Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues (Crystal Clear Vinyl) (Vinyl) (US Import)
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues (Crystal Clear Vinyl) (Vinyl) (US Import)
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Imported from the USA
- Artist
- Billie Holiday
- EAN/UPC
- 8435723702023
- Product Type
- Vinyl
- Label
- WaxTime
- Cat No
- 526027
- Pressing
- Europe
- Styles
- Easy Listening
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Description
Billie Holiday — Lady Sings The Blues
Format: Vinyl • Label: WaxTime (526027) • Pressing: Europe • Genre: Easy Listening
Tracklist:
A1. Trav'lin' Light
A2. I Must Have That Man
A3. Some Other Spring
A4. Lady Sings The Blues
A5. Strange Fruit
A6. God Bless The Child
B1. Good Morning, Heartache
B2. No Good Man
B3. Love Me Or Leave Me
B4. Too Marvelous For Words
B5. Willow Weep For Me
B6. I Thought About You
B7. P.S. I Love You
Imported from the USA.
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About the artist
American jazz singer and songwriter, born April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died July 17, 1959, New York City, New York, USA.
Daughter of jazz guitarist Clarence Holiday. Godmother of Mala Waldron and Lorraine Feather.
She made her debut circa 1930 singing in various nightclubs in Harlem. In early 1933, the producer John Hammond heard her sing and was impressed by her talent. In 1935 he signed her to Records. She made her first recordings with Benny Goodman. Also in 1935 she made her first appearance in a movie, with more roles in the 1940's. From 1939 she started recording songs with notable jazz artists of that time. In the 1950's, her voice was deteriorating as a result of unhappy relationships, heroin use and excessive drinking. In May 1959 she collapsed and was taken to the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City for treatment of liver and heart disease. She was arrested for heroin possession while she lay dying.
She was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (Early Influence).
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