Billy Eckstine
N 40° 28.530 W 079° 55.152
17T E 591614 N 4481096
This ordinary house in Pittsburgh's urban Highland Park neighborhood proves that greatness can spring from anywhere. It is nice to see the City's jazz heritage commemorated with this marker.
Waymark Code: WMWRF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2006
Views: 31
Marker Text:
African American jazz balladeer and bandleader whose innovative style and sponsorship of new talent helped revolutionize jazz in the 1940s. One of the nation's most popular vocalists, he had 11 gold records. He grew up in this house.
Marker Name: Billy Eckstine
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 07/31/1994
Marker Type: City
Location: 5913 Bryant St., Highland Park, Pittsburgh
Category: African American, Performers
Website: [Web Link]
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