Dallas Long

September, 1959

You may never have heard the voice of the man who is quite possibly the best singer of romantic ballads in the business: David Allen. He's had a scant three LPs released (A Sure Thing, Let's Face the Music and Dance, I Only Have Eyes for You), done only a couple of network TV shows, is just beginning to make the national nightclub rounds. Who says he's so good? The hippest segment of the world of jazz, the musicians themselves. Last fall, when Playboy inaugurated the Musicians' Poll as part of t...