On This Day in Jazz History

May 2, 1945: Vocalist/bandleader Billy Eckstine records "Cottage For Sale."

Added: 2008-04-15

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1931
Organist Richard "Groove" Holmes born in Camden, NJ.

1944
Pianist Eddie Heywood records "How High The Moon" with the tenor saxophonist Don Byas.

1945
Vocalist/bandleader Billy Eckstine records "Cottage For Sale."

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