Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday Reviews

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Description:Genre: Jazz - Swing / Artist: Billie Holiday / Audio CD released 1999-06-18 at Verve / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Say It Is ... more

Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday ... Isn't So
2 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
3 I Wished On The Moon
4 Always
5 Everything Happens To Me
6 Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me
7 Ain't Misbehavin'
8 Travellin' Light
9 I Must Have That Man
10 Some Other Spring
11 Lady Sings The Blues
12 Strange Fruit
13 God Bless The Child
14 Goodmorning Heartache
15 No Good Man
16 God Bless The Child

Newest Review: ... songs illustrates Billie's particular versatility. Between 1933 and 1944, she recorded over 200 "sides," but ... more

 ... she never received royalties for any of them. At the time she was better known for her live performances in Harlem dives, where no two evenings performances were the same. Billie laid great emphasis on her interpretations. The emotional intensity that she put into the words she sang is hauntingly memorable and has moved me to tears on many occasions. 'Lady sings the Blues' features the exquisite 'Strange Fruit', a protest against racial discrimination. Billie could rarely sing this song without cryin...more

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Lady Sings The Blues - Billie Holiday: It's not over.... (523 words)
by - written on 28/09/00, updated on  23/04/01 (Very useful, 211 readings)
Rating:

..Until lady sings the blues! Billie Holiday remains (nearly five decades after her death) the most famous of all jazz singers. "Lady Day", as she was named by Lester Young, had an unusual voice. Despite a lack of technical training, Holiday's unique diction, inimitable phrasing and acute dramatic intensity made her the most outstanding jazz singer of her day. Billie did not scat, she innovated the 'behind-the-beat' phrasing which is still so popular amoungst singers today. White gardenias, worn in her hair, became her trademark. For those of you unfamiliar with Billie's work - 'Lady sings the Blues' is a good place ...  Read the complete review

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