Billy Eckstine
(1914-1993)
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 is on Bryant Street just east of North Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
