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Gepostet: 11.07.2025 - 11:17 Uhr  ·  #38
Eine Kurz-Bio von Heino gibt es bereits in #4!
Die 45 RPM-Singles von Billy Eckstine bis 1963:
M-G-M - 45 RPM-Serie
01 50....45-8005-A....BILLY ECKSTINE and SARAH VAUGHAN Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman..You’re All I Need/-B….SARAH VAUGHAN and BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman..Dedicated To You (78: 10690; danach 45)
01 50....45-8012-A....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Bewildered/-B....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..No Orchids For My Lady (78: 10340; danach 45)
01 50....45-8015-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..My Foolish Heart/-B….BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..(We’ve Got A) Sure Thing (78: 10623; danach 45)
M-G-M
08 48 ?? 51....K10259-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke..I’ll Be Faithful/-B.…Everything I Have Is Yours
01 49 ?? 50....K10340-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..No Orchids For My Lady (45-8012-B)/-B….BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Bewildered (45-8012-A)
10 49 11 50....K10525-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Jack Miller..O Come, All Ye Faithful/-B.…O, Holy Night
01 50 03 50....K10623-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..My Foolish Heart (45-8015-A)/-B....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..(We’ve Got A) Sure Thing (45-8015-B)
04 50....K10684-A....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Jack Miller..My Destiny/-B....BILLY ECKSTINE Buddy Baker and his Orchestra..Roses
NATIONAL
05 50....9115-X45....THE GREAT MR. B. SINGS - (With Orch. Acc.) Vocal By: Billy Eckstine..Our Love (406)/I Surrender Dear (404)
M-G-M
05 50....K10690-A....BILLY ECKSTINE and SARAH VAUGHAN Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman..You’re All I Need (45-8005-A)/-B….SARAH VAUGHAN and BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman..Dedicated To You (45-8005-B)
06 50....K10716-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..I Wanna Be Loved/-B….BILLY ECKSTINE Buddy Baker and his Orchestra..Stardust
09 50....K10778-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..The Show Must Go On/-B....You’ve Got Me Cryin’ Again
09 50....K10796-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..Blue Christmas/-B.…BILLY ECKSTINE Buddy Baker and his Orchestra..Lonely Shepherd
09 50....K10799-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..Be My Love/-B....Only A Moment Ago
10 50....K10825-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..I’ll Know/-B....I’ve Never Been In Love Before
11 50....K10856-A....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..I’m So Crazy For Love/-B....I Guess I’ll Have To Dream The Rest
M-G-M - Film & TV-Series
11 50....K30284-A - M-G-M K62….BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..I’ll Know/-B….I’ve Never Been In Love Before
01 51....K30320-A - M-G-M Album K48....BILLY ECKSTINE With Orchestral Accompaniment..Someone To Watch Over Me/-B....Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
01 51....K30321-A - M-G-M Album K48….BILLY ECKSTINE With Orchestral Accompaniment..My Old Flame/-B….I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore
01 51....K30322-A - M-G-M Album K48….BILLY ECKSTINE With Orchestral Accompaniment..You Go To My Head/-B.…Over The Rainbow
01 51....K30323-A - M-G-M Album K48....BILLY ECKSTINE With Orchestral Accompaniment..Temptation/-B….Fools Rush In
M-G-M
01 51....K10896-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..If/-B....When You Return
01 51....K10903-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..Bring Back The Thrill/-B….I Apologize
02 51....K10916-A....BILLY ECKSTINE and WOODY HERMAN And His Orchestra..I Left My Hat In Haiti/-B....WOODY HERMAN and BILLY ECKSTINE And His Orchestra..Here Come The Blues
04 51....K10944-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..I’m Yours To Command/-B….BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..What Will I Tell My Heart
05 51....K10982-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..I’m A Fool To Want You/-B….BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..Love Me
06 51....K10996-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..Pandora/-B….Wonder Why
M-G-M - Film & TV-Series
06 51....K30374-A - M-G-M K76….BILLY ECKSTINE with Orchestral Accompamiment..Caravan/-B.…I’m Falling For You
