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Billy Eckstine With Hal Mooney And His Orchestra - Broadway Bongos And Mr. "B" album flac Performer: Billy Eckstine
Title: Broadway Bongos And Mr. "B"
Style: Vocal
Released: 1961
Country: US
MP3 album: 1308 mb
FLAC album: 1217 mb
Rating: 4.7
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Genre: Jazz / Pop

The Billy Eckstine Orchestra is considered to be the first bop big-band, and had Top Ten chart entries that included "A Cottage for Sale" and "Prisoner of Love" Dizzy Gillespie, in reflecting on the band in his 1979 autobiography To Be or Not to Bop, gives this perspective: "There was no band that sounded like Billy Eckstine's. In November 1986, Eckstine recorded with saxophonist Benny Carter for his 1987 album Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter. Eckstine made his final recordings for Motorcity Records, a label for ex-Motown artists founded by Ian Levine. He married his first wife, June, in 1942. 1961 Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B (Mercury). 1961 Mr. B. in Paris (Felsted Records). 1962 At Basin Street East (live, with Quincy Jones, Mercury).

Bobby Tucker and His Orchestra. Hal Mooney & His Orchestra. Oscar Hammerstein II. Composer.

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Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B is a 1961 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine.

Album starts at 144BPM, ends at 86BPM (-58), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Billy Eckstine. Prisoner Of Love - The Romantic Billy Eckstine. Now Singing in 12 Great Movies. Once More With Feeling. The Magnificent Mr. 1996.

Hal Mooney, born Harold Mooney (February 4, 1911 – March 23, 1995), was an American composer and arranger. Hal Mooney was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a young man, Mooney was a professional pianist. He attended Brooklyn and St. John's Law Schools

Broadway, Bongos and Mr B is a 1961 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine It was arranged by Hal Mooney, and marked Eckstine's return to Roulette Records The album features Latin tinged arrangements of popular Broadway show tunes, with a percussion section of xylophones, marimbas and bongos. It was arranged by Hal Mooney, and marked Eckstine's return to Roulette Records  . Eckstines paternal grandparents were William F. Eckstein and Nannie Eckstein, William F. was born in Prussia and Nannie in Virginia. His parents were William Eckstein, a chauffeur, and Charlotte Eckstein, Eckstine was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a State Historical Marker is placed at 5913 Bryant St, Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to mark the house where he grew up. Billys sister, Maxine, was a well-respected Spanish teacher at Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh and he attended Peabody High School before moving to Washington, DC.

Tracklist

From This Moment On 2:19
I Could Write A Book 2:02
If Ever I Would Leave You 2:45
I've Got You Under My Skin 2:52
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' 3:02
Tonight 2:42
Stranger In Paradise 2:20
Get Out Of Town 2:12
Old Devil Moon 2:53
On The Street Where You Live 2:41
There's A Small Hotel 2:40
Something I Dreamed Last Night 3:04

Versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MG 20637, MG-20637 Billy Eckstine With Hal Mooney And His Orchestra Billy Eckstine With Hal Mooney And His Orchestra - Broadway Bongos And Mr. "B" ‎(LP, Mono) Mercury, Mercury MG 20637, MG-20637 US 1961
SR-60637 Billy Eckstine Broadway Bongos And Mr. B ‎(LP) Mercury SR-60637 US 1961
JMG 20637 Billy Eckstine With Hal Mooney And His Orchestra Billy Eckstine With Hal Mooney And His Orchestra - Broadway Bongos And Mr. "B" ‎(LP) Mercury JMG 20637 South Africa Unknown