Autographs of Billy Eckstine
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 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 such as Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock, and Lou Rawls."
Eckstine was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of William Eckstein, a chauffeur, and Charlotte Eckstein, a seamstress. Eckstine's paternal grandparents were William F. Eckstein and Nannie Eckstein, a mixed-race, married couple who lived in Washington, D.C.; both were born in 1863. William was born in Prussia (now Germany), and Nannie in Virginia. Billy's sister, Maxine, was a high school teacher.
Eckstine attended Peabody High School in Pittsburgh. Other notables who were educated there include the artist Romare Bearden, Gene Kelly, pianist Dodo Marmarosa and Lorin Maazel. During this time, Eckstine moved to Washington, D.C., attending Armstrong High School (where his sister taught), St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, and Howard University. In 1933, aged 19, he left Howard to start a music career, after winning first place and $10 in an amateur talent contest at Washington's Howard Theatre, where he imitated Cab Calloway singing a nursery rhyme with interpolated scatting.
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Current items with a signature of Billy Eckstine
These are the most current items with a signature of Billy Eckstine that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Billy Eckstine Scrapbook inc. Signed Postcard x2 Promo Photo Cuttings etc. SP1 | £45.69 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Billy Eckstine
The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Eckstine (BILLY ECKSTINE ~ RARE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD ~ JAZZ SWING BANDLEADER & SINGER) was sold in September 2015 for £55.00 while the cheapest item (BILLY ECKSTINE (1914-93) JAZZ/POP SINGER SIGNED PHOTO + PALLADIUM PROGRAMME) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2014 with an average selling price of £3.58 for an autographed item of Billy Eckstine. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2015 with £55.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2020. In average, an autographed item from Billy Eckstine is worth £5.55.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Eckstine were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1955 SIGNED CONTRACT Billy Eckstine Blackpool Opera House autograph jazz | £10.50 |  |
| BILLY ECKSTINE (PASSING STRANGERS). GENUINE HAND SIGNED 1956 VARIETY PROGRAMME. | £3.50 | |
 | Billy Eckstine - Jazz Singer - Original Hand Signed Autograph | £11.75 | |
| Billy Eckstine - JAZZ SINGER AND SWING BANDLEADER - SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTO | £45.00 | |
| Billy Eckstine Autograph - I Apologize - Signed 10x8 Photo - AFTAL | £4.99 | |
 | BILLY ECKSTINE Genuine Signed VINTAGE Promo Postcard Size Photo EXCELLENT | £20.95 | |
 | BILLY ECKSTINE HAND VINTAGE SIGNED 5"x3" B&W PHOTOGRAPH POP SINGER BAND LEADER | £3.49 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE JAZZ SINGER SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH & NOTE | £9.99 | |
| Billy Eckstine signed autograph album page 1960s US jazz singer I Apologize | £14.99 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE signed card Singer Autograph | £13.00 | |
| Billy Eckstine signed photo autograph 1960s American jazz singer/bandleader | £19.99 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE VINTAGE SIGNED POSTCARD | £12.99 | |
| Signed publicity picture (Thanks) Billy Eckstine. c 1950s-60s | £5.00 | |
 | Singer Billy Eckstine Signed Autograph | £2.62 | |
| U.S. Bandleader, Jazz and Pop Singer BILLY ECKSTINE Signed Picture | £4.95 | |
