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Billy Eckstine

Pittsburgh, United States • 1914-07-08 – 1993-03-08

Billy Eckstine is credited on 1,440 releases across 361 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,440

Pressings credited

361

Albums

8

Decades active

286

In collections

Biography

William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award "for performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording". His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1951) was given 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 such as Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock, and Lou Rawls."

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Credited work

1,440 releases · 361 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 2,009
  • Other credits · 52
  • Production · 38
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Birdland · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

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