Contact, © 2020 Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft, This page was last modified 09.09.2018 02:00:49, 8/7/1914 in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 8/3/1993 in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, "Billy Eckstine - Pennsylvania Historical Markers on", "Billy Eckstine - Pittsburgh Music History", "Martha Holmes, 83, Pioneer in Photography, Dies". He recorded albums for Mercury and Roulette in the early 1960s, and appeared on Motown albums during the mid to late 1960s. [15], His friend Duke Ellington recalled Eckstine's artistry in his 1973 autobiography Music is My Mistress: "Eckstine-style love songs opened new lines of communication for the man in the man-woman merry-go-round, and blues a la B were the essence of cool. Eckstine's final word was "Basie". "[10] Holmes would later describe the photograph as the favorite of the many she had taken in her career as it "...told just what the world should be like". The collars were worn by many a hipster in the late 1940s and early 1950s. After recording very sparingly during the '70s, Eckstine made his last recording (Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter) in 1986. "[16] Jones is quoted in The Pleasures of Jazz as also saying of Eckstine: "If he'd been white, the sky would have been the limit. 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. He was famous for his "Mr. B. Collar"- a high roll collar that formed a "B" over a Windsor-knotted tie. | https://josephcrusejohnson.blogspot.com/2009/02/billy-eckstein.html By 1943, he gained a trio of stellar bandmates -- Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Sarah Vaughan. He recorded more than a dozen hits during the late '40s, including "My Foolish Heart" and "I Apologize." He signed with the newly established MGM Records, and had immediate hits with revivals of "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1947), Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Blue Moon" (1948), and Juan Tizol's "Caravan" (1949). In 1984 Eckstine recorded his penultimate album, I Am a Singer, arranged and conducted by Angelo DiPippo and featuring Toots Thielemans on harmonica. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. The 1960 Las Vegas live album, No Cover, No Minimum, featured Eckstine taking a few trumpet solos and showcased his nightclub act. Data-Privacy 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. 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. [5] He attended Armstrong High School, St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, and Howard University. Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... "His style and technique have seen extensively copied by some of the neocommercial singers, but despite their efforts he remains out front to show how and what should have been done.". 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." A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. (The title character bears no resemblance to Eckstine.). William Clarence “Billy” Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American singer of ballads and bandleader of the swing era. He had also planned on a football career, though after breaking his collar bone, he made music his focus. And, of course, he hasn't looked back since. 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. 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. 8/7/1914 in Pittsburgh, PA, United States, died on
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