Billy Eckstine

William Clarence "Billy" Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer with a rich, resonant, almost operatic baritone voice and a bandleader of the swing era. Eckstine's recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.