Billy Stewart was a native of Washington, DC and began his electrifying career as a performer and recording artist in the city. Much admired for his booming, acrobatic voice and skill on the piano, Stewart's early collaborators included fellow locals Don Covay, Marvin Gaye, and Bo Diddley.
Stewart is further immortalized as a songwriter, with his original hits "Sitting In The Park" and "I Do Love You" enduring as standards of soul music everywhere. But without doubt, the signature moment of his meteoric career will always be his utter destruction of George Gershwin's "Summertime".
Stewart is further immortalized as a songwriter, with his original hits "Sitting In The Park" and "I Do Love You" enduring as standards of soul music everywhere. But without doubt, the signature moment of his meteoric career will always be his utter destruction of George Gershwin's "Summertime".
