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Billie Holiday. 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. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a ...
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. [ 4] It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC 's variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago ...
Richard Rodgers. Lyricist (s) Lorenz Hart. " Blue Moon " is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become a standard ballad. Early recordings included those by Connee Boswell and by Al Bowlly in 1935. The song was a hit twice in 1949, with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé .
The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live. (1961) The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live is a live album by jazz singer Billie Holiday that was recorded on November 10, 1956 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The two concerts promoted Billie Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues .
AllMusic. [ 1] Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 box set released on Hip-O Records. It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. [ 2] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different ...
Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten ...
Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from Holiday's song. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount Pictures. Diana Ross, in her feature film debut, portrayed Holiday ...
Louis Armstrong & Billie Holiday: 1947 New Orleans soundtrack Armstrong's rendition of the song was also the theme song for the TV series Frank's Place: Marilyn Maxwell: 1947 on The Abbott and Costello Radio Show - April 17, 1947 [1] Eddie Condon: 1951 Dr. Jazz Series, Vol. 11: Frankie Laine: 1954 A Musical Portrait of New Orleans: Fats Domino ...