Everything I Have Is Yours (album) explained

Everything I Have Is Yours
Type:compilation
Artist:Billy Eckstine
Cover:Everything I Have Is Yours Billy Eckstine Album Cover.png
Released:March 7, 1991
Recorded:May 20, 1947 – April 26, 1957
Length:2:12:58
Label:Verve
Producer:

Everything I Have Is Yours is a 1991 compilation album of songs by Billy Eckstine, subtitled "The Best of the M-G-M Years". It was released by Verve Records as a double LP.[1]

Reception

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album a full five stars, and Scott Yanow wrote: "Although not as essential from the jazz standpoint as Billy Eckstine's earlier big-band dates, this two-fer features the singer at the peak of his powers."

Max Morath, author of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards, listed the album as among "Billy's Best," calling it "fine."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billy Eckstine Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years . AllMusic . 14 September 2021.
  2. Book: Morath, Max . The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards . Penguin . 2002 .