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Billy Eckstine

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,013

100
Decades
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  10
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  70
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  0
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  1,567
- 2000s
  
  of 10,564
  
  4,604
Genres
- Broadway & Vocalists
  
  of 240
  
  24
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  156
- Pop
  
  of 13,665
  
  1,330

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1940s

2.8861

1950s

2.5308

1960s

0.0000

1980s

0.0000

1990s

2.3878

2000s

1.2388

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Billy Eckstine is ranked overall as 3.2428 out of 4 stars

3.2428

Billy Eckstine Biography

Formed:

July 1914

Disbanded:

March 1993

Genres:

Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Pop, Miscellaneous, Blues, Rock, R&B & Soul

Labels:

Acrobat/city Hall, Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Lines, Asl Living Era, Black Label Records, Blue Note, Classics French, Collector's Choice/hepcat, Denon/wea, Drive Archives, Ember (tko Magnum), Empire Music Group, Entertainers, Fantasy/milestone/prestige, Indigo/city Hall

History:

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. An influence looming large in the cultural development of soul and R&B singers from Sam Cooke to Prince , Eckstine was able to play it straight on his pop hits "Prisoner of Love," "My Foolish Heart" and "I Apologize." Born in Pittsburgh but raised in Washington, D.C., Eckstine began singing at ...more

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