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Billie Holiday
A tragic figure with an unhappy life, Billie Holiday had a rare ability to
translate her pain and heartache into music to touch audiences in a uniquely
emotional fashion. Her absentee father Clarence Holiday was a jazz musician, but
she had a troubled upbringing, involving petty crime and spells at reform
school, was reputedly raped at 11 and lived in a brothel with her mother, a
Harlem prostitute. Inspired by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith, Holiday teamed
up with a sax player, changed her name from Eleanora to Billie - after actress
Billie Dove - and sang in local clubs, where...
Good Morning HeartacheBillie Holiday
Strange FruitBillie Holiday
Lady Sings The BluesNina Simone and Billie Holiday
SolitudeBillie Holiday
Don't ExplainBillie Holiday
'Tain't Nobody's Business If I DoBillie Holiday
Good Morning HeartacheBillie Holiday
The Best Of British Light Music
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Strange FruitBillie Holiday
Lady Sings The Blues
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Lady Sings The BluesNina Simone and Billie Holiday
Lady Sings The Blues
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SolitudeBillie Holiday
Lover Man
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Don't ExplainBillie Holiday
The Essential Billie Holiday : Carnegie Hall Concert
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'Tain't Nobody's Business If I DoBillie Holiday
Trumbo [B.O.F.]
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