Billie Holiday had reasons to sing the blues. Abandoned by her father and raised in Harlem by her often-unemployed mother, “we were starving,” Billie recalled. But she learned how to survive. At age ...
The actress said Billie Holiday "reinvigorated the civil rights movement." Andra Day opened up on playing renowned jazz singer Billie Holiday in "The United States Vs. Billie Holiday" during episode ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In March 1959, four months before her passing, Billie Holiday gave an ...
Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all ...
Billie Holiday's voice remains one of the most unique talents the world of music has ever experienced. As a jazz singer, her improvisational skills were unmatched. She was also a distinctly soulful ...
Everything you’ve head about Andra Day as Billie Holiday is true. Everything you've head about Andra Day's Golden Globe-nominated tour de force as Billie Holiday is true. It's the breakthrough star ...
TULSA, Okla. — The Woody Guthrie Center has a new exhibit that presents over 50 never-before-seen photos of the late jazz icon Billie Holiday. The exhibit opened on Oct. 11 and will be open until Jan.
Desiree Montes was “terrified” the first time she portrayed legendary singer Billie Holiday. That was back in 2014. Fast-forward a decade, and now Montes is set to play Holiday a fifth time in Theater ...