Eckstine
Eckstine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Billy Eckstine (1914–1993), ballad singer and bandleader during the Swing era *Guy Eckstine, American music industry executive *Ronnie Eckstine (born 1946), American actor and music manager, stepson of Billy See also *Eckstein *Eksteen Eksteen is a surname of South African origin, being a variant of the surname Eckstein, which means "cornerstone". Notable people with the surname include: *Cindy Eksteen (born 1977), South African former cricketer *Clive Eksteen (born 1966), South ...

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 Willia ...
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Guy Eckstine
Guy Eckstine is an artist manager and record producer, known for his tenure as A&R executive at Verve Records in the 1990s. With jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Eckstine co-produced the Hancock album '' The New Standard.'' After Verve, Eckstine was senior vice president at MP3.com, then in 2001 he started his own artist development company. Eckstine is the president and founder of Iconique Music Group, an artist management company. Family Eckstine was born in 1956 to American jazz/pop singer Billy Eckstine and his wife Carolle Drake, an actress and model. Eckstine's siblings include four older brothers and two younger sisters. The family eventually settled in Encino, California, where Eckstine was raised. His brother Ed later served as president of Mercury Records. Music industry Eckstine's early career was as a freelance/touring drummer involved in various musical projects for his father, Quincy Jones, Count Basie, James Ingram, Eddy Grant and more. In the late 1980s, he was a ...
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Ronnie Eckstine
Ron Eckstine (born 1946) is a former actor and music manager, and stepson of singer Billy Eckstine by way of Billy's marriage to Ronnie's mother, Carolle Drake. Early life He played high school football at Birmingham High School, where he and his older brother Kenny were the only African American students, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Career He was conscripted into military service in 1965. Six months after he completed his service, and with dramatic training by Lillian Randolph, Eckstine made his acting debut in the 1967 film ''The Love-Ins''. He appeared in the TV movie ''Shadow on the Land'' (1968), an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's novel '' It Can't Happen Here'', and had guest roles in the television series '' Room 222'' and ''Cannon''. In the 1970s he organized and managed a six-person teen vocal group, Spicegarden, with Laddie Chapman as the musical director. In the 1980s, Eckstine began promoting concerts and managing disco and other dance m ...
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Eckstein
Eckstein is a surname of German origin, meaning "cornerstone" (''eck'' means 'corner', and ''stein'' means 'stone'). According to information gleaned from the U.S. Census, around 2,500 people in the United States have the surname Eckstein. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna B. Eckstein, (1868-1947) German peace activist * Arthur Eckstein, American historian * Ashley Eckstein (born 1981), American actress and fashion designer * Bernd Eckstein, (Born 1953) German ski jumper * David Eckstein (born 1975), American baseball player * Dieter Eckstein (born 1964), German footballer * Emma Eckstein (1865–1924), early patient of Sigmund Freud * Ernestine Eckstein (1941–1992), American Black, Feminist, and LGBT activist * Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900), German humorist, novelist and poet * Hans Eckstein (1908–1985), German water polo player * Harry H. Eckstein, American political scientist * Hermann Eckstein (1847–1893), German-born mining magnate and banker in South Africa ...
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