In 1959, Billie Holiday was approaching her mid-40s at half her weight in her prime, 100 pounds; dying from cirrhosis of the liver from constant alcohol abuse; plagued by an intermittent heroin habit; ...
On July 17, 1958, exactly one year before she died, Billie Holiday performed on the television show “Art Ford’s Jazz Party.” Ford, like most jazz lovers, was a Holiday devotee, and he almost sounds ...
Many of the myths imposed upon her during her lifetime persist, particularly those that linger around her early death. It’s worth ticking a few off here, for the record. Holiday was not a tragic ...
I'm Farai Chideya and this is NEWS & NOTES. (Soundbite of "Swing, Brother, Swing") CHIDEYA: Here's Billie Holiday from 1933. The song: "Swing, Brother, Swing." (Soundbite of "Swing, Brother, Swing") ...
An appreciation of one of the most innovative singers in music history. By Kate LoPresti, Frannie Carr Toth, Rowan Niemisto and Elena Bergeron “God Bless the Child.” “I’ll Be Seeing You.” And of ...
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