My Foolish Heart - Billy Eckstine

[Tomconroy]

There is a story about Billy Eckstine that I'm reasonably sure isn't true, but it should be true: One day the always elegantly dressed Billy Eckstine strode into a recording studio in NYC and noticed a disheveled, completely strung out Miles Davis crumpled over in a corner. Eckstine nodded in Davis' direction and said : Looking good Miles.
Supposedly Davis was so ashamed of himself he left that day for the family farm in Alabama to finally get himself off heroin.
As I said, the story probably isn't true but it demonstrates the regard African American musicians had for The Fabulous Mr. B.
Eckstine was the one who most suffered from the discrimination of the era. Strikingly handsome, a better singer than Sinatra, he missed out on the TV shows, the big recording contracts, Hollywood.
This song shows him at his best.