"I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know."
Billie Holiday
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“There's so much beauty in every note and there's so much to be discovered.”Cicely Parnas cello prodigy
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A photo of Billie and her beloved pet from a photo-shoot by William Gottlieb during Lady Day's 1947 stint at the Downbeat club. 1947 marked Lady Day's commercial peak as a top-earning performer...before a conviction for possessing narcotics landed her in Alderson Federal Prison Camp that May. Billie sang for a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall upon her 1948 release, but her bad rep led to her being banned from the high-paying Cabaret circuit for the rest of her life.
William Gottlieb | Library of Congress | public domain |
Bobby Tucker was Billie's accompanist from 1946 to 1949, but had to resign due to threats from Billie's lover, John Levy.
Ralph F. Seghers | CC BY-SA 2.0 |