holiday, billie

Chronicles the life and singing career of Billie Holiday, revealing her strenth, insecurities, wit, warmth and her outstanding musicianship.

Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse.

A biography of singer Billie Holiday by Jazz historian John Chilton.

Using archival footage, historic photographs, filmed performances, and recorded interviews with musicians and historians, this ten part documentary series explores the history of jazz and its influence on American music.

Billie Holiday is one of the most beloved American musicians to this day, and a prominent artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Learn about the challenges she faced and the fame she gained as a result of her unique sound.

"Discover how two outsiders--Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants--combined their talents to create a song that challenged racism and paved the way for the civil rights movement"--Dust jacket.

American jazz singer Billie Holiday tells her life story, discussing her childhood in Baltimore, her rise to fame, her encounters with racism, and her heroin addiction. Includes a ten-track tribute CD featuring such artists as Babyface, Patti Austin, Shelby Lynne, and Erin Boheme.

Chronicles the life and singing career of Billie Holiday, revealing her strenth, insecurities, wit, warmth and her outstanding musicianship.

Analyzes the performances, words, and lives of African-American blues artists Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, and attempts to explore the feminist implications of their recorded music. Includes original transcriptions of the lyrics of all available recordings by Rainey and Smith.

Traces the history of "Strange Fruit," a controversial ballad about a lynched African-American man hanging from a tree, popularized by jazz singer Billie Holiday in the 1940s.