Billy Eckstine

Billy Eckstine

Aliases: Billy Eckstine and His Orch.
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra
The Great 'Mr. B'
Real name: William Clarence Eckstein
Born: July 8, 1914
Died: March 8, 1993
Country: United States
IPI: 00009016711
00671395621
00671396030
Comments: Influential jazz pianist, vocalist and bandleader.

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Popular Originals

Be My Love

video

Released on Be My Love (1950)

Covered by (146 artists)

I Want to Talk About You

I Want to Talk About You

Released on I Want to Talk About You (1945)

Covered by (49 artists)

I'll Wait and Pray

I Want to Talk About You

Released on I Want to Talk About You (1945)

Covered by (8 artists)

I'm Falling for You

I'm Falling for You

Released on I'm Falling for You (1941)

Covered by (6 artists)

Popular Covers by Billy Eckstine

That Old Black Magic

video

Originally by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

Released on Once More with Feeling (1960)

Ask the Lonely

The Motown Years

Originally by Ivy Jo Hunter

Released on The Motown Years (2004)

The Impossible Dream

Motown Unreleased 1966

Originally by Richard Kiley

Released on Motown Unreleased 1966 (2016)

Blue Christmas

Blue Christmas

Originally by Doye O'Dell

Released on Blue Christmas (1950)