24. Secret Love (Single)
  25. I'm No Romeo
    26. ...show all songs

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