06 51....K30375-A - M-G-M K76….BILLY ECKSTINE with Orchestral Accompamiment..Blue Moon/-B….Somehow
06 51....K30376-A - M-G-M K76….BILLY ECKSTINE with Orchestral Accompamiment..Bewildered/-B….Fool That I Am
06 51....K30377-A - M-G-M K76....BILLY ECKSTINE with Orchestral Accompamiment..My Foolish Heart/-B....Everything I Have Is Yours
M-G-M
08 51....K11028-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..Enchanted Land (Song Of India)/-B.…BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..I’ve Got My Mind On You
10 51....K11073-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Out In The Cold Again/-B.…BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..Once
11 51....K11101-A....BILLY ECKSTINE and GEORGE SHEARING..Taking A Chance On Love/-B….You’re Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do)
11 51....K11111-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..Jalousie (Jealousy)/-B….Strange Interlude
12 51....K11125-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Weaver Of Dreams/-B….Take Me Back
01 52....K11144-A....BILLY ECKSTINE and SARAH VAUGHAN Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman..I Love You/-B.…SARAH VAUGHAN and BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman..Ev’ry Day
02 52....K11177-A....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..Room With A View/-B….BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo..Carnival
04 52....K11217-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Accompanied by Georgie Stoll and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra..Hold Me Close To You/-B.…BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..If They Ask Me
04 52....K11225-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Kiss Of Fire/-B....Never Like This
RCA Victor - COLLECTOR’S ISSUE
?? 52....27-0123 - WPT 29....Earl Hines and his Orchestra Vocal refrain by Billy Eckstine..Stormy Monday Blues (D2VW-0001)/Water Boy (D1VW-0003)
?? 52....27-0124 - WPT 29....Earl Hines and his Orchestra Vocal refrain by Billy Eckstine Madeline Greene and The Three Varieties..I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good (D1VW-0004)/Earl Hines and his Orchestra Vocal refrain by Billy Eckstine..Somehow (D1VW-0005)
?? 52....27-0125 - WPT 29....Earl Hines and his Orchestra Vocal refrain by Billy Eckstine..Jelly, Jelly (D0VW-0002)/Skylark (D2VW-0002)
M-G-M
07 52....K11291-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Strange Sensation/-B….Have A Good Time
08 52....K11301-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Early Autumn/-B....Because You’re Mine
M-G-M - Film & TV-Series
08 52....K30628-A....M-G-M K153….BILLY ECKSTINE Accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra..If I Loved You/-B….We Kiss In A Shadow
08 52....K30629-A - M-G-M K153....BILLY ECKSTINE Accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra..Some Enchanted Evening/-B....Bali Ha’I
08 52....K30630-A - M-G-M K153....BILLY ECKSTINE Accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra..That’s For Me/-B....So Far
08 52....K30631-A - M-G-M K153....BILLY ECKSTINE Accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra..People Will Say We’re In Love/-B.…Younger Than Springtime
M-G-M
11 52....K11351-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Be Fair/-B.…Come To The Mardi Gras (Noa Tenho Lagrimas)
01 53....K11396-A....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Until Eternity/-B.…Ev’rything Depends On You
02 53....K11439....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..A Fool In Love (52-XY-3146)/BILLY ECKSTINE With The Lee Gordon Singers Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Coquette (52-XY-3143)
05 53....K11511....BILLY ECKSTINE And The Textor Singers Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..I Laugh To Keep From Crying (53-XY-214)/Send My Baby Back To Me (53-XY-215)
07 53....K11550....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra and The Herman McCoy Singers conducted by Nelson Riddle..It Can’t Be Wrong (53-XY-3072)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..I Can Read Between The Lines (53-XY-3069)
09 53....K11573....BILLY ECKSTINE with THE METRONOME ALL STARS R. Eldridge, Trump.; K. Winding, Tromb.; J. La Porta, Clar.; L. Young, Sax.; W. Marsh, Sax; T. Wilson, Piano; B. Bauer, Guitar; E. Safranski, Bass; M. Roach, Drums; T. Gibbs, Vibes..St. Louis Blues — Part I (53-XY-357)/THE METRONOME ALL STARS Vocal by BILLY ECKSTINE R. Eldridge, Trump.; K. Winding, Tromb.; J. La Porta, Clar.; L. Young—Featured, Sax.; W. Marsh, Sax; T. Wilson, Piano; B. Bauer, Guitar; E. Safranski, Bass; M. Roach, Drums; T. Gibbs, Vibes..St. Louis Blues — Part II (53-XY-358)
