Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
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"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."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 July 1914
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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I have one son who's a drummer and then one son writes scripts and another daughter is a model, so they're all doing their thing.
I started mainly learning piano, but not as an accomplished pianist. I learned by just using it as a basis for harmonic structures.
L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out there for that buck, you know.