Latest Release
- 23 JAN 2024
- 22 Songs
- Ian Levine's Northern Soul Classics, Vol. 4 · 2023
- Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection · 2023
- Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection · 2023
- The Legend Collection: Billy Eckstine · 2022
- Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) [Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 10, 1965] - Single · 2022
- Passing Strangers (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 10, 1957) - Single · 2021
- Ma She's Making Eyes At Me (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 10, 1965) - Single · 2021
- What Kind Of Fool Am I? (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, July 22, 1962) - Single · 2021
- Motown Unreleased 1968 (Part 2) · 2018
- Motown Unreleased 1968 (Part 2) · 2018
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- A legendary crooner with operatic power and a bebop sensibility.
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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 July 1914
- GENRE
- Jazz