America big band vocalist.

Born: July 24, 1916 Mechanicsville, New York Died: November 17, 1981 of a heart attack (aged 65) Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Yougner brother of singer Ray Eberle who sang with Glenn Miller.
Bob was best known for his association with Jimmy Dorsey and his duets with Helen O’Connell. Eberly was hired by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 1935 shortly after winning an amateur hour contest on Fred Allen’s radio show. Eberly stayed with Jimmy Dorsey and would be a fixture with the orchestra until drafted into the service late in 1943.
He charted eight times in the U.S. wih Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra and Helen O’Connell singing duet between 1941 and 1942. All of them made it into the top 20, with six of them in the top ten, lead by Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) (#1 in 1941) and Tangerine (#1 in 1942). Bob charted as a solo artist twice in the U.S., first with Hair of Gold (Eyes of Blue) in 1948--it reached #25. The second One Has My Name the Other Has My Heart reached #8 on the country charts in 1949.