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: Verve Jazz Masters, Vol. 22: Billy Eckstine
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
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
Title: Everything I Have Is Yours (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Bop
Title: The Classics Of Mr. B (Remastered) (CD1)
Artist: Billy Eckstine
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Collections
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 5: 1965 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 6: 1966 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 6: 1966 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 7: 1967 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 8: 1968 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk, Psychedelic
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 8: 1968 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk, Psychedelic
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 9: 1969 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: Jazz Loungers Vol. 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz For The Holidays
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Essential Christmas Songs 2010 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Most Essential Jazz Voices
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Essential Jazz (CD8)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Erotic Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rare 45's Vol. 1 (CD2)
Title: RTL Weihnachten 2013 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Christmas Legends - 100 Hits (CD2)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Golden Retro Hits (CD2)
Title: Henry Mancini Songbook
Title: 50 Greatest Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blue Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Seductive Jazz - 20 After Midnight Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: My Kind Of Music: A Fine Romance
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Elementary American Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swinging Gentlemen
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Jazz For Broken Hearts
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Compact Jazz: Best Of The Jazz Vocalists
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Fabulous 50s (CD3)
Title: Keep Calm And Listen To Jazz (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Another Lazy Sunday (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Another Lazy Sunday (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: 50 Essential Jazz Vocal Standards (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Cafe Shanghai (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Top 50 Christmas Music
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: RTL Weihnachten 2014 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Gentlemen Of Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: I Put A Spell On You - Mesmerising Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1950 (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: True Mellow (CD1)
Title: Saga Jazz: Scat Singing (The Art Of Vocal Jazz)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Saga Jazz: Big Bands - Live!!!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Hits The 50's
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Great American Songbook 2 (CD1)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, Disco House, EBM
Title: Unforgettable Love Songs (CD1)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, Disco House, EBM
Title: Kings Of Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: The R&B Years 1946: Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Roots Of Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bebop Story, Volume 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: The R&B Years 42-45: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The R&B Years 42-45: Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Soul Satisfaction: The Motown Connection
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: When Love Goes Wrong: Songs For The Broken-Hearted
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Rock N Roll Era Cruisin
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Len Goodman's Ballroom Bonanza (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Autumn Vocal Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Soft Jazz Vocals
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Chill Out With Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: 50 Jump Blues Classics
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