Latest Release
- 23 JAN 2024
- 22 Songs
- Radio New Vegas (Fallout) · 2003
- Ain't Like That Vol 3 · 2002
- Blue Moon · 1998
- Billy Eckstine Sings · 1949
- Billy's Best · 1958
- Music for Lounging · 1986
- Billy's Best · 1958
- The Legendary Big Band · 1954
- Billy's Best · 1958
- Revel in the Rhythmic Elegance · 2004
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- A legendary crooner with operatic power and a bebop sensibility.
Live Albums
- 2014
Appears On
- Earl Hines and His Orchestra & Billy Eckstine
About Billy Eckstine
Debonair jazz vocalist and bandleader Billy Eckstine was a major influence on generations of singers across the pop and jazz spectrum. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eckstine got his first major break as a singer with Earl "Fatha" Hines's Chicago band in the late 1930s. By the mid-'40s, Eckstine was leading his own big band, which featured a rotating line-up of soon-to-be jazz legends (including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker, among many others). Eckstine eventually struck out on his own and established himself as one of the premier balladeers in American popular music, remaining a major musical figure up until his death in 1993.
- HOMETOWN
- Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- BORN
- 8 de julio de 1914
- GENRE
- Jazz