ECKSTINE, WILLIAM CLARENCE (BILLY
MR. B.
) Jazz singer ( in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). He sang as a child at local social events and in a church choir for a short period. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.; at Howard University in Washington, where he majored in physical education for a year; at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina (B.A., 1974); and at the University of Southern California in Los...