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Billy Banks

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About Billy Banks

Billy Banks (b. c. 1908; d. October 19, 1967, Tokyo, Japan) was an American jazz singer. Banks is most prominently remembered for being a successful female impersonator on record. Banks recorded in 1932 with an all-star, multi-racial jazz lineup made up of Red Allen on trumpet, Pee Wee Russell on clarinet, Tommy Dorsey on trombone, Jess Stacy on piano, Zutty Singleton on drums, and Fats Waller, also on piano; most of the black musicians were from Luis Russell's retinue

Top Tracks

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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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2

Bugle Call Rag

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3

It Don't Mean a Thing

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4

Spider Crawl

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5

Oh! You Sweet Thing

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6

Bathe

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7

The Scat Song

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8

Suspect Hospital

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9

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It A

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10

Suspect Limit

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