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Solitude" was recorded at least 28 times between 1934 and 1942. [7] Vocalist Billie Holiday recorded the song several times in the 1940s and 1950s, "with the world-weariness of the words matching to an almost disturbing degree her late-career persona". [8] One of her renditions was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021. [9]
Billie Holiday Sings (MGC-118) is a 10-inch LP album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in the United States on Mercury Records in 1952 and on Clef Records in 1953. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] It was her first album for Clef, and her first album of original material, following several compilations of previously released 78rpm sides on the Columbia ...
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner, Lester Young , Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.
The discography of Billie Holiday, an American jazz singer, consists of 12 studio albums, three live albums, 24 compilations, six box sets, and 38 singles.. Holiday recorded extensively for six labels: Columbia Records (on its subsidiary labels Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records, and Okeh Records), from 1933 through 1942; Commodore Records in 1939 and 1944; Decca Records from 1944 through ...
Over the years, there have been many tributes to Billie Holiday, including "The Day Lady Died", a 1959 poem by Frank O'Hara, and Langston Hughes' poem "Song for Billie Holiday". In 1970 Frank Sinatra recorded the song Lady Day as a tribute. [8] In 1988 the group U2 released "Angel of Harlem" in her honor.
Lady in Autumn: The Best of The Verve Years is a compilation album by the singer Billie Holiday. Critical reception The ...
Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "Trumpeter Terence Blanchard's tribute to Billie Holiday is a rather melancholy and often downbeat affair. Sounding less original than usual (he displays a strong Wynton Marsalis influence and also hints at times at both Miles Davis and Thad Jones), there is little joy to these renditions of Lady Day material other than the second half of "I Cried for You."
Billie Holiday's rendering of the song with Teddy Wilson's orchestra was a favorite of Philip Larkin, who said, "I have always thought the words were a little pseudo-poetic, but Billie sings them with such passionate conviction that I think they really become poetry." [14] Holiday's version of the song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Pop Songs ...