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Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from Holiday's song.
Oct 12, 1972 · Lady Sings the Blues: Directed by Sidney J. Furie. With Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan. The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Sidney J. Furie
Lady Sings The Blues (1972) Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are...
- 72 min
- 95.1K
- Kallai Genie
Pop star Diana Ross portrays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this biographical drama. Beginning with Holiday's traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career...
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- Sidney J. Furie
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- Diana Ross
This was one of the great performances of 1972. And there is no building up to it. The opening scene is one of total and unrelieved anguish; Billie Holiday is locked into prison, destitute and nearly friendless, and desperately needing a fix of heroin.
Mar 7, 2012 · BILLIE HOLIDAY LYRICS: Lady sings the blues She's got them bad She feels so sad Wants the world to know Just what the blues is all about Lady sings the blues She tells her side...
- 4 min
- 376K
- REBEL SONGBIRD
Prompted by the piano man's warning that Louis is a rakish philanderer, Billie rebuffs his overtures that evening, but Louis finally convinces her to go to an exclusive supper club, where the prickly Billie is wooed by the big band music and Louis' lavish praise.