Billy Eckstine
- MatchBilly Eckstine
- 100%Dick Haymes
- 72%Vic Damone
- 68%Keely Smith
- 64%Lena Horne
- 63%Joe Williams
- 57%Mel Tormé
- 56%Sarah Vaughan
- 55%Johnny Hartman
- 53%Dinah Washington
- 53%Sammy Davis Jr.
Biography
William Clarence Eckstein, 8 July 1914, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 8 March 1993, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Eckstine possessed one of the most distinctive voices in popular music, a deep tone with a highly personal vibrato. He began singing at the age of 11 but until his late teens was undecided between a career as a singer or football player. He won a sporting scholarship but soon afterwards broke his collarbone and decided that singing was less dangerous. He worked mostly in the... Read more
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jazz
swing
blues
jazz vocal
male vocalists
vocal jazz
jazz
swing
blues
jazz vocal
male vocalists
vocal jazz
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