Billy's Best!
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Mercury[1] | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
Billy's Best! is a 1958 studio album by American jazz and blues singer Billy Eckstine.[4] The album was released by Mercury Records, his first for the label.
Arranged and conducted by Henry Mancini and Pete Rugolo, the lush, romantic arrangements feature strings and woodwinds, along with big band arrangements with swinging brass.
Among the notable tracks are "Stella by Starlight", "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "When the Sun Comes Out", and "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart".
References
[edit]- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Billy's Best! - Billy Eckstine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (May 7, 2017). The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums. Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780307379078 – via Google Books.
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