The Prime of My Life

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Prime of My Life

| type = studio

| artist = Billy Eckstine

| cover =The Prime of My Life.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 6, 1965{{Cite web|title=Motown Album Discography, Part 1 (1961–1981)|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/motown/motown/motown.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.bsnpubs.com}}

| recorded = 1965

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Traditional pop, jazz

| length =

| label = Motown

| producer = William "Mickey" Stevenson

| chronology = Billy Eckstine

| prev_title = The Modern Sound of Mr. B

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = My Way

| next_year = 1965

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Record Mirror

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=19 February 1966 |title=Billy Ekstine: The Prime Of My Life |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-02-19.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=258 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225635/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-02-19.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=22 August 2022}}

}}

The Prime of My Life is a 1965 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine. It was produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson, and was the first of three albums that Eckstine recorded for Motown Records.{{cite book|author=Bill Dahl|title=Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JRHnCMUVb8C&pg=PA236|date=28 February 2011|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=1-4402-2783-7|pages=236–}}