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Billy Eckstine (08 Jul 1914 - 08 Mar 1993)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (3)

Releases (48)

Official

Album

  1. Billy Eckstine Favorites 1950
  2. Blues for Sale 1954
  3. The Love Songs Of Mr. “B” 1955
  4. Imagination 1958
  5. Broadway Bongos and Mr. “B” 1961
  6. Don’t Worry ’Bout Me 1962
  7. The Prime of My Life 1965
  8. My Way 1966
  9. For Love of Ivy 1968
  10. Stormy 1971
  11. Senior Soul 1972
  12. If She Walked Into My Life 1974
  13. Stormy / Feel the Warm May 1994
  14. Once More With Feeling 1997
  15. Mr. B 29 Jun 1998
  16. The Cool Mr. B 2000
  17. Now Singing in 12 Great Movies 2002
  18. Don’t Worry ’Bout Me & Broadway, Bongos and Mr. “B” 2013

Album - Live

  1. No Cover, No Minimum 1960

Album - Compilation

  1. I Want to Talk About You 1986
  2. Blowing the Blues Away, 1944–1953 1987
  3. Mr. B. and the Band: The Savoy Sessions 1987
  4. Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years 25 Jan 1994
  5. Verve Jazz Masters 22 04 Oct 1994
  6. Jazz ’Round Midnight 1994
  7. Billy’s Best! 1995
  8. The Magnificent Mr. B 1996
  9. Jazz Masters 1997
  10. Boppin’ With “B” 1997
  11. In the Still of the Night 1998
  12. The Chronological Classics: Billy Eckstine 1947 2000
  13. Cocktail Hour 01 May 2001
  14. Complete Savoy Recordings 17 Jul 2001
  15. ‘Mr B’ 2001
  16. The Legendary Big Band 2002
  17. My Foolish Heart 07 May 2003
  18. The Motown Years 12 Jan 2004
  19. I Ain’t Like That 2005
  20. American Songbook 20 Feb 2007
  21. Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine 01 Jul 2009
  22. Compact Jazz: Billy Eckstine

Single

  1. Slender Thread / Wish You Were Here 07 Mar 1966
  2. I Wonder Why / I've Been Blessed 1967
  3. Thank You Love / Is Anyone Here Goin’ My Way 1968
  4. What Kind of Fool Am I? (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, July 22, 1962) 01 Jan 2021
  5. I Apologize

Single - Live

  1. I Apologize (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, April 8, 1951) 17 Sep 2020

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra eponymous
  2. Metronome All Stars lead vocals

Children

  1. Ed Eckstine
  2. Guy Eckstine

Recordings by (479)

