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Auction History Result 1b356 BILLY ECKSTINE signed 8x10 radio still 1952 standing by WMGM microphone with Sarah Vaughan! Date Sold 10/3/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Radio Still (Learn More) Billy Eckstine was a black African American singer and bandleader from the 1930s to the 1990s. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1914. He left college in 1933, after winning first place in a singing talent contest imitating Cab Calloway. He went to Chicago and joined Earl Hines' Grand Terrace Orchestra in 1939, and was a vocalist and trumpeter in the band until 1943. In 1944, he formed his own big band and hired many of the up and coming greats, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, and many others. In 1947, he became a solo performer, and had far greater success than with his band. In 1950, he was profiled by Life magazine in New York City, but one of the photos showed him with white female fans touching him, and it caused outrage among bigoted white readers, but it helped to increase the discussion of race relations in America. He continued performing through the 1980s and passed away in 1993 at the age of 78. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been personally autographed (signed) by Billy Eckstine! Note that this still is from the collection of Robert J. Fieth. He was born in 1923, and as a teenager, he began writing to celebrities in the 1940s, and continued to do so over several decades, acquiring a collection of over 500 autographed photos (many of which are personalized to him, either as "To Robert J. Fieth", or "To Robert", or "To Bob"). We have been consigned a number of signed photos from this collection, the majority of which were obtained in the 1940s or 1950s! Condition: good. There is surface paper loss in two borders and it extends into the bottom of the image in two areas (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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