*Show of hands* Who here owns or has owned a Billie Holiday album?

[progmom]

It's her birthday today!!


April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959

[RubyDuby in GA]

1. Me Me Me

Soothes the soul.........

[flamingyouth]

2. Waving hands frantically

:hi:

[peekaloo]

3. Me!

[underpants]

4. We put one of her songs on our wedding album

Very good

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. I have 13 of her albums

Happy Birthday Lady Day!

[bertha katzenengel]

6. :wave:

God bless Lady Day.

[demnan]

7. I do

I bought one of her albums which was released when they put out the Jazz series on PBS.

That song, "Strange Fruit" is about the most haunting thing I can think of.

[livetohike]

8. Me too! In honor of Lady Day

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
’i love you’
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peepin’ through
He’ll get bored
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh

What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Wickerman]

9. Me!

several, actually

[Lavender Brown]

10. Sure, several

I'm more of an Ella fan though... not that they are in competition or anything!

[liberalitch]

11. LP and CD.....

Me and the lady go way back

[BlueJazz]

12. I do! eom

[SarahB]

13. Me!

:hi:

[JimmyJazz]

14. Me!

I have that lovely box set that was released a few years ago!

[progmom]

27. which boxed set?

columbia?


commodore?


decca?


verve?

[JimmyJazz]

28. Decca

:hi:

[progmom]

29. lovely stuff!

:hi:

[Bridget Burke]

15. Several LP's, a couple of CD's...

And that's not enough.

Such a hard life--but so much beauty & joy...

[CO Liberal]

16. I Have a CD Called "4 By 4"

It contains four songs by Ella Fitzgerald, four by Billie Holiday, four by Dinah Washington, and four by Sarah Vaughan.



Ella Fitzgerald
1. A Tisket, A Tasket
2. Mack The Knife
3. Mr. Paganini
4. How High The Moon

Billie Holiday
5. God Bless The Child
6. Strange Fruit
7. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
8. Good Morning, Heartache

Sarah Vaughan
9. Misty
10. Lullaby Of Birdland
11. Lover Man
12. Lush Life

Dinah Washington
13. The Bitter Earth
14. Ubforgettable
15. Mad About The Boy
16. What A Difference A Day Makes

http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=list&pid=10015

[Bouncy Ball]

17. Happy Birthday Billie!

I bought a CD of hers right before our tenth wedding anniversary. We had a hotel room in Dallas (the Doubletree, I think?) and I brought a little CD player and we danced to her singing in the hotel room for quite a while. Very romantic.

[notadmblnd]

18. I have two in my CD player in my car

I'll have to listen to her today in honor of her B-day.

[freebird1]

19. me

:hi:

[babylonsister]

20. Me, too- her 'Golden Hits' CD.

She was a class act and a great singer!

[jpgray]

21. I just played Lady in Satin a little while ago (nt)

[Rainbowreflect]

22. Me!

[msanthrope]

23. Me, Me,, Me.....

"I Cover the Waterfront." best ballad ever!!

[mark414]

24. happy birthday billie

i just might have to throw on a couple albums tonight

[Beetwasher]

25. I Have The Box Set

It is sensational! And I got it for free because I worked for Sony and, well, got just about everything for free :evilgrin:

[stopbush]

26. I own her 10-CD set on Verve.

Pretty great.

[Arugula Latte]

30. Moi

nt

[RevolutionaryActs]

31. I wuv Billie.

Happy Brithday to her. :party:

[Laughing Mirror]

32. Happy Birthday Sophisticated Lady

She would be 90. Born in Baltimore, although she had Philadelphia as date of birth on passport. Baltimore childhood memories must have been too painful, so she just erased it as her place of birth.

[MissMillie]

33. I do!

a "greatest hits"

what a sad voice she had.

[callous taoboy]

34. absolutely

[jukes]

35. lovely lady!

but such a sad personal life.

I do own some reprints of her work.

[Skittles]

36. I had one but I'm not sure what happened to it

I think I left it with an ex who just loved it; thanks, I've been meaning to buy another one.

Some interesting trivia about her:

She died with 70 cents in the bank and $750 strapped to her leg -- a reminder of her life-long fear of poverty.

In 1959, narcotic addiction was a crime, not an illness. She was arrested on her deathbed.

Billie had no cabaret card and this kept her from working in New York City clubs for the last 12 years of her life.

Her given name was Eleanora -- "Billie" came from silent screen star Billie Dove.

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (under the category Early Influence).

Posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "God Bless The Child" (1976), "Strange Fruit" (1978), "Lover Man" (1989), and "Lady In Satin" (2000)

Made her recording debut on "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" (1933) with Benny Goodman.

Was the common-law wife of trumpeter Joe Guy (1951-1957), but they always identified themselves to people as husband and wife. She was separated from her last husband, Louis McKay, at the time of her death.

Her grandfather was one of 17 children born to a black Virginia slave and her white Irish master.

At the time of her birth, her mother, Sadie Fagan (born Sarah Harris), was just 13. Her father, Clarence Holiday, was 15. It's uncertian if they ever married. Clarence abandoned Sadie when Billie was an infant.

Ranked #6 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Cousin of former boxing champion turned minister Henry Armstