This week, we tell about Billie Holiday. She was one of the greatest jazz singers in America. (MUSIC: "God Bless the Child") VOICE ONE: That was Billie Holiday singing one of her famous songs. She and Arthur Herzog wrote it. Billie Holiday's life was a mixture of success and tragedy...
^ Jump up to: a b Nicholson, Stuart (1997). Billie Holiday. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-303-5. Jump up ^ Billie Holiday (1984). THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY Songs Recorded and Made Famous By Lady Day. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-7935-3687-1. Jump up ^ Nicholson, ...
This week, we tell about Billie Holiday. She was one of the greatest jazz singers in America.(MUSIC: "God Bless the Child")VOICE ONE:That was Billie Holiday singing one of her famous songs. She and Arthur Herzog wrote it. Billie Holiday's life was a mixture of success and tragedy. ...
During this engagement, Holiday also debuted two of her most famous songs, "God Bless the Child" and "Strange Fruit." Columbia, her record company at the time, was not interested in "Strange Fruit," which was a powerful story about the lynching of African Americans in the South. Holiday...
The musical Lady Day is back at certain theaters after being postponed due to the pandemic and you can get tickets today and hear some of Billie Holiday’s greatest songs while the story of her life unfolds on stage in front of you. She has been played by other famous actresses such as...
Billie Holiday. Soundtrack: Minority Report. Billie Holiday wurde am 7 April 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA geboren. Sie war Musikerin und Schauspielerin, bekannt für Minority Report (2002), Watchmen: Die Wächter (2009) und Rocketeer (1991).
Margolick explains that “Strange Fruit” was NOT written by Billie as she claimed. But by political activistAbel Meeropole(1903-1986). Though Holiday made it famous and memorable, he’s been largely forgotten. Meeorpole said, “I wrote ‘Strange Fruit’ because I hate lynching and I hate ...
专辑: Famous Jazz Singers 歌手:Billie Holiday Night and Day (Take 1) - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra Night and day you are the one Only you beneath the moon and under the sun Whether near to me or far It's no matter darling where you are I think of you Night and day ...
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The film centers Holiday’s famous anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” at the heart of the government’s aggression against the singer, as well as her civil rights advocacy. Her struggle with heroin addiction made her an easy target, and she was arrested multiple times on drug-relate...