Billy Eckstine

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bandleader human jazz singer pop singer recording artist

Billy Eckstine was an influential American jazz and pop singer and bandleader known for his rich baritone voice and pioneering role in the development of modern jazz.

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Label Occurrences
Billy Eckstine canonical 8
William Clarence Eckstine 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
pop singer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
associatedAct Earl Hines ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
awardReceived DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-07-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-03-08 ⓘ
employedMusician Art Blakey ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Fats Navarro ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Eckstine ⓘ
founded Billy Eckstine Orchestra ⓘ
fullName Billy Eckstine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Clarence Eckstine
genre jazz ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honor star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
influenced Arthur Prysock ⓘ
Johnny Hartman ⓘ
Lou Rawls ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
instrument trumpet ⓘ
valve trombone ⓘ
voice ⓘ
movement bebop ⓘ
notableFeature rich, vibrato-laden baritone voice ⓘ
notableFor leading one of the first big bands to feature bebop musicians ⓘ
pioneering role in the development of modern jazz ⓘ
notableWork Cottage for Sale ⓘ
Everything I Have Is Yours ⓘ
I Apologize ⓘ
Jelly, Jelly ⓘ
My Foolish Heart ⓘ
Prisoner of Love ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
singer ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
valve trombonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
EmArcy Records ⓘ
MGM Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
stageName Billy Eckstine self-link ⓘ
vocalRange baritone ⓘ
wasMemberOf Earl Hines Orchestra ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I Have Dreamed → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Billy Eckstine ⓘ
You Stepped Out of a Dream → hasNotablePerformer → Billy Eckstine ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan → associatedAct → Billy Eckstine ⓘ
Freddy Cole → influencedBy → Billy Eckstine ⓘ
Lover, Come Back to Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billy Eckstine ⓘ
Billy Eckstine → fullName → Billy Eckstine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Clarence Eckstine
Billy Eckstine → stageName → Billy Eckstine self-link ⓘ
Tenderly → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billy Eckstine ⓘ
Vernel Fournier → performedWith → Billy Eckstine ⓘ