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26. Nov. 2020 · Forgotten Jazz Orchestras: Billy Eckstine. Written by Lynn Rene Bayley November 26, 2020 jazz history, News. In the years between 1939 and 1945, three different but somewhat related styles of music grew out of swing: rhythm and blues, spearheaded by Louis Jordan, the early-1940s Lionel Hampton band with Illinois Jacquet on tenor sax, and gospel ...
2. Apr. 2019 · Billy Eckstine. By the time he reached his peak popularity in 1950, he rivaled Frank Sinatra as the country's most popular vocalist. In fact he was dubbed "the sepia Sinatra," although he was known most often as "Mr. B." Billy Eckstine was a smooth singer also noted as a premier jazz bandleader in the 1940s, gathering many of the performers in ...
Billy Eckstine. Jon Eardley. Billy Eckstine (1914–93) Born William Clarence Eckstein in Pittsburgh, Billy Eckstine began his career as a singer in Buffalo in 1934, worked his way to Chicago and became the principal vocalist in pianist Earl Hines’ orchestra there in 1939, remaining with the band until 1943. He persuaded Hines to hire such ...
7. Juli 2014 · Here, on what would have been Billy Eckstine’s 100th birthday—he was born July 8, 1914, in Pittsburgh, Penn.—LIFE.com remembers the music pioneer and style icon with a marvelous Martha ...
Billy Eckstine (* 8. Juli 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as William Clarence Eckstein; † 8. März 1993 ok dor) weer en US-amerikaansch Jazz singer un Bandleader, de ok Trompete, Basuun un Gitarre speel. He is ok för en körten Tiet as Billy X. Stine uptreeden. Sien Ökelnaam weer Mr. B. Mit sien Band Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra hett ...
8. März 2018 · Im Winter 1942 wurde Billy Eckstine der Sänger im Orchester von Earl Hines. Er hatte ein Faible für gefühlvolle Balladen und zeigte, dass Schwarze nicht nur Blues singen konnten.
William Clarence Eckstein. Profile: Born : July 8, 1914 // Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Died : March 8, 1993 // Pittsburgh, PA, United States. US American Jazz singer & bandleader noted during the swing area for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. Eckstine, the son of a Pittsburg chauffeur and seamstress, began his singing career ...
