
He attended a school for the blind in Little Rock, Arkansas where he joined the school choir. He won an amateur talent contest in Memphis, Tennessee and at first worked with local bands, as well as starting a band of his own. In 1942 he joined a band led by Jay McShann, and the next year he joined Duke Ellington's band, replacing Herb Jeffries. He worked eight years with Ellington before becoming a soloist. Some of his singing is classified as rhythm and blues, but he is really best classified as a bridge between R&B and traditional pop music.
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After The Lights Go Down Low
Unchained Melody
Count Every Star
Danny Boy
This Love of Mine
Silent Night
He
White Christmas
Song of the Wanderer
Mafia 2: After The Lights Go Down Low
Pretty Woman
Mafia 2: Count Every Star
September in the Rain
Tell Me
11th Hour Melody
Trees
Dedicated to You
Solitude
Unchained Melody (Digitally Remastered)
The Blues Came Falling Down
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Stella by Starlight
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
Away All Boats
Honeysuckle Rose
Autumn Winds
You Of All People
This Is Always
When the Lights Go Down Low
My Little Brown Book
Oh My Love
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
You Don't Love Me No More
I'm A Fool To Want You
Now I Lay Me Down To Dream
You'll Never Know
Summertime
I Won't Tell A Soul I Love You
Never Turn Back
Never Turn Back.
Don't Be So Mean To Baby
I'm Travelin' Light
If I Knew You Were There
Shanghai Lil
You Will Be Mine
There Is No Greater Love
Believe It Beloved
The Very Thought of You
Please
Trav'lin' Light
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