Person
Billy Eckstine
Albums
247
Members
2
Active
1914–1993
Origin
United States
Biography
William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American singer of ballads and a bandleader of the swing era. Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music. Eckstine's recording of "I Apologize" (MGM Pop Single, 1948) was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Discography
Billy And The Duke
Billy Eckstine And The Metronome All Stars
Blues for Sale
Blues For Sale
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me / Mood Indigo
Enchantment
Fortune Telling Cards / Tenderly
Lost In Loveliness / Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Love Me / One Sweet Kiss
No One But You / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
On Savoy: Billy Eckstine
Rendezvous / I'm In A Mood
Temporarily Blue / Beloved
A Man Doesn't Know / Careless Lips
I Surrender Dear
La De Do De Do / Farewell To Romance
Mood Indigo /Do Nothin´ Till You Hear From Me
More Than You Know
Mr. B. With a Beat
Mr. B. With A Beat
Only You / Love Me Or Leave Me
Send My Baby Back To Me
September Song / Pass The Word Around
That Old Feeling
The Life Of The Party / Love Me Or Leave Me
The Love Songs Of Mr. “B”
"You'll Get Yours" / Lonely Avenue
Joey Joey Joey
Just Call Me Crazy / The Chosen Few
My Fickle Heart
The Bitter With The Sweet
The Tennessee Rock 'N' Roll
All Of My Life / Poor Little Heart
Four Great Standards
If I Can Help Somebody
Oh, My Pretty, Pretty / Blue Illusion
Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
Billy Eckstine's Imagination
Billy's Best
Billy's Best
Gigi / Trust In Me
Imagination
In The Rain / Vertigo
My Deep Blue Dream
Prisoner Of Love / Funny
Sing The Best Of Irving Berlin - Vol. I
The Best Of Billy Eckstine
The Duke, The Blues, And Me!
Younger Than Springtime / Bali Ha'i
Basie & Eckstine Incorporated
Billy & Sarah
I Apologize / I Love You
I Want A Little Girl / Lonesome Lover Blues
No Cover, No Minimum
Once More With Feeling
Once More With Feeling
Alright, Okay You Win
Broadway Bongos and Mr. “B”
Broadway Bongos And Mr. "B"
It Isn't Fair / (Main Theme From) Exodus
Credits
The Chronological Classics: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra 1944-1945
Les Génies du Jazz, Volume IV N°12
20 Years of Jethro Tull
Coltranology Volume Two
Live at Birdland
That's How I Love the Blues!
No Cover, No Minimum
Basie & Eckstine Incorporated
Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
Alexander's Ragtime Band / No Limit
All Of My Life / Poor Little Heart
All The Things You Are / Don't Take Your Love From Me
At Basin Street East
A Treasury Of Immortal Performances: Earl Hines - Billy Eckstine
Baby Won't You Say You Love Me / Free
Be Fair / Come To The Mardi Gras
Billy Eckstine And The Metronome All Stars
Billy Eckstine Orchestra 1945
Billy Eckstine's Imagination
Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter
Billy Eckstine Together
Billy's Best
Blue Moon / Fools Rush In
Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues / Jelly, Jelly
Bring Back The Thrill / I Apologize
Coquette / A Fool In Love
Earl Hines - Billy Eckstine
Early Autumn
Eight Classic Albums
Enchanted Land (Song Of India) / I've Got My Mind On You
Everything I Have Is Yours (The M-G-M Years)
Feel The Warm
Fool That I Am / Two Loves Have I
For Love Of Ivy / A Woman
Fortune Telling Cards / Tenderly
Free / I Apologize
From Battersea To Broadway
‘Gator Swing / Stormy Monday Blues
Gentle On My Mind
Gigi / Trust In Me
Good Jelly Blues / I Stay In The Mood For You
Hold Me Close To You / If They Ask Me
If I Can Help Somebody
If She Walked Into My Life
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
I'll Be Faithful / Everything I Have Is Yours
I'm Yours To Command / What Will I Tell My Heart
In The Rain / Vertigo
I Stay In The Mood For You / I Want To Talk About You
I Wanna Be Loved / Stardust
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Want To Talk About You
I Want To Talk About You / I'll Wait And Pray
Jammin' At Jubilee
Jelly-Jelly / My Deep Blue Dream
Jitney Man / Sophisticated Lady
Live At The Half Note
Lullaby Of Birdland
Mister B. And The Band
Mostly Coltrane