Billie Holiday - Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters (CD) (US Import)
Billie Holiday - Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters (CD) (US Import)
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Imported from the USA
- Artist
- Billie Holiday
- EAN/UPC
- 0731458999522
- Product Type
- CD
- Label
- Hip-O Records
- Cat No
- 314 589 995-2
- Released
- 2002
- Pressing
- USA
- Studio
- Universal Music Enterprises
- Styles
- Vocal, Holiday
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Description
Billie Holiday — The Best Of Billie Holiday
Format: CD • Label: Hip-O Records (314 589 995-2) • Released: 2002 • Pressing: USA • Genre: Vocal, Holiday
Tracklist:
1. Strange Fruit
2. Fine And Mellow
3. Lover Man
4. Don't Explain
5. Good Morning Headache
6. T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
7. My Man
8. I Loves You Porgy
9. Lady Sings The Blues
10. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
11. I Cover The Waterfront
12. God Bless The Child
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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