There was a time in the post-World War II era when William Clarence “Billy” Eckstine (1914 – 1993) was, for millions of fans and peers around the world, one of the most influential singers and ...

Bobby Tucker, a brilliant but little-known pianist who backed Billy Eckstine, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett as well as Billie Holiday and Mildred Bailey, has died. He was 84. By Tony Gieske, The ...

We pay tribute to the life and music of Billy Eckstine this week on Afterglow, in celebration of the singer's centennial. Eckstine had what one writer has described as "a deep blue dream of a voice," ...

Billy Eckstine was smooth as silk. He was tall and handsome, sported a pencil-thin mustache and sang in a distinctive baritone. Eckstine began singing as a child. He was born in Pittsburgh 100 years ...

Legends have brought us to where we are today in modern music. When the classic sounds from 1944-1947 echo through the room, we recall innovators such as Billy Eckstine, who helped shape the second ...