M-G-M - Film & TV-Series
09 53....K30804 - M-G-M K219....BILLY ECKSTINE..Tenderly/Laura
09 53....K30805 - M-G-M K219....BILLY ECKSTINE..One For My Baby/Mister, You’ve Gone And Got The Blues
09 53....K30806 - M-G-M K219….BILLY ECKSTINE..If You Could See Me Now/I’ll Wind
09 53....K30807 - M-G-M K219....BILLY ECKSTINE..April In Paris/Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
M-G-M
10 53....K11587....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Herman McCoy Singers Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Fortune Telling Cards (53-XY-3070)/BILLY ECKSTINE With The Lee Gordon Singers Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..I’m Saving Dreams For A Rainy Day (52-XY-3144)
11 53....K11623....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra and Choir conducted by Lionel Newman..Christmas Eve (53-XY-3088)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lionel Newman..What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve (53-XY-3085)
01 54....K11655....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lionel Newman..Rendezvous (53-XY-3086)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..I’m In A Mood (53-XY-3071)
02 54....K11694....BILLY ECKSTINE With The Pied Pipers Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring..Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (54-XY-3115)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring..Lost In Loveliness (54-XY-3004)
03 54....K11712....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring..No One But You (54-XY-3003)/Seabreeze (54-XY-3000)
05 54....K11744....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring..Beloved (54-XY-3001)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Buddy Baker..Temporarily Blue (54-XY-115)
EMARCY
06 54....16010X45....BILLY ECKSTINE..Sentimental Mood (YW10554)/In The Still Of The Night (YW10555)
M-G-M
09 54....K11803....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Newman..Olay, Olay (The Bullfighter’s Song) (53-XY-3087)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..You Leave Me Breathless (50-XY-344)
09 54....K11845....BILLY ECKSTINE with The Pied Pipers Orchestra Conducted by Lou Bring..Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (53-XY-3116)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Lou Bring..Mood Indigo (53-XY-3114)
10 54....K11855....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Lionel Newman..One Sweet Kiss (54-XY-3075/Love Me (54-XY-3073)
01 55....K11915....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring..What More Is There To Say (54-XY-3082)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lionel Newman..The Life Of The Party (54-XY-3074)
03 55....K11948....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Lou Bring..More Than You Know (54-XY-3083)/Give Me Another Chance (54-XY-3002)
04 55....K11984....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Lou Bring With The Pied Pipers..Only You (55-XY-32)/Love Me Or Leave Me (54-XY-3081)
05 55....K11998....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Lou Bring..A Man Doesn’t Know (55-XY-30)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Lou Bring With The Pied Pipers..Careless Lips (55-XY-31)
09 55....K12055....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Pass The Word Around (53-XY-216)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..September Song (50-XY-253)
10 55....K12105....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring With The Pied Pipers..La De Do De Do (Honey Bug Song) (55-XY-33)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Farewell To Romance (52-XY-3022)
11 55....K12160....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring With The Pied Pipers..Lonely Avenue (55-XY-74)/You’ll Get Yours (55-XY-72)
02 56....K12180....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Jack Miller..Good-Bye (56-XY-13)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Russ Case..The Show Must Go On (50-XY-163)
RCA Victor
02 56....47-6436....BILLY ECKSTINE With HUGO WINTERHALTER'S Orchestra and Chorus..Grapevine (G2PW-1220)/The Bitter With The Sweet (G2PW-1218)
M-G-M
04 56....K12237....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..(Me, I’m The Kind To Goes) Out Of My Mind! Out Of My Mind! (52-XY-3141)/My Fickle Heart (52-XY-3139)
RCA Victor
