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Billie Holiday – Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic

Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic (MG C-169) is a live album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, originally recorded on February 12, 1945 and October 3, 1946 at the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and at Carnegie Hall on June 3, 1946.

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[intriguingpeoplebyangelafloyd]

BILLIE HOLIDAY

BILLIE HOLIDAY

1915-1959

            Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) was an American jazz and swing music artist who started singing in nightclubs in Harlem and signed a record contract in 1935. She had a hit with ‘What a Little Moonlight Can Do” and continued to have a successful career during the 1930s and 1940s.

            Holiday was born in Philadelphia and was the daughter of an unwed teenage couple; her mother was thrown out of her home due to becoming pregnant and her father left her mother to pursue a career in jazz. In 1926, her mother came home to discover the neighbour attempting to rape Holiday, Holiday successfully fought back and the man was arrested.

             Holiday gained a drug problem during the early 1940s. She married trombonist Jimmy Monroe in 1941, she had an affair with trumpeter Joe Guy her drug dealer. Holiday divorced Monroe in 1947 and broke up with Guy. She had a short prison sentence in 1947 for possession of narcotics and was sent to prison. She was released and returned to Newark where her pianist Bobby Tucker and her dog Mister was waiting, Mister leaped at Holiday with excitement, it knocked off her hat and “loved me like crazy”.

            In 1959, Holiday was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. She started losing weight and her friends persuaded her to go to the hospital which she did on 31 May, for treatment of liver and heart disease.

            The Feds went to the hospital claiming they found heroin in her bedroom and she was arrested and handcuffed to her bed and placed under police guard. Whilst she lay dying the police raided her hospital room looking for drugs. She died on 17 July 1959, aged 44 of pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by cirrhosis.

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[bidotorg]

"Billie Holiday was unquestionably a game changer - not only for her impact on the American musical landscape but also for her immense courage in singing truth to power."

#HappyBirthday #BiVisibility #Singer #Bisexual #Jazz #BillieHoliday

[23rd-raikage]

Strange Fruit cir. 2022 Digital Oil, Procreate . . . . . #digitalart #procreate #oilpainting #procreate #ipadpro #applepencil #blackart #blackartist #repost #baltimoreartist #magnolia #blood #billieholiday https://www.instagram.com/p/CjoHgqDJnbza9P2i_4LIy9Ft8ag1dKHg90x9Zk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[freshnewsnow]

420 Prominent Cannapreneurs (6 Mentioned)

Cannabis is quite the strange fruit with unusual connotations. The strange fruit aspect surrounding cannabis involves the stipulations, the fact that it is most commonly referred to as “marijuana” and the pick-and-choose aspects that are involved.

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[timothybrownjr13]

Number 28 on my Queer Icons Pride Project is Jazz Singer Billie Holiday Born Elenora Fagan in 1915 Billie was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating sound. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. She was a successful concert performer throughout the 1950s with two further sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall. Because of personal struggles and an altered voice, her final recordings were met with mixed reaction but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin, was released in 1958. Throughout her career, Billie was openly a bisexual woman, and actually had an array of high-profile relationships with other famous figures in Hollywood and beyond at the time. Billie most notably dated American actress Tallulah Bankhead, a figurehead of film. Billie Holiday is influential to me because of her ability to rise beyond her surroundings and create something truly beautiful. Regardless of how her life ended, she was still able to bring light to controversial events and sing about sadness that made listeners comprehend struggle. @billie.holiday #billieholiday #ladyday #ladysingstheblues #solitude #strangefruit #jazz #music #pride #bisexual #drawing #redsketch #prismacolor #pride2022 #prideproject #art #artist #pencilart #gayartist (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfWBOiUubq1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[seansheap]

Record 2663. #TheMostIconicJazzDivas This record contains some of the greatest singers of all time; Nina Simone, Etta James, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne. All singing those iconic songs you would likely most associate with these icons. Wow. #jazz #jazzvocal #soul #gospel #ninasimone #ettajames #peggylee #dinahwashington #billieholiday #rosemaryclooney #sarahvaughan #lenahorne #vinyl #records #nowspinning #vinyljunkies #recordcollection #vinyligclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CiZwj6JvWws/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[daletraeng]

See the lyrics for the song “Summertime” by Billie Holiday

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[onyx-collective]

Andra Day is everything to us! 🫶🏾 From her performance last night at the Super Bowl, to her portrayal as icon Billie Holiday, she embodies all that is a woman who is unapologetic. Shoutout to these amazing costumes for coming through and pushing the performance even further 👑

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[manuart79]

#lady day #blues #billie holiday #billieholiday #black woman #black singers #black and white #portrait #fine art #redbubble #artist #illustration #digital art #tshirt #redbubble artist #print on demand

[projazznet]

Billie Holiday – Complete Jazz Series, 1957-1958

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#BillieHoliday #Spotify

[epicforwards]

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” 🏆🏆🏆

- Billie Jean King

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[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ANY OLD TIME YOU'VE GOT THE BLUES, SHE'LL SOOTHE THEM AWAY FOR YA.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on American jazz and swing music singer, Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), nicknamed "Lady Day," illustrated by William Stout for his "Legends of the Blues" portraits series.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "After hearing her music and learning her heartbreaking life story, I couldn’t help but fall in love with Lady Day. Her rendition of the controversial "Strange Fruit" haunts me to this very day.

In drawing and painting her portrait I tried to emphasise Billie’s beauty, her femininity and her elegance."

-- WILLIAM STOUT (American painter/illustrator/blues aficionado) on Billie Holiday (and her portrait)

Source: www.loudersound.com/features/william-stout-s-portraits-of-the-biggest-names-in-blues.

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[thepsynok]

✨1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Series ✨ Album: Lady in Satin Artist: Billie Holiday Genre: #Jazz ℹ️About The Album : Lady in Satin is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer and last released in her lifetime. 🍸Goes Best With : We’re going to make a Whiskey Highball, and I bet you’ve had it all your life without knowing what’s it called. Ready? Mix equal parts whiskey and sparkling water and you’ve got a classic 1920s drink, The Whiskey Highball ! Favourite Tracks: 🔥 I’m a Fool to Want You, 🔥For Heaven’s Sake, 🔥I Get Along without You Very Well, 🔥 I’ll be Around. Featured Tracks: ✨I’m a Fool to Want You. #BillieHoliday #LadyInSatin #WhiskeyHighball #Whiskey #Music #MusicReview #KANSASreviews #Musik_Co_ #TasteYourMusic #PsyNok #Psyn0k #FavouriteTracks #1001AlbumsToHearBeforeYouDie https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBeo8RycKC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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