[78-L] Same or similar

[Stephen Davies]

Billy Eckstein (singer) & Billy Eckstine (bebop empressario)
Sonny Schuyler (singer with George Hall, etc; real name Selig Shaftel) &
Sunny Skylar (songwriter, real name also Selig Shaftel)

Okay, and some real ones:
very obvious: Art Shaw & Artie Shaw (bandleaders)
Also there was an early jazz pianist from Montreal called Willie Eckstein.
Louis Jordan (jiver) & Louis Jourdan ("Gigi")
Moon Mullican (western swinger) & Moon Mulligan ("Gasoline Alley"?)
Myrna Lorrie (C&W) & Myrna Loy (actress)
the Four Aces (nifty quartet c. 1930) & the Four Aces (vocalists c. 1950)
Tom Brown (vocalist, Spitalny, etc) & Tom Brown (blackface saxophonist,
1910's)
Dick Todd (vocalist) & Richard Todd (actor) still confused on the 'net all
the time.

Stephen D in Calgary

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