Funny you picked that song, VG. It's the gold standard among the old African American jazz set. Everyone has recorded it, from Ella to Sammy. And yet Jimmy, a Neapolitan American, holds his own. Am I right?
Like I told you before---and you've now read in the book---the guy could have been huge if not for his thick skull. And speaking of the old jazz standards, I saw him do "Birth of the Blues" at the old Harrah's in Atlantic City back in the late '80s. He absolutely brought the house down. That's a song he never recorded in the studio, and it's a shame. I wish I had a recording of that song on that particular night. Goosebumps, man.
But his bread and butter was still the Neapolitan love song:
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
