William Larry "Billy" Stewart II, (March 24, 1937 – January 17, 1970), was an American musical artist, with a highly distinctive scat-singing style, who enjoyed popularity in the 1960s. Stewart was 12 years old when he began singing with his younger brothers Johnny, James, and Frank as The 4 Stewart Brothers, and later went on to get their own radio show every Sunday for five years at WUST-AM in Washington, D.C. He was a graduate of Armstrong High School. Stewart made the transition to secular m