04 56....47-6488....BILLY ECKSTINE with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus..Joey Joey Joey (G2PW-2498)/Your Eyes Say Yes My Heart Says No (G2PW-1219)
05 56....47-6524....BILLY ECKSTINE with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus..Condemned For Life (With A Rock And Roll Wife) (G2PW-3750)/The Tennessee Rock 'N' Roll (G2PW-3751)
10 56....47-6691....BILLY ECKSTINE with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra..The Chosen Few (G2PW-7383)/BILLY ECKSTINE with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus..Just Call Me Crazy (G2PW-7381)
M-G-M
12 56....K12400....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring..I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (52-XY-3024)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..I Thought I'd Seen Everything (52-XY-3024)
RCA Victor
02 57....47-6827....Billy Eckstine with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus..Oh, My Pretty, Pretty (H2PW-0942)/Blue Illusion (H2PW-0943)
MERCURY
05 57....71122X45....BILLY ECKSTINE & SARAH VAUGHAN..The Door Is Open (YW15339)/SARAH VAUGHAN & BILLY ECKSTINE..Passing Strangers (YW15336)
07 57....71161X45....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra & Chorus Under the Direction of Bobby Tucker..All Of My Life (YW15471)/Poor Little Heart (YW15472)
M-G-M
09 57....K12548....BILLY ECKSTINE and SARAH VAUGHAN Orchestra Conducted By Joe Lipman..Dedicated To You (50-XY-1)/SARAH VAUGHAN and BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted By Joe Lipman..You're All I Need (50-XY-2)
MERCURY
10 57....71217X45....BILLY ECKSTINE with BOBBY TUCKER and His Orchestra..Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (YW15622)/If I Can Help Somebody (YW15335)
01 58....71250X45....BILLY ECKSTINE..Gigi (YW16618)/BILLY ECKSTINE With Bobby Tucker And His Orchestra..Trust In Me (YW16619)
M-G-M
02 58....K12617....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle..Bali Ha'i (52-XY-3065)/Younger Than Springtime (52-XY-3066)
MERCURY
06 58....71325X45....BILLY ECKSTINE With Hal Mooney and His Orchestra..In The Rain (YW17117)/Vertigo (YW17118)
10 58....71372X45....BILLY ECKSTINE..Funny (YW17989)/Prisoner Of Love (YW17987)
M-G-M - Golden Circle
?? 58....K-GC-114....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Pete Rugolo..I Apologize (50-XY-3119)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Sonny Burke..Everything I Have Is Yours (50-XY-286) (10903/10259)
?? 58....K-GC-115....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Caravan (50-XY-281)/Bewildered (50-XY-31) (10368/10340)
?? 58....K-GC-116....BILLY ECKSTINE and SARAH VAUGHAN Orchestra Conducted by Joe Lipman..Dedicated To You (50-XY-1)/You’re All I Need (50-XY-2) (10690)
?? 58....K-GC 117....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Temptation (50-XY-391)/Fool That I Am (50-XY-282) (10458/10097)
MERCURY
12 58....71393X45....BILLY ECKSTINE-SARAH VAUGHAN With Hal Mooney & His Orchestra..No Limit (YW15474)/SARAH VAUGHAN-BILLY ECKSTINE With Hal Mooney & His Orchestra..Alexander's Ragtime Band (YW15328)
ROULETTE
07 59....R-4170....BILLY ECKSTINE COUNT BASIE and His Orch. ..Lonesome Lover Blues (13866)/I Want A Little Girl (13863)
10 59....R-4199....BILLY ECKSTINE with Joe Reisman's Orch. & Chorus..Anything You Wanna Do (I Wanna Do With You) (14242)/Like Wow (14243)
04 60....R-4239....BILLY ECKSTINE Arr. & Cond. by Billy May..I Love You (14733)/I Apologize (14726)
MERCURY
08 61....71861....BILLY ECKSTINE Bobby Tucker And His Orchestra..It Isn't Fair (YW21067)/(Main Theme From) Exodus (YW21068)
12 61....71907....BILLY ECKSTINE..Alright, Okay You Win (YW23011)/BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Bobby Tucker..Jeannie (YW21074)
04 62....71967....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra Conducted by Bobby Tucker..Guilty (YW24078)/I Want To Talk About You (YW24079)
08 62....72022....BILLY ECKSTINE Orchestra conducted by Bobby Tucker..Till There Was You (YW25219)/What Kind Of Fool Am I (YW24077)
11 62....7 2 0 5 0....BILLY ECKSTINE With the Bobby Tucker Orchestra..You've Changed (YW25218)/Beauty Of True Love (YW21073)
03 63....72106....BILLY ECKSTINE & DAMITA JO Orchestra conducted by Bobby Tucker..Gather Your Dreams (YW22800)/Love Is A Ball (YW22801)
MERCURY
03 63….72106....BILLY ECKSTINE & DAMITA JO Orchestra conducted by Bobby Tucker..Gather Your Dreams (YW22800)/Love Is A Ball (YW22801)
06 63….72128....BILLY ECKSTINE..(You Made Me Love You) Darling Why Did You? (YW22683)/Everything I Have Is Yours (YW22679)

