Billy Eckstine
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Biography
[Edit]Billy 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. An influence looming large in the cultural development of soul and R&B singers from Sam Cooke to Prince, Eckstine was able to play it straight on his pop hits "Prisoner of Love," "My Foolish Heart" and "I Apologize." Born in Pittsburgh but raised in Washington, D.C., Eckstine began singing at the age of seven and entered many amateur talent shows. He had also planned on a football career, though after breaking his collar bone, he made music his focus. After working his way west to Chicago during the late '30s, Eckstine was hired by Earl Hines to join his Grand Terrace Orchestra in 1939. Though white bands of the era featured males singing straight-ahead romantic ballads, black bands were forced to stick to novelty or blues vocal numbers until the advent of Eckstine and Herb Jeffries (from Duke Ellington's Orchestra).
Though several of Eckstine's first hits with Hines were novelties like "Jelly, Jelly" and "The Jitney Man," he also recorded several straight-ahead songs, including the hit "Stormy Monday." By 1943, he gained a trio of stellar bandmates — Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan. After forming his own big band that year, he hired all three and gradually recruited still more modernist figures and future stars: Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, and Art Blakey, as well as arrangers Tadd Dameron and Gil Fuller. The Billy Eckstine Orchestra was the first bop big-band group, and its leader reflected bop innovations by stretching his vocal harmonics into his normal ballads. Despite the group's modernist slant, Eckstine hit the charts often during the mid-'40s, with Top Ten entries including "A Cottage for Sale" and "Prisoner of Love." On the group's frequent European and American tours, Eckstine also played trumpet, valve trombone, and guitar.
Though he was forced to give up the band in 1947 (Gillespie formed his own bop big band that same year), Eckstine made the transition to string-filled balladry with ease. He recorded more than a dozen hits during the late '40s, including "My Foolish Heart" and "I Apologize." He was also quite popular in Britain, hitting the Top Ten there twice during the '50s — "No One But You" and "Gigi" — as well as several duet entries with Sarah Vaughan. Eckstine returned to his jazz roots occasionally as well, recording with Vaughan, Count Basie, and Quincy Jones for separate LPs, and the 1960 live LP No Cover, No Minimum featured him taking a few trumpet solos as well. He recorded several albums for Mercury and Roulette during the early '60s (his son Ed was the president of Mercury), and he appeared on Motown for a few standards albums during the mid-'60s. After recording very sparingly during the '70s, Eckstine made his last recording (Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter) in 1986. He died of a heart attack in 1993.
Title: The Classics Of Mr. B (Remastered) (CD2)
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Prisoner of Love - The Romantic Billy Eckstine
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: I'll Be Loving You Always (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine
Genre: Pop
Title: Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the MGM Years
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Bop
Title: Verve Jazz Masters, Vol. 22: Billy Eckstine
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Set 40: Vocalists, Disc 2: Billy Eckstine)
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz
Title: Over the Rainbow (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Billy Eckstine, The Benny Carter
Title: The Savoy Sessions: Billy Eckstine - Mister B. and the Band
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz
Title: Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter
Artist: Billy Eckstine, The Benny Carter
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Collections
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Jazz Nights, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Jazz Vocals (Vol. 1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Cool Daddy-O - '60s Beatnik Songs
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Stax Sings Songs of Motown Records
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Verve Presents: The Very Best of Christmas Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Lost Blues & Old Time Folk Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Detroit Soul, the Motown Years, Vol. 10
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 22
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Jazz Collection Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: # 1's of the Decade the 50's
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Hits of 1959, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Old Gold Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits of the Fifties
Genre: Pop
Title: Early R&B Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1947, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Juke Box Hits of the 50's 1950
Genre: Pop
Title: The Sultans of Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues Power, Vol. 16
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas Jazz Millennium Collection, Vol. 2 Eco
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Hits of 1950's
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz For the Small Hours
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Legends Sing....Irving Berlin Vol 1
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: 50's Favorite Love Songs Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Magic Moments
Genre:
Title: Greatest Hits of 1951, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Giants of Jazz: Standards
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50's Hits Volume 1
Genre: World Music
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946 Volume 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Jazz Story - Midnight Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Count Basie & Friends 100th Birthday Bash (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rhythm & Soul CD 3
Genre: Soul
Title: 100 HITS – AMERICAN SONGBOOK CD 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 HITS – AMERICAN SONGBOOK CD 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 HITS – AMERICAN SONGBOOK CD 5
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 40
Genre: Jazz
Title: This Is My Song 115 Classic Favourites CD 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits: Christmas Legends CD 2
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Original American Songbook (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Spirit Of Christmas CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz To The World: A Christmas Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Jazz Classic Songs Vol1
Title: 100 Unforgettable Love Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz For Lovers Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz, Continental Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bop
Title: 100x Kerst
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: L'Histoire Des Big Bands (7 / 10) 1946 - 1947
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure... Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: L'Histoire Des Big Bands (6 / 10) 194 - 1946
Genre: Jazz
Title: Smoky Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Then... Chill Jazz (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: The Essential Sarah Vaughan - The Great Songs
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Lost and Found: Four Tops "Breaking Through" (1963-1964)
Artist: Four Tops
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Irving Berlin Always
Artist: Irving Berlin Always
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Bop, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol.2
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Crooners
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Latin, Pop, Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Rewound & Reworked - Jazz Remixes Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Dancefloor
Title: Standard Jazz: The Masters Perform the Great American Songbook, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Set 37: Big Band, Disc 2: Woody Herman)
Artist: Woody Herman
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook
Artist: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Genre: Jazz, Samba, World Music, Latin, Bossanova