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"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. Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1976. [ 2 ]
"Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet is a 1950 short film presenting five jazz numbers in a 15-minute running time. The film includes Billie Holiday performing " God Bless the Child " and "Now, Baby or Never", the Count Basie Sextet performing " One O'Clock Jump ", and juvenile performer Frank "Sugar Chile ...
Mom turned me down flat. She wouldn't give me a cent." The two argued, and Holiday shouted angrily, "God bless the child that's got his own", and stormed out. With Arthur Herzog Jr., a pianist, she wrote a song based on the lyric, "God Bless the Child", and added music. [53] "God Bless the Child" became Holiday's most popular and most covered ...
Holiday’s signature song offers a similar intersection of sadness and hope, but while “God Bless the Child” feels tailored to the Black experience, I’ve never been able to relate to Judy ...
Of all the words of wisdom my mother has passed on to me, the earliest ones I remember have been the most useful. She told me I could achieve any goal I set for myself, but being Black, I would ...
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 ...
The final track, "God Bless the Child", was an electronically created "duet" with the long-dead Lady Day and Count Basie; it received poor notices, unlike the rest of the album. On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection .
Kay Flock began his music career in May 2020, issuing his first single, "FTO"; [5] other songs that he released following this included "Opp Spotter" (featuring B-Lovee), "Brotherly Love" (featuring B-Lovee and Dougie B) and "PSA". [6] Kay Flock released his debut mixtape, The D.O.A. Tape, on November 5, 2021, which peaked at number one on the ...