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 ago this week.
"I consider Billy Eckstine the Jackie Robinson of popular music," says Cary Ginell, author of Mr. B.: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine : All Of My Life
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