Billy Eckstine - The Chronological Classics: 1946-1947 (1998)

Tracklist: 00:00 I’ve Got to Pass Your House 02:48 Blue 05:48 Gloomy Sunday Artist: Billy Eckstine itle: The Chronological Classics: 1946-1947 Year Of Release: 1998 Label: Classics Genre: Vocal Jazz, Big Band William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993)was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award “for performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.“ His recording of “I Apologize“ (MGM, 1951) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an “influential band leader“ whose “suave bass-baritone“ and “full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers like Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe William