Billy Eckstine

Songs Performed or Written by Billy EckstineTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

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 voice. In 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... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: I Apologize - #2: A Cottage for Sale - #3: My Foolish Heart - #4: I Wanna Be Loved - #5: Prisoner of Love
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  Earl Hines and His Orchestra
Stormy Monday Blues
1.
1942

Stormy Monday Blues
Earl Hines and His Orchestra

50 pts


1
R&B


vocals by Billy Eckstine
[Bluebird 11567]
written by Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine greentick & Bob Crowder
  Billy Eckstine
2.
09/1944

I Stay in the Mood for You
Billy Eckstine greentick

34 pts


3
R&B


[Deluxe 2000]
written by Billy Eckstine greentick
3.
10/1945

#2  A Cottage for Sale
Billy Eckstine greentick

205 pts
8
US
3
R&B


as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
hit for Guy Lombardo in 1930
[National 9014]
written by Willard Robison & Larry Conley
4.
10/1945

Lonesome Lover Blues
Billy Eckstine greentick

33 pts


4
R&B


as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
B side to Last Night (And Now Tonight Again)
[National 9015]
written by Billy Eckstine greentick
5.
10/1945

Last Night (And Now Tonight Again)
Billy Eckstine greentick

35 pts


3
R&B


as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
[National 9015]
written by Sam Koval
6.
01/1946

I'm in the Mood for Love
Billy Eckstine greentick

125 pts
12
US




as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
#1 hit for Little Jack Little in 1935
[National 9018]
written by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
7.
04/1946

#5  Prisoner of Love
Billy Eckstine greentick

178 pts
10
US
3
R&B


as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
hit for russ columbo in 1932
[National 9017]
written by Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill & Leo Robin
8.
07/1946

You Call It Madness but I Call It Love
Billy Eckstine greentick

154 pts
13
US
3
R&B


as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
[National 9019]
written by Con Conrad & Russ Columbo
Everything I Have Is Yours
9.
10/1948

Everything I Have Is Yours
Billy Eckstine greentick

18 pts


11
R&B


[MGM 10259]
written by Burton Lane & Harold Adamson
10.
01/1949

Blue Moon
Billy Eckstine greentick

99 pts
21
US
12
R&B


B side to Fools Rush In; #1 hit for Glen Gray in 1935
[MGM 10311]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
Bewildered
11.
01/1949

Bewildered
Billy Eckstine greentick

95 pts
27
US
4
R&B


hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1938
[MGM 10340]
written by Leonard Whitcup & Teddy Powell
12.
02/1949

Fools Rush In
Billy Eckstine greentick

27 pts


6
R&B


[MGM 10311]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
13.
04/1949

Caravan
Billy Eckstine greentick

77 pts
27
US
14
R&B


hit for Duke Ellington in 1937
[MGM 10368]
written by Juan Tizol
14.
05/1949

Somehow
Billy Eckstine greentick

83 pts
25
US
15
R&B


[MGM 10383]
written by Mort Maser
15.
07/1949

Temptation
Billy Eckstine greentick

25 pts


7
R&B


[MGM 10458]
written by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed
16.
08/1949

Crying
Billy Eckstine greentick

79 pts
27
US
12
R&B


B side to Temptation
[MGM 10458]
written by Barney Ross & Jay Chernis
17.
09/1949

Body and Soul
Billy Eckstine greentick

62 pts
27
US




#1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1930
[MGM 10501]
written by Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton & Robert Sour
18.
12/1949

Fool's Paradise
Billy Eckstine greentick

72 pts
24
US




[MGM 10562]
written by Bob Merrill
19.
02/1950

Sitting by the Window
Billy Eckstine greentick

101 pts
23
US
6
R&B


[MGM 10602]
written by Anton Karas
20.
03/1950

#3  My Foolish Heart
Billy Eckstine greentick

204 pts
6
US




[MGM 10623]
written by Victor Young & Ned Washington
21.
06/1950

#4  I Wanna Be Loved
Billy Eckstine greentick

185 pts
7
US




[MGM 10716]
written by John Green, Billy Rose & Edward Heyman
22.
02/1951

If
Billy Eckstine greentick

146 pts
10
US




[MGM 10896]
written by Robert Hargreaves, Stanley J. Damerell & Tolchard Evans
23.
03/1951

#1  I Apologize
Billy Eckstine greentick

243 pts
6
US
4
R&B


hit for Bing Crosby in 1931
[MGM 10903]
written by Al Hoffman, Ed Nelson & Al Goodhart
24.
03/1951

Be My Love
Billy Eckstine greentick

66 pts
26
US




[MGM 10799]
written by Nikolaus Brodszky & Sammy Cahn
Kiss of Fire
25.
04/1952

Kiss of Fire
Billy Eckstine greentick

87 pts
16
US
8
R&B


[MGM 11225]
written by Angel Villoldo, Lester Allen & Robert Hill
26.
11/1954

No One but You
Billy Eckstine greentick

158 pts




3
UK
[MGM 11712]
written by Jack Lawrence & Nicholas Brodszky
27.
03/1956

Bitter with the Sweet
Billy Eckstine greentick

10 pts
76
US




[RCA 6436]
written by Stanley Kahan & Eddie Synder
28.
02/1959

Gigi
Billy Eckstine greentick

from Imagination   
103 pts




8
UK
written by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
  Ray Charles
29.
03/1967

I Want to Talk About You
Ray Charles

6 pts
98
US




[ABC 10901]
written by Billy Eckstine greentick
  Latimore
30.
10/1973

Stormy Monday
Latimore

from Latimore   
9 pts
102
US
27
R&B


[Glades 1716]
written by Earl Hines & Billy Eckstine greentick
  Billy Eckstine
31.
10/1976

The Best Thing
Billy Eckstine greentick

1 pts


84
R&B


[A&M 1858]
written by Ralph Dino, John Sembello, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller


See also...

Billy Eckstine & Damita Jo • Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan


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