Vinyl records
Billy Eckstine vinyl records
10 albums with 126 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.
William Clarence Eckstein. American Jazz singer and bandleader Born July 8, 1914, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Died March 8, 1993, Pittsburgh, PA, United States Eckstine, the son of a Pittsburg chauffeur and seamstress, began his singing career in a church bazaar at the age of eleven. The family moved to Washington, where he ran errands at the Howard Theater for Ethel Waters- earning enough pocket money to enter a talent contest, which he won in 1932. He left school and joined the Tommy Miles Band, learning the trumpet to support his vocals. Bandleader Earl Hines heard Eckstine at the De Lizza Club and added him to his band's line-up, with whom he recorded 'Skylark' which outsold the Glenn Miller version.
Most collected Billy Eckstine albums
Billy Eckstine discography on vinyl
- 1950You're All I Need / Dedicated To You10 pressings
- 1953St. Louis Blues11 pressings
- 1958Billy's Best12 pressings
- 1958Gigi / Trust In Me12 pressings
- 1960No Cover, No Minimum17 pressings
- 1960Once More With Feeling12 pressings
- 1962At Basin Street East18 pressings
- 1963The Golden Hits Of Billy Eckstine12 pressings
- 1965Had You Been Around / Down To Earth11 pressings
- 1965The Prime Of My Life11 pressings