  1. Caravan ?:?? (1950)
  2. I’m Falling for You ?:?? (1950)
  3. Blue Moon ?:?? (1950)
  4. Somehow ?:?? (1950)
  5. Fool That I Am ?:?? (1950)
  6. Bewildered ?:?? (1950)
  7. My Foolish Heart ?:?? (1950)
  8. Everything I Have Is Yours ?:?? (1950)
  9. Serenade in Blue 2:48 (1950)
  10. Blues for Sale ?:?? (1954)
  11. It Ain’t Like That No More ?:?? (1954)
  12. Jelly Jelly 3:26 (1954)
  13. Long Long Journey ?:?? (1954)
  14. Lonesome Lover Blues ?:?? (1954)
  15. All I Sing Is Blues ?:?? (1954)
  16. Tell Me Pretty Baby ?:?? (1954)
  17. Blue ?:?? (1954)
  18. Prisoner of Love ?:?? (1955)
  19. I Love the Loveliness of You ?:?? (1955)
  20. My Silent Love ?:?? (1955)
  21. All the Things You Are ?:?? (1955)
  22. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) ?:?? (1955)
  23. Where Are You ?:?? (1955)
  24. A Cottage for Sale ?:?? (1955)
  25. Time on My Hands ?:?? (1955)
  26. I’m in the Mood for Love ?:?? (1955)
  27. You’re My Everything ?:?? (1955)
  28. It Was So Beautiful 2:06 (1958)
  29. I Got a Right to Sing the Blues 3:15 (1958)
  30. Love Is Just Around the Corner 3:15 (1958)
  31. (I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance 3:46 (1958)
  32. A Faded Summer Love 3:16 (1958)
  33. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 3:21 (1958)
  34. Imagination 4:06 (1958)
  35. Lullaby of the Leaves 2:47 (1958)
  36. I Cover the Waterfront 4:09 (1958)
  37. I Wished on the Moon 2:52 (1958)
  38. That’s All 4:40 (1958)
  39. I Love You 2:42 (1960)
  40. Have a Song on Me 1:08 (1960)
  41. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face 2:26 (1960)
  42. Lady Luck 3:03 (1960)
  43. Lush Life 4:04 (1960)
  44. Without a Song 2:17 (1960)
  45. Moonlight in Vermont 2:56 (1960)
  46. ’Deed I Do 2:21 (1960)
  47. It Might as Well Be Spring 2:44 (1960)
  48. That’s for Me 2:25 (1960)
  49. You’ll Never Walk Alone 3:20 (1960)
  50. From This Moment On 2:22 (1961)
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On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. My Deep Blue Dream 3:00 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1946)
  2. I Stay in the Mood for You 2:58 Billy Eckstine With Deluxe All Stars (1976)
  3. I’m in the Mood for Love 2:56 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1987)
  4. You Call It Madness 3:01 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  5. All I Sing Is the Blues 2:49 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  6. It Ain’t Like That No More 2:52 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  7. A Penny for Your Thoughts 2:56 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  8. Good Jelly Blues 2:53 Billy Eckstine With Deluxe All Stars (1996)

Instruments

  1. The Man I Love 2:42 Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson (1992) valve trombone
  2. Belle From Bunnycock 2:48 Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson (1992) valve trombone
  3. The Last Word 2:22 Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson (1992) valve trombone
  4. Flip Lip 2:33 Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson (1992) valve trombone

Vocals

  1. Stormy Monday Blues ?:?? Earl Hines and His Orchestra (Oct 1943)
  2. Jelly Jelly ?:?? Earl Hines and His Orchestra (Nov 1944)
  3. My Deep Blue Dream 3:00 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1946)
  4. You’re All I Need 3:02 Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan (1950)
  5. Dedicated To You 2:45 Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine (1950)
  6. Ev’ry Day 2:56 Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine (1952)
  7. I Love You 2:40 Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan (1952)
  8. Skylark ?:?? Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1969)
  9. I Stay in the Mood for You 2:58 Billy Eckstine With Deluxe All Stars (1976) lead vocals
  10. Here’s That Rainy Day 3:54 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  11. Memories of You 3:49 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  12. Autumn Leaves 3:47 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  13. Summertime 3:56 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  14. Over the Rainbow 4:44 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  15. I’m in the Mood for Love 2:56 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1987)
  16. September Song 4:00 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  17. Didn’t We 5:24 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  18. I’ve Got the World on a String 4:44 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  19. Now That I Need You 3:56 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  20. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To 5:26 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  21. A Kiss From You 3:57 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  22. My Funny Valentine 3:36 Billy Eckstine (1987)
  23. Water Boy 3:08 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  24. The Jitney Man 2:51 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  25. Ann 3:01 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  26. Wait ’Til It Happens to You 3:09 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  27. Somehow 2:57 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  28. My Heart Beats for You 3:06 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  29. I’m Falling for You 3:06 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  30. You Don’t Know What Love Is 3:22 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  31. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good 2:57 Earl Hines and His Orchestra (1991)
  32. Stormy Monday Blues 3:08 Earl Hines His Piano & Orchestra, vocal by Billy Eckstine (1992) lead vocals
  33. Good Jelly Blues 2:55 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (01 Feb 1994)
  34. A Penny for Your Thoughts 2:56 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  35. All I Sing Is the Blues 2:49 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  36. I’ve Got a Date With Rhythm 2:59 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  37. It Ain’t Like That No More 2:52 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)
  38. You Call It Madness 3:01 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1996)

