Billy Eckstine was one of the greatest male pop stars to emerge from the 1940's and was a star of the concert stage, radio, television, recordings, films and night clubs.
The distinguished orchestras of Nelson Riddle, Hugo Winterhalter and Pete Rugolo are featured. Plus all four selections from his Duke Ellington EP and his sessions with the great George Shearing.
Many tracks are debuting on CD along with the major hits "I APOLOGISE", "MY FOOLISH HEART", "JEALOSY" and "PRISONER OF LOVE". What's more this set also encompasses numerous show tunes such as "YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME", "SO FAR" and "GIGI".
CD 1:
1. I Apologize
2. Younger Than Springtime
3. Blue Illusion
4. In The Rain
5. I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. My Foolish Heart
8. All Of My Life
9. Grapevine
10. Until Eternity
11. Lost In Loveliness
12. Wonder Why
13. Joey, Joey, Joey
14. Prisoner Of Love
15. Pass The Word Around
16. So Far
17. Jealousy
18. Gigi
19. The Chosen Few
20. Blue Christmas
21. Christmas Eve
22. You're Driving Me Crazy
23. What More Is There To Say?
24. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
25. The Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll
26. The Show Must Go On
27. Coquette
28. Love Me

CD 2:
1. Trust In Me
2. The Bitter With The Sweet
3. I'm A Fool To Want You
4. Early Autumn
5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
6. Pandora
7. Oh, My Pretty Pretty
8. The Lonely Shepherd
9. Everything Depends On You
10. Prelude To A Kiss
11. Funny
12. Laura
13. One Sweet Kiss
14. Condemned For Life
15. People Will Say We're In Love
16. O Holy Night
17. O Come, All Ye Faithful
18. I'm So Crazy For Love
19. My Heart Says No
20. Solitude
21. Vertigo
22. The Life Of The Party
23. Poor Little Heart
24. That's For Me
25. Taking A Chance On Love
26. Just Call Me Crazy
27. If I Can Help Somebody
Released 2008.