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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 new way of ...
Billie Holiday singles chronology. "Strange Fruit". (1939) " God Bless the Child ". (1942) "Good Morning Heartache". (1946) " God Bless the Child " is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939. It was first recorded on May 9, 1941, by Billie Holiday and released by the Okeh Records in 1942.
9780060287979. OCLC. 45230462. Includes cd of song by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. God Bless the Child is a 2003 picture book by Jerry Pinkney with the words and music of Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. It is about an African-American family moving from the rural Deep South to urban Chicago during the Great Migration .
The “Tarzan” song was nowhere near as magical lyrically or musically as “God Bless the Child,” but hearing Diana Ross as Billie Holiday and Diana Ross as a nun delivering overlapping ...
Since Billie Holiday's death in 1959, an image of her has emerged based mainly on the movies Lady Sings the Blues and The United States versus Billie Holiday. In these depictions of her, she is an ...
It's a rendition of the Billie Holiday classic "Gloomy Sunday" so incredible, you'd hardly know it came from a 7-year-old. This performance earned Angelina Jordan Asta a standing ovation on the ...
Anne Shaffer. . . (m. 1931; died 1973) . Abel Meeropol (February 10, 1903 – October 29, 1986) [1] was an American songwriter and poet whose works were published under his pseudonym Lewis Allan. He wrote the poem and musical setting of "Strange Fruit" (1937), which was recorded by Billie Holiday.
Arista. Intersound Records. Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. [1] She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and later became a successful recording artist. [1]