As I was saying at the weekend: I have a feeling there is an interesting biography to be told about Eddie White. Maybe someone will email...
Sure enough, John Sprung emailed again to tell me about Yesterday's Cake, Eddie's autobiography that was published by Vantage Press in 1985.
The AbeBooks website lists a number of used copies. One of the booksellers quotes Joseph Heller: Eddie White's book reads like a Bronx Arabian Nights!
The title refers Eddie's time in an orphanage where the kids were given day-old cakes from the bakeries. A synopsis at AbeBooks says Yesterday's Cake is the story of a boy raised in various orphanages who became a songwriter and met the rich and famous even though his father was a small time hood.
Think I'll have to order a copy. More later...
One more thing: John Sprung, my informant on these matters, is a folk singer and music writer with an interesting resumé himself.
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