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Gloomy Sunday. 78 rpm single label by Billie Holiday, 1947. " Gloomy Sunday " ( Hungarian: Szomorú Vasárnap ), also known as the " Hungarian Suicide Song ", is a popular song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933. The original lyrics were titled "Vége a világnak" ( The world is ending) and were about ...
Irving Kahal. " I'll Be Seeing You " is a popular song about missing a loved one, with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. [ 1] Published in 1938, it was inserted into the Broadway musical Right This Way, which closed after fifteen performances. [ 2] The title of the 1944 film I'll Be Seeing You was taken from this song at the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Poem and song. Meeropol cited this photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930, as inspiring his poem. [ 7] "Strange Fruit" originated as a protest poem against lynchings. [ 8][ 9][ 10] In the poem, Meeropol expressed his horror at lynchings of African Americans, inspired by Lawrence Beitler 's photograph of the ...
Billie Holiday Sings (MGC-118) is a 10-inch LP album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in the United States by Clef Records in 1952. It was her first album for the label, and her first album of original material, following several compilations of previously released 78rpm sides for Columbia , Commodore , and Decca .