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Feb 16, 2010 · Lady Sings the Blues was Billie Holiday’s last album for producer Norman Granz’ Clef Records & Verve Records. The sessions were recorded during 1954 and 1956, and released late in 1956 in conjunction with her autobiography of the same name. Holiday is in top form, backed by many jazz greats including tenor saxophonists Budd Johnson and Paul ...
I Thought About You Lyrics. Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. Taken from sessions taped during 1954–56, Lady Sings the Blues ...
Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday (n. 7 aprilie 1915, Philadelphia – d. 17 iulie 1959 ), cunoscută și sub numele de Lady Day, a fost dintre cele mai mari nume ale jazzului, alături de Sarah Vaughan și Ella Fitzgerald .
Billie Holiday didn’t just sing a song, she took possession of it. And she repossessed it every time she sang. From the beginning, even in 1933 when she was eighteen, recording for the first time (with Benny Goodman), and “scared half to death” by the big studio microphone, she liked to move in slowly.
Billie Holiday, dříve také známá pod pseudonymem Lady Day, ( 7. dubna 1915 Filadelfie, Pensylvánie – 17. července 1959 New York, stát New York) byla americká jazzová zpěvačka s emotivním, dojemným hlasem. Společně se Sarah Vaughanovou a Ellou Fitzgeraldovou je označována jako jedna z největších jazzových zpěvaček ...
Written and directed by James Erskine, the film is based around interviews recorded on audio cassettes through the 1970s by Linda Lipnack Kuehl. The interviews feature the first-hand recollections of Lady Day’s friends, family members, band members, Follow Billie Holiday's history through this timeline of events in her life.
Classic Female Blues, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Standards. Recording Date. September 3, 1954 - June 7, 1956. Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. New Orleans (1947) Billie Holiday Sings (1952) An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953) Music for Torching (1955)