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Gepostet: 11.07.2025 - 19:41 Uhr  ·  #39
Hallo,
etwas Text und Disco (vor Gerds) ........

William Clarence Eckstein, * 08. Juli 1914 in Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania, + 08. März 1993 in Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania, machte Karriere als Jazzsänger und Bandleader, der auch Trompete, Posaune und Gitarre spielte. "Mr. B." übte mit seiner Band großen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des Modern Jazz, vor allem auf den entstehenden Bebop aus. In seiner Band spielten von 1944-47 viele namhafte Jazzmusiker. Zu seinen größten Erfolgen zählen Aufnahmen von “Caravan“-1949, “My Foolish Heart“-1950 # 28, “I Apologize“, “No One But You“ und “Gigi“. Zu Beginn der 1950 er Jahre ging seine Popularität zurück; sein letzter Hit war “Passing Strangers“, 1957 im Duett mit Sarah Vaughan.

Er galt als erster größerer erfolgreicher afroamerikanischer Sänger.

Er war bekannt für seine reiche, fast opernhafte Bassbariton-Stimme. Im Jahr 2019 wurde Eckstine mit dem Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award "für Interpreten ausgezeichnet, die zu Lebzeiten kreative Beiträge von herausragender künstlerischer Bedeutung auf dem Gebiet der Aufnahme geleistet haben". Seine Aufnahme von “I Apologize“ (MGM, 1948) wurde 1999 mit dem Grammy Hall of Fame Award ausgezeichnet. Die New York Times beschrieb ihn als "einflussreichen Bandleader", dessen "sanfter Bassbariton" und "aus voller Kehle, zuckersüßer Ansatz zu populären Songs Sänger wie Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock und Lou Rawls inspirierten".

Eckstine wurde in Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania, USA, als Sohn von William Eckstein, einem Chauffeur, und Charlotte Eckstein, einer Näherin, geboren. Eckstines Großeltern väterlicherseits waren William F. Eckstein und Nannie Eckstein, ein gemischtrassiges, verheiratetes Paar, das in Washington, D.C. beide wurden 1863 geboren. William wurde in Preußen und Nannie in Virginia geboren. Billys Schwester Maxine war Gymnasiallehrerin.

Eckstine besuchte die Peabody High School, bevor er nach Washington, D.C zog. Er besuchte die Armstrong High School, die St. Paul Normal and Industrial School und die Howard University. Er verließ Howard 1933, nachdem er den # 1 in einem Amateur-Talentwettbewerb gewonnen hatte.

Ein State Historical Marker befindet sich in der 5913 Bryant Street in Pittsburghs Stadtteil Highland Park, um das Haus zu markieren, in dem Eckstine aufgewachsen ist.

Billy Eckstine begann seine Karriere, als er einen lokalen Gesangswettbewerb mit einer Imitation von Cab Calloway gewann. Er spielte kurz in der Big Band von Tommy Myles, setzte aber zunächst seine Ausbildung fort. Nach einem Jahr verließ er die Universität endgültig.

Auf dem Weg nach Chicago/Illinois trat Eckstine 1939 dem Grand Terrace Orchestra von Earl Hines bei und blieb der Band bis 1943 als Sänger und Trompeter erhalten. Zu dieser Zeit hatte Eckstine begonnen, sich durch die Juke-Box-Hits der Hines-Band, wie “Stormy Monday Blues“, und sein eigenes “Jelly Jelly“ einen Namen zu machen. Er konnte erreichen, das Earl Hines die jungen Talente Charlie Parker und Sarah Vaughan in die Band holte.

