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Mar 10, 1993 · William Clarence Eckstein (Billy Eckstine), singer and bandleader, born Pittsburgh 8 July 1914, married twice (five sons, two daughters), died Pittsburgh 8 March 1993.
William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) [1] was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. [2] .
Mar 9, 1993 · Billy Eckstine, one of the most charismatic male singers in jazz and a prime force in the be-bop revolution of the 1940s, died Monday at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh at age 78.
Mar 8, 1993 · Singer, Actor. Mr. B is often considered a ground breaker for black vocalists. He cut a swath through America before Nat King Cole came to the scene. He was one of the very first African American matinee idols, singing first with Earl Fatha Hines orchestra, then veering off with his own band.
Mar 8, 1993 · PITTSBURGH -- Singer and band leader Billy Eckstine, whose mellow-voiced baritone hits included 'Fools Rush In' and 'Everything I Have Is Yours,' died Monday at Montefiore University Hospital....
Mar 9, 1993 · Eckstine, one of the first black singers to become a crossover star among white listeners, died Monday at 78 after suffering a stroke last summer. Billy Eckstine was the rich baritone on ``Blue Moon,'' ``Body and Soul'' and other ballads of the 1940s and '50s.
Mar 14, 1993 · Billy Eckstine, 78, influential band leader and suave bass-baritone whose full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired many singers; a popular entertainer in nightclubs and...
William Clarence “Billy” Eckstine (vocalist / bandleader) was born on July 8, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia and passed away on March 8, 1993 in Pittsburg at the age of 78.
Mar 9, 1993 · Singer-bandleader Billy Eckstine, whose warm baritone graced a string of ’40 s and ’50s hits such as “Fools Rush In” and “Everything I Have Is Yours,” died yesterday. He was 78.
Billy Eckstine (1914–93) Born William Clarence Eckstein in Pittsburgh, Billy Eckstine began his career as a singer in Buffalo in 1934, worked his way to Chicago and became the principal vocalist in pianist Earl Hines’ orchestra there in 1939, remaining with the band until 1943.
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