Billy Eckstine biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Billy Eckstine

Author Name:

Billy Eckstine

Born As:

William Clarence Eckstine

Other Names:

Born:

08 Jul 1914

Died:

08 Mar 1993




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Bebop singer and Bandleader                          
Selected Works:

Billy Eckstine Sings - 1950
Tenderly - 1952
Blues for Sale  - 1954
Favorites - 1954
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - 1954
Songs by Billy Eckstine - 1954
The Great Mr. B - 1954
The Love Songs of Mr. B  - 1954
I Surrender, Dear  - 1955
Mister B with a Beat - 1955
Rendezvous - 1955
That Old Feeling - 1955
Billy's Best! - 1958
Imagination  - 1958
Basie and Eckstine, Inc. - 1959
 Billy and Sarah - 1959
No Cover, No Minimum - 1960
Once More With Feeling - 1960
At Basin St. East [live]  - 1961
Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan Sing Irving Berlin - 1961          
Billy Eckstine and Quincy Jones - 1961
Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B - 1961
Don't Worry 'bout Me - 1962
12 Great Movies - 1962
Modern Sound of Mr. B - 1964
Prime of My Life - 1965
My Way - 1966
For Love of Ivy - 1969
Feel the Warm - 1971
Moment - 1971
Senior Soul - 1972
If She Walked into My Life - 1974
Memento Brasiliero  - 1978
I am a Singer - 1984
Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter - 1986
Everything I Have Is Yours – Anthology - 1994
I Apologize - 1995
How High the Moon - 2002
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra - 2002
Stardust - 2002
The Motown Years - 2003
Love Songs - 2004
Timeless - 2006                          
Mother Charlotte Eckstein
Father William Eckstein
First wife June
Second wife Carolle Drake - father of five children and two step children