Aus Earl Hines

Mundys Arrangementstil machte auf ausgeklügelte Weise Gebrauch von Riffs einzelner Bläsergruppen und einem modernen Idiom; so waren seine Arrangements von Inspiration und Solid Mama von 1937 ihrer Zeit voraus. Nach Ansicht von Marc Myers trifft dies auch auf Budd Johnson zu, dessen “Father Steps In und Riff“-Medley von 1939 bereits den Bebop ahnen lassen. Zu den Höhepunkten von Budd Johnsons Arrangements zählt “Skylark“ von 1942, mit Billy Eckstines Gesang und einem Solo Johnsons. Nach Ansicht von Gunther Schuller gelang es hingegen dem Earl Hines Orchestra nicht, einen identifizierbaren Sound zu entwickeln, weil sie zu viele Arrangeure beschäftigten und die Plattenaufnahmen der Band oft zu wenig geprobt klängen.
Earl Hines meinte dazu: „Es ist niemals eine Band mit besonderen Charakteristiken gewesen, weil ich nicht wollte, daß es eine solche würde. Aus diesem Grund habe ich verschiedene Arrangeure aus allen Teilen des Landes eingesetzt, so konnte es keinen bestimmten Stil geben. Und ich tauschte Arrangements mit Fred Waring, Tommy Dorsey und Jimmy Dorsey aus. Der einzige Augenblick, in dem die Zuhörer mein Orchester wiedererkannten, war, wenn sie mein Klavier hörten.“

Die Phase mit Hines brachte die Karriere Billy Eckstines „erst richtig in Schwung“, schrieb George T. Simon.

Ebenso populär war “Jelly, Jelly“ (1941), in dem Sänger Billy Eckstine eine hervorgehobene Rolle hatte, der Ende 1939 zur Gruppe gestoßen war. Ein weiterer Titel des Hines-Orchesters in den amerikanischen Hitparaden war “Stormy Monday Blues“ (Bluebird 11567), abermals mit Billy Eckstine als Sänger (und Coautoren); der der bereits im November 1940 aufgenommene Song kam am 24. April 1943 in die Charts und blieb eine Woche auf # 23.

Auf Anraten Dizzy Gillespies gründete er schließlich eine eigene Big Band, die von 1944 bis 1947 bestand und viele junge Musiker aus der Hines-Band dazu gewann. Es wurde die Abschlussschule für abenteuerlustige junge Musiker, die die Zukunft des Jazz prägen sollten. Dort spielten wichtige Jazz-Musiker wie die Saxophonisten Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, Budd Johnson, Leo Parker, die Trompeter Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, der Schlagzeuger Art Blakey sowie die Sängerinnen Lena Horne und Sarah Vaughan. Tadd Dameron, Gil Fuller und Jerry Valentine gehörten zu den Arrangeuren der Band.

DELUXE
05 44….2000-A.... Featuring BILLY ECKSTEIN with DELUXE ALL STAR BAND..Good Jelly Blues/-B..I Stay In The Mood For You
00 44….2001-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE and his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..If That's The Way You Feel/-B..Blowing The Blues Away
00 44….2002-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE and his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..The Real Thing Happened To Me/-
B..BILLY ECKSTINE and his Orchestra Featuring: Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, John Jackson, Alto Sax and his Orchestra..
Opus X
00 44….2003-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE and his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..I Want To Talk About You/-
B..BILLY ECKSTINE and his Orchestra Vocal by Sarah Vaughn..I’ll Wait And Pray
00 45….1003-A.... Featuring BILLY ECKSTEIN with DELUXE ALL STAR BAND..I Got A Date With Rhythm/-
Trumpets – Al Killian, "Dizzy" Gillespie*, Freddie Webster, Shorty McConnell
Trombones – Claude Jones, Howard Scott (5), Trummy Young
Saxes – Bud Johnson, Jimmy Powell, Rudy Rutherford, Thomas Crump, Wardell Gray
Bass – Oscar Pettiford
Guitar – Connie Wainwright
Drums – "Shadow" Wilson
Piano – Clyde Hart
Vocals – Billy Eckstein
B..THE FOUR BLUES Spiritual Quartet..I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray

Das Billy Eckstine Orchestra gilt als die erste Bop-Big-Band, und hatte Top 10-Chart-Einträge, darunter “A Cottage for Sale“ und “Prisoner of Love“. Beide wurden von der RIAA mit einer goldenen Schallplatte ausgezeichnet.

