Jimmy Scott Smithsonian Interview Block 225 (Q2683)

Lester Young. He was playing his tenor in the band. He was another one I had fallen in love with - music - it was like hearing birds or somebody. He was in the band. They played. One of the fellows that I worked for said, "Come on, man. They want you to sing. " I said, "What? Want me to sing? " I didn't know anything about me. I felt like, hey, you know. Anyway, Talk of the Town was the song I ...