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PittSongs – Billy Eckstine

May 11, 2022

 

Song: “No One But You”

Artist: Billy Eckstine

Album: Billy Eckstine Sings

Year Released: 1949

Genre: Popular

Local Connection: Born in Pittsburgh in 1914

Did you know? Billy Eckstine was a fashion icon. He was famous for his “Mr. B. Collar” – a high roll collar that formed a “B” over a Windsor-knotted tie (or without a tie at all). The collars were worn by many a hipster in the late 1940s and early 1950s

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