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3 days ago · Formerly of. The Billy Eckstine Orchestra. William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) [1] was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. [2] In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award "for ...
4 days ago · The Four Tops recorded without success for several labels — including Chess, Red Top, Riverside and Columbia — and supported Billy Eckstine before signing with Motown in 1963.
4 days ago · African-American crooner Billy Eckstine recorded his version with Duke Ellington on piano and Art Blakey on drums, on September 4, 1945. The record became a million seller and a No. 10 hit.
1 day ago · This reissue of an early-'60s collection of movie themes sung by Billy Eckstine is labeled as a jazz CD, which is a bit of a stretch. Although no one should question the jazz credentials in the resumes of the rich-voiced Eckstine, pianist and conductor Bobby Tucker, arranger Billy Byers, or producer Quincy Jones, this is very much an easy listening album.
3 days ago · Basie credited Billy Eckstine, a top male vocalist of the time, for prompting his return to Big Band. He said that Norman Granz got them into the Birdland club and promoted the new band through recordings on the Mercury , Clef , and Verve labels. [60]
3 days ago · They spent summer opening for acts like Billy Eckstine at the Idlewild resort in western ... self-assured act with a '40s-inflected vocal style influenced by Eckstine when Berry Gordy snapped ...
4 days ago · Within a couple of years they had been performing as opening acts or as backup singers with artists such as Della Reese, Brook Benton, Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Betty Carter, Redd Foxx, Richard ...
