Billy Eckstine University of Michigan Interview Block 60 (Q4763)

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Billy Eckstine University of Michigan Interview Block 60
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    Well, yeah, I've heard it came from-it was, you know, during World War II, Yard Bird was the one who was a nonconformist, and Bird was just about that, you know. So, they started calling him Yard Bird, I think, with Jay McShain's band, and then it dwindled on down to Bird.
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