billie holiday

     

Frank O' Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute to this black singer

Trivia about billie holiday

  • In 1957 this lady sang the blues, a song called "Fine And Mellow", on the CBS special "The World of Jazz"
  • In April 1985 Baltimore unveiled a statue to this singer known as Lady Day
  • In March 2000 Diana inducted this lady who sang the blues into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  • She's the subject of "Billie's Blues"
  • Known as "Lady Day", she began her recording career with Benny Goodman in November 1933
  • 1956:"Lady Sings the Blues"
  • If you think dope is for kicks, you're out of your mind, once remarked this singer
  • "God Bless the Child" & God bless this blues singer who co-wrote the song
  • She didn't just sing the blues, she called her autobiography "Lady Sings The Blues"
  • A 2005 concert at the Kennedy Center paid tribute to the 90th anniversary of the birth of this jazz "Lady"
  • On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- nearly 27 years after her death
  • "Lady Day", a nickname originated by sax man Lester Young
  • The American lady seen here, she knew all that jazz & more
  • Eleanora Fagan was the real name of this singer whom Diana Ross played in a 1972 film
  • (Cheryl) "God Bless the Child That's Got His Own" was the signature tune of this woman who appeared at the Apollo with Count Basie in 1937
  • Put on one of the records sax man Lester Young, known as "Prez", made with this singer, "Lady Day"
  • "Lady Sings the Blues"
  • 1956:"Lady Sings the Blues"
  • This jazz diva who sang "Strange Fruit" was just 44 and under arrest in her hospital bed when she passed away in 1959