Billy Daniels
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Billy Daniels (September 12, 1915 - October 7, 1988) was a big band vocalist and an actor, performing in musicals, films, and television. His trademark song was "That Old Black Magic", recorded in 1948. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida and moved to Harlem in 1932.
Billy Daniels taught Marilyn Monroe to sing Old Black Magic for her role in Bus Stop. Traing her for for over a month, she performed it in the movie. He also performed in such showcases as the Copa, Connie's Club, and the speak-easy called Dickie wells.
He originally moved to New York to attend Columbia University to become a lawyer, but was side-tracked, during the Depression, with singing without a microphone to diners in the club where he was a busboy.
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