![]() ![]() He married his first wife, June, in 1942. He left Howard in 1933, after winning first place in an amateur talent contest. Paul Normal and Industrial School, and Howard University. He attended Peabody High School before moving to Washington, DC. Billy's sister, Maxine (married name Whedbee), was a well-respected Spanish teacher at Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh. Eckstine was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania a State Historical Marker is placed at 5913 Bryant St, Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to mark the house where he grew up. His parents were William Eckstein, a chauffeur, and Charlotte Eckstein, a seamstress of note. was born in Prussia and Nannie in Virginia. Eckstein and Nannie Eckstein, a mixed-race, married couple who lived in Washington, D.C. 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 Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock and Lou Rawls." BiographyĮckstine's paternal grandparents were William F. Eckstine's recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. He was noted for his rich, resonant, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. ![]() William Clarence Eckstine (J– March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer, and a bandleader of the swing era. ![]()
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