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The Billy Eckstine Orchestra Musical artist William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) [ 1 ] was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras.
Born as Denise Billecard [3] in Paris, she was one of five daughters [4] of a French baker, [5] and she was college educated, [6] studying at the University of Dijon. [4] According to a friend, whom she met in Paris during World War II, she was a passenger in an L-5 Stinson light observation aircraft on VJ Day to see the celebration from the air.
No Cover, No Minimum is a live album by Billy Eckstine that was recorded in Las Vegas. [2] The album was released by Roulette in 1960 and reissued by Blue Note in 1992 with ten additional tracks. Track listing
Quincy Jones, who expanded the American songbook as a musician, composer and producer and shaped some of the biggest stars and most memorable songs in the second half of the 20th century, has died.
Rhythm in a Riff is a 1947 medium length musical film produced by William D. Alexander and directed by Leonard Anderson. [1] The film stars Billy Eckstine and his band performing as well as Ann Baker, Hortense Allen Jordan, Sarah Harris, and Emmett "Babe" Wallace.
Billy Eckstine as himself; Dean Miller as Archie O'Conovan; The DeMarco Sisters as the Williams sisters; Juanita Moore as Black Drill Team Member; Bobba and Kathy Tongay, better known as the Aquatots, made a cameo appearance in the movie. Kathy was murdered by their father in 1953; Bobba became a lifeguard in Miami in adulthood.
The 15-photo social media slideshow included Watts smiling with family and friends, including husband Billy Crudup and kids Sasha and Kai Schreiber. (Watts shares Sasha, 17, and Kai, 16, with ex ...
Ron Eckstine (born 1946) [1] is a former actor and music manager, and stepson of singer Billy Eckstine [2] by way of Billy's marriage to Ronnie's mother, Carolle Drake. [ 3 ] Early life