Credited as (82)

  1. Billy Eckstine
  2. Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan
  3. Count Basie and Billy Eckstine
  4. Earl Hines & Billy Eckstine
  5. Billy Eckstine with The Earl Hines Orchestra
  6. Billy Eckstine with The Earl Hines Orchestra
  7. Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine
  8. Billie Eckstine
  9. Billy Eckstine & Damita Jo
  10. Pearl Bailey / Billy Eckstine / Sarah Vaughan
  11. Billy Eckstine with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
  12. Billy Eckstine feat. Helen Merrill
  13. Billy Eckstine and Quincy Jones
  14. Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine
  15. Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan
  16. Billy Eckstine feat. Sarah Vaughan
  17. Earl Hines and His Orchestra with Billy Eckstine
  18. Earl Hines and His Orchestra feat. Billy Eckstine
  19. Billy Eckstine & Earl Hines and His Orchestra
  20. Count Basie & Billy Eckstine
  21. Billy Eckstine & Lionel Newman
  22. Sarah Vaughan feat. Billy Eckstine
  23. Earl Hines feat. Billy Eckstine
  24. Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan
  25. Billy Eckstine & Susaye Greene
  26. Billy Eckstine, The Quartones
  27. Billy Eckstine, Buddy Barker Orchestra
  28. Billy Eckstine, Lee Gordon Singers
  29. Billy Eckstine, Textor Singers
  30. Billy Eckstine & Others
  31. Dizzy Gillespie, T. Dameron & Eckstine
  32. Dizzy Gillespie & Eckstine
  33. Billy Eckstine / Earl Hines
  34. Billy Eckstine & Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
  35. Anita O’Day, Billy Eckstine, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole
  36. DeLuxe All Star Band feat. Billy Eckstine
  37. Billy Eckstine And Sarah Vaughan
  38. Earl Hines His Piano & Orchestra, vocal by Billy Eckstine
  39. Billy Eckstine & Earl Hines
  40. Billy Eckstine feat. Earl Hines and His Orchestra
  41. Sarah Vaughan with Billy Eckstine & Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
  42. Billy Eckstine, Benny Carter special guest Helen Merrill
  43. Billy Eckstine & Helen Merrill
  44. Billy Eckstine & Benny Carter
  45. Sarah Vaughan with Billy Eckstine
  46. Billy Eckstine with The Quartones
  47. Earl Hines and His Orchestra & Billy Eckstine
  48. Earl Hines with Billy Eckstine
  49. Billy Eckstine / Dick Haymes
  50. Howard McGhee, Billy Eckstine, Kenny Mann, Will Davis, Percy Heath, Joe Harris
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Works (15)

Wrote

  1. Stormy Monday Blues
  2. Second Balcony Jump
  3. Jelly, Jelly
  4. Piano Man

Composed

  1. Good Jelly Blues
  2. I Want to Talk About You
  3. Cool Breeze
  4. Rhythm in a Riff
  5. Mr. B’s Blues
  6. Lonesome Lover Blues

Lyrics

  1. Mr. B’s Blues
  2. Lonesome Lover Blues
  3. I Want to Talk About You
  4. Good Jelly Blues
  5. Blowing the Blues Away

Links (19)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92059679
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92059679
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65x30rp
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13893580d
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106570
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13331989X

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Billy-eckstine

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/240781

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/311744

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000082584

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248751/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/5117429

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545464

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/18224

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/65609
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6htazaFMy8zs0f3sMtM2Pt

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/id417050

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/17443

Biographies

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8396