Home   >   Music   >   Billy Eckstine - Billy's Best!
Billy Eckstine - Billy's Best!
Click photo to enlarge

Billy Eckstine - Billy's Best!

Facts

Billy's Best!
Music Price: $14.98
As of Jan 9 23:40 EST (details)

Buy from Amazon.co.ukBuy from Amazon.co.uk
Artist(s)Billy Eckstine
StudioPolygram Records
Release DateJanuary 24, 1995
UPC Code731452644022
Buy this item$14.98 at Amazon.com
As of Jan 9 23:40 EST (details)
1 Audio CD, Usually ships in 1 to 2 days, Extra tracks
 

Tracks

  1. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Billy Eckstine, Warren, Harry
  2. Stella by Starlight - Billy Eckstine, Young, Victor
  3. When the Sun Comes Out - Billy Eckstine, Arlen, Harold
  4. I Got Lost in Her Arms - Billy Eckstine, Berlin, Irving
  5. Nobody's Heart - Billy Eckstine, Rodgers, Richard
  6. Where Have You Been? - Billy Eckstine, Porter, Cole
  7. Babalu - Billy Eckstine, Lecuona, Margarita
  8. You Don't Know What Love Is - Billy Eckstine, DePaul, Gene
  9. A Sunday Kind of Love - Billy Eckstine, Belle, Barbara
  10. Trust in Me - Billy Eckstine, Schwartz, Jean
  11. That Old Devil Called Love - Billy Eckstine, Fisher, Doris
  12. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Billy Eckstine, Hanley, James F.
  13. It's Easier Said Than Done - Billy Eckstine,
  14. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine, Columbo, Russ
  15. Portrait - Billy Eckstine,
  16. In the Rain - Billy Eckstine, Ballard, Clint Jr.
  17. One Love in My Life - Billy Eckstine, Merritt, Lane
  18. Vertigo - Billy Eckstine, Evans, Ray

Similar CDs

Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M YearsOnce More with FeelingLove SongsNo Cover, No MinimumThe Irving Berlin Songbook
Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M YearsOnce More with FeelingLove SongsNo Cover, No MinimumThe Irving Berlin Songbook

 

User Reviews

Average user review: 5.0 (3 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteThis is the voice I was looking forQuote
Perhaps a knowledgable soul can end my desperate search..

Some years ago I left a casette recording the late night songs of a jazz station here in Caracas.. when I listen to it, there was a version of Tenderly sang live by Mr. B.. at that time i did not know it was him so I searches everywhere all the versions of tenderly I could find.. by a miracle I found a studio version in a cd that recorded the best male jazz vocalist and it was my introduction to Mr. B-

What a voice and style, this is the model to follow, this cd has arragments made by H. Mancini !!! yes it has some very bad last 3 songs where one can tell the voice lost some of its glory, still is a must have..

Now if anybody can help me find the LIVE version of tenderly sung by Mr. B please contact me via Skype at Humberto_Mejia Thanks!!! June 16, 2006

rating: 5 QuoteAbsolute perfection, worthy of six stars, not just five!Quote
I read an interesting book by jazz critic Will Friedwald, and he mentions his favorite "desert island" jazz vocal albums, and Billy's Best is among those. So I decided to try it, and it is in every way perfect. There are some bonus tracks here whcih don't really take away or add anything from the original lp material. However Eckstine's rich baritone voice, with just the right amount of vibarato, always hits the spot(think of a male jazz singer with the talent equivelent to Sarah Vaughan). His voice soars thru songs of all eras leading up to the 50's, starting with the 30's hit Bouolevard Of Broken Dreams right up to Desi Arnez's theme song Babalu. Wonderful arrangements with orchestra and strings only compliment and uplift Billy's jazz phrasing, making this the essential jazz/pop vocal lp, by any non-Sinatra male singer from the late 50's. A great disc thru and thru. April 27, 2004

rating: 5 QuoteWhat A Great VoiceQuote
Billy Eckstine is One Of The Greatest Vocalist Ever.His Voice Sounds Fantastic&the Music has a Timeless Quality.He was a Legend. May 18, 2000

More reviews at Amazon.com ...