finetune artist: Billy Eckstine

Debonair jazz vocalist and bandleader Billy Eckstine was a major influence on generations of singers across the pop and jazz spectrum. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eckstine got his first major break as a singer with Earl "Fatha" Hines's Chicago band in the late 1930s. By the mid-'40s, Eckstine was leading his own big band, which featured a rotating line-up of soon-to-be jazz legends (including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker, among many others). Eckstine eventually struck out on his own and established himself as one of the premier balladeers in American popular music, remaining a major musical figure up until his death in 1993.

Listen to Billy Eckstine at Finetune.

(2008) Mr. B's Legendary Orchestra Volume 1
(2008) Mr. B's Legendary Orchestra Volume 2
(2008) Mr. B's Legendary Orchestra Volume 3
(2008) Mr. B's Legendary Orchestra Volume 4
(2008) Once More With Feeling
(2006) Stormy / Feel The Warm
(2006) Prisoner Of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine
(2005) Timeless: Billy Eckstine
(2005) Love Songs
(2005) The Legendary Big Band
(2005) At Basin Street East
(2002) Now Singing in 12 Great Movies
(1995) Billy's Best
(1994) Jazz Masters Vol.22
(1994) Everything I Have Is Yours / The Best Of The MGM Years
(1994) Jazz 'Round Midnight
(1993) No Cover No Minimum
(1991) The Irving Berlin Songbook

I Apologize
In The Still Of The Night (Live)
You'll Never Walk Alone
My Cherie Amour
Christmas Eve