NATIONAL
05 45….9014-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Refrain Billy Eckstine..A Cottage For Sale/-
B..BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Featuring: Gene Ammons Tenor Sax..I Love the Rhythm In a Riff

09 45….9020-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Ballad Billy Eckstine..I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House/-
B..It Ain't Like That No More
09 45….9021-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal and Trombone Solo by Billy Eckstine..Jelly-Jelly/-
B..My Deep Blue Dream
10 45….9019-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Ballad Billy Eckstine..You Call It Madness But I Call It Love/-
B..Tell Me Pretty Baby

10 45….9015-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Chorus by Billy Eckstine Featuring: Dexter Gordon, Tenor Sax,
Billy Eckstine, Trombone..Lonesome Lover Blues/-
B..BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Refrain Billy Eckstine..Last Night (And Now Tonight Again)/
12 45….9016-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Refrain Billy Eckstine..I'm In The Mood For Love/-B..Long Long Journey

02 46….9017-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Refrain Billy Eckstine..Prisoner Of Love/-B..All I Sing Is Blues

02 46….9018-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Refrain Billy Eckstine..Blue/-B..2nd Balcony Jump
00 46….9037.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..In The Still Of The Night/Gloomy Sunday
00 46….9023-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal Ballad by Billy Eckstine..All The Things You Are/-
B..Don't Take Your Love From Me
10 46….9030-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..Time On My Hands/-B..I Love The Loveliness Of You

Dizzy Gillespie, der in seiner 1979 erschienenen Autobiografie “To Be or Not to Bop“ über die Band nachdenkt, gibt diese Perspektive: „Es gab keine Band, die wie die von Billy Eckstine klang. Unser Angriff war stark und wir spielten Bebop, den modernen Stil. Keine andere Band wie diese gab es auf der Welt.“ 1946 spielte Eckstine den Helden in dem Musikfilm “Rhythm in a Riff“, in dem auch Ann Baker und Lucky Millinder mitspielten.

NATIONAL
04 47….9041-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..She's Got Blues for Sale/-B..All I Sing Is Blues
04 47….9041.... BILLY ECKSTINE And his Orchestra Vocal by Billy Eckstine..All Of Me/?

Eckstine wurde 1947 Solokünstler mit Platten mit üppigen, raffinierten Orchestrierungen. Noch bevor er seine Band zusammenstellte, hatte Eckstine Solo aufgenommen, um sie zu unterstützen. Diese waren weitaus erfolgreicher als seine Bandaufnahmen und nahmen Eckstines zukünftige Karriere vorweg. Eckstine nahm in den späten 1940 er Jahren über ein Dutzend Hits auf.

1947 erhielt er einen Plattenvertrag beim neu gegründeten MGM-Label.

M-G-M
06 47….10043-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE sings Orchestra conducted by Sunny Burke..This Is The Inside Story/-B..Just An Old Love Of Mine
08 47….10069-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE sings Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..The Wildest Gal In Town/-
B..On The Boulevard Of Memories
11 47….10097-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE sings with The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Fool That I Am/-
B..Two Loves Have I
12 47….10123-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE sings with The Quartones Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..True/-
B.. BILLY ECKSTINE sings Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..I'll Never Make The Same Mistake Again
03 48….10154-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE sings Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..Intrigue/-B..I'm Out To Forget Tonight
06 48….10208-A.... BILLY ECKSTINE sings Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter Trombone Solo by Billy Eckstine..Mr. B's Blues/-
B.. BILLY ECKSTINE sings Orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter..I'm Falling For You

Später gründete er ein Oktett, trat solo auf, wurde dann ein populärer Balladensänger und war erfolgreich mit Titeln wie “A Cottage For Sale“ und “Prisoner Of Love“. Er galt als erster größerer erfolgreicher afro-amerikanischer Sänger. 1947 erhielt er einen Plattenvertrag beim neu gegründeten MGM-Label und hatte sofort Hits mit Wiederaufnahmen von “Everything I Have Is Yours“ (1947), Rodgers und Harts “Blue Moon“ (1948) und Juan Tizols “Caravan“ (1949).

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