Billy Eckstine

United States
July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993

William Clarence Eckstine was an American jazz and pop singer, and a bandleader of the swing era. He was noted for his rich, resonant, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. Eckstine's recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an "influential band leader" whose "suave bass-baritone" and "full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers like Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock and Lou Rawls."

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No One But You

Positively 50s

Billy Eckstine top songs

1	Christmas Eve
2	I Apologize
3	My Foolish Heart
4	Blue Christmas
5	No One But You
6	Prisoner of Love
7	Passing Strangers
8	Imagination
9	Skylark
10	I'm Beginning to See the Light
11	Lullaby of Leaves
12	Without a Song
13	Fools Rush In
14	Cheek To Cheek
15	Stormy Weather
16	Gigi
17	I Apologise
18	In The Still Of The Night
19	Misty
20	Have a Song On Me
21	Deed I Do
22	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
23	Till There Was You
24	I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
25	I Let a Song Go out of My Heart

Billy Eckstine quotes

It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band.