Recent Billie Holiday News:
Oh, no! J.C. Penney hired Billie Holiday, too - Fri, 10 Feb 2012
Don't tell the people who were upset that J.C. Penney hired Ellen DeGeneres. But JCP also has enlisted Billie Holiday to sell products in this bright, charming commercial designed to give you a lift. Holiday is one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music, as you can hear on this recording of "I've Got My
'Women Who Rock': Billie Holiday - Wed, 01 Feb 2012
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) is among the most celebrated jazz vocalists of the century. Her life was short and fraught with...
Demise of power ballad diva a reminder of the dark side of showbusiness - Sun, 12 Feb 2012
FROM BILLIE Holiday through to Judy Garland and up to Amy Winehouse, it can seem like there is a macabre life script available to female entertainment greats.
EVENT: Tough Showbiz Lessons from Billie to Beyonca(C) - Sun, 29 Jan 2012
In an age where pop stars and divas face unrelenting scrutiny, a look back to one of our strongest, most independent female singers is due. While performing an old vaudeville song throughout her career, a typically protective Billie Holiday would sing, " I'm going to do just as I want to anyway / And don't care just what people say / T'ain't nobody's business if I do." It's the message of an ...
INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Guitarist Kenny Burrell Interviewed at All About Jazz! - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Kenny Burrell has appeared on so many essential jazz recordings that jazz history and his story seem irretrievably intertwined. m: Billie Holiday 's valedictory rumination Lady Sings the Blues (Verve, 1956)? m: Jimmy Smith 's epochal funk throwdown Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1960)? m: Tony Bennett 's Carnegie Hall debut? Kenny Burrell played guitar for them all. Even m: Jimi Hendrix ...
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