In 1959, Billie Holiday was approaching her mid-40s at half her weight in her prime, 100 pounds; dying from cirrhosis of the liver from constant alcohol abuse; plagued by an intermittent heroin habit; ...
On July 17, 1958, exactly one year before she died, Billie Holiday performed on the television show “Art Ford’s Jazz Party.” Ford, like most jazz lovers, was a Holiday devotee, and he almost sounds ...
Many of the myths imposed upon her during her lifetime persist, particularly those that linger around her early death. It’s worth ticking a few off here, for the record. Holiday was not a tragic ...
I'm Farai Chideya and this is NEWS & NOTES. (Soundbite of "Swing, Brother, Swing") CHIDEYA: Here's Billie Holiday from 1933. The song: "Swing, Brother, Swing." (Soundbite of "Swing, Brother, Swing") ...
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