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theboyfromxtown
06-13-2011, 07:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUvHucl3M7o

Pretty rare eh!
theboyfromxtown
06-14-2011, 08:16 AM
Come on lurkers....surely you were impressed with that one!!
paul_nixon
06-14-2011, 08:44 AM
I'm impressed
theboyfromxtown
06-14-2011, 09:50 AM
And thank goodness I'm not alone!
motown01
06-14-2011, 09:51 AM
As am I. Not my favourite Billy Eckstine Motown song, but interesting to see.

See if you can find 'The Answer is Love' - LOL.
theboyfromxtown
06-14-2011, 02:02 PM
Motown 01...isn't that track just something!

Blew my mind when I first heard it.
snakepit
06-14-2011, 02:23 PM
I seem to remember Billy appearing on Top of the pops with his Stax 45 "Stormy"......
blkfrost
06-14-2011, 02:50 PM
Love that track and also "Had You Been Around"... wonderful album by Mr. Eckstine.
Ramone Verona
06-14-2011, 02:55 PM
And thank goodness I'm not alone!

Xtown,
I heard him sing this song once when he had a bad cold.
The title was different, though.
I believe it was "Pribe of my Libe"
;)
theboyfromxtown
06-14-2011, 03:01 PM
Snake-Would that be over 40 years ago? That brain of yours must still be in good shape!

Is this a first......talking about Billy Eckstine under the Motown thread? ??

I never thought Billy Eckstine was given his proper dues throughout his career except for Passing Strangers. Seemed always to be in the shadows of someone else.

But to this LP's, when I first heard "Fantasy"...I thought of Levi Stubbs immediately. Not ever knowing that it existed.

Billy also did a great "Thank You Love"....a song very close to the hearts of Henry Cosby's family and Stevie Wonder. I think Mrs Cosby told me Stevie sung it at her husband's rememberance.
theboyfromxtown
06-14-2011, 03:04 PM
Ramone-Billy didn't have a cold, you forgot to take out your earplugs!
Ramone Verona
06-14-2011, 03:11 PM
Huh? "Beer Hugs"?
booty
06-15-2011, 01:58 PM
Wow! Brill!
bankhousedave
06-15-2011, 04:52 PM
He had a n amazing voice - only problem is the longer he sings, the more clothes she has on. That can't be right.
144man
06-17-2011, 06:04 PM
"The Answer Is Love" and "Thank You Love" are also my favorites, along with "The Love Line".
honest man
06-18-2011, 04:05 AM
i wish you where here, also anyone going my way, it's all in the game some great stufff on his motown anthology. cheers