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No Cover, No Minimum
''No Cover, No Minimum'' is a live album by Billy Eckstine that was recorded in Las Vegas. The album was released by Roulette in 1960 and reissued by Blue Note in 1992 with ten additional tracks. Track listing # "Have a Song on Me" (Billy Eckstine) – 1:08 # " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:26 # "Lady Luck" (Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) – 3:03 # " Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:04 # "Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) – 2:17 # " Moonlight in Vermont" ( John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 2:56 # "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) – 2:02 ‡ # Medley: " Prelude to a Kiss"/"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mack Gordon)/(Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 4:56 ‡ # " Fools Rush In" ( Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 2:12 ‡ # " In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:41 ‡ # " Prisoner of Love" (Leo Robin, Russ Columbo, Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, 1948) 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 like Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock, and Lou Rawls." Early life and education 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
