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Holiday said she began using hard drugs in the early 1940s. She married trombonist Jimmy Monroe on August 25, 1941. While still married, she became involved with trumpeter Joe Guy, her drug dealer. She divorced Monroe in 1947 and also split with Guy. Holiday in court over a contract dispute, late 1949
Feb 5, 2023 · Billie Holiday's first marriage to Jimmy Monroe lasted from 1941 to 1947. Monroe is said to have been an excessive drinker and opium smoker when Holiday was dating him, via Cheat Sheet. She...
Apr 7, 2024 · It was around this same time that Billie married Jimmy Monroe, best described as a hustler. A year later, Monroe was caught smuggling drugs into California. By 1944, she was using heroin.
Feb 8, 2021 · Holiday’s philandering first husband, the trombonist Jimmy Monroe, would inspire the heartbreaking ballad “Don’t Explain.” “One night he came in with lipstick on his collar,” she ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Holiday married James Monroe in 1941. Already known to drink, Holiday picked up her new husband's habit of smoking opium. The marriage didn't last — they later divorced — but Holiday's ...
Apr 10, 2021 · Billy Holiday is likely the most celebrated female jazz singer in American history, yet substance abuse and addiction would plague her until her death at only 44 years old. Born to teenage parents and named Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, Holiday grew up poor and suffered a rape at just 10 years old by a neighbor, according to Legacy.
Written with Arthur Herzog Jr. it is said that Billie’s lyric was inspired on real-life heartache, when her husband, Jimmy Monroe, came home one night with lipstick traces on his collar. Released in 1945, it would become one of her best known tunes.
