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Jul 31, 2022 · A little-known fact in the Billie Holiday death saga is that jazz singer Adelaide Hall made a personal visit to Billie’s bedside at the Metropolitan Hospital in June 1959, a few weeks before Billie died. What happened that day in Billie’s hospital room has never before been publicly disclosed.
Singer Adelaide Hall made a secret visit to Holiday's bedside at the Metropolitan Hospital, on or around June 12, 1959. Hall's spoken account of her visit was captured on tape by the journalist Max Jones in 1988.
Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938.
Jul 26, 2020 · Holiday was 44 when she died on her hospital bed on July 17, 1959, with fifteen fifty-dollar bills strapped to her leg to thank the nurses who had looked after her and 70 cents in her bank...
Feb 24, 2022 · Adelaide Louise Hall, 20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993, was a Harlem and UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Jun 19, 2024 · Her pioneering use of scat singing and her dynamic performances influenced countless musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. Hall’s resilience and dedication to her craft serve as an inspiration to artists worldwide.
Feb 26, 2021 · Billie Holiday deserves better, a biopic that, say, shows how her voice changed over her quarter-century recording career, from girlish to mature to brittle, reflecting all that heartache and...
