Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan - Passing Strangers youtu.be/Sk9NVZMNyiM
Billy Eckstine - Laura youtu.be/z-3GZJ-1XE0
Billy Eckstine - I Apologize youtu.be/oFVFkVyQGNQ
Billy Eckstine - Wanted youtu.be/MXxvZHOCpDI
Billy Eckstine - Laura youtu.be/z-3GZJ-1XE0
1951: After a December concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Sarah Vaughan takes to the piano with Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine.
Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Billy Eckstine at Carnegie Hall, 1952.
Billy Eckstine and fans, New York City, 1950. A bop pioneer, he started the first bop big band. He also rejected the convention that black male vocalists must sing blues or novelty songs and clown, instead becoming a straightforward romantic ballads singer, more along the lines of Bing Crosby.
New "Christmas Soul" playlist! Fill your Soul with these Holiday sounds, this Season! Donny Hathaway, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, Eartha Kitt, Marvin Gaye, Natalie Cole, Billy Eckstine, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Chet Baker, The Count Basie Orchestra, & lots more! apple.co/2yzRxwy
Billy Eckstine - Bewildered (1949) youtube.com/watch?v=xwug1…
Billy Eckstine & wife, June, seated at table during Bop City nightclub's opening night, April 1949
New "Christmas Soul" playlist! Fill your Soul with these Holiday sounds, this Season! Donny Hathaway, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, Eartha Kitt, Marvin Gaye, Natalie Cole, Billy Eckstine, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Chet Baker, The Count Basie Orchestra, & lots more! open.spotify.com/user/jes…
Billy Eckstine - That Old Black Magic youtube.com/watch?v=SATmf…
Billy Eckstine - Oh How Happy m.youtube.com/watch?v=l0U…
Billy Eckstine, one of the smoothest balladeers and bandleaders ever (and the man responsible for giving Sarah Vaughan one of her first big breaks) was born 100 years ago today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (VBG) imgur.com/4DH1ZoN
Billy Eckstine - I Love The Rhythm In a Riff m.youtube.com/watch?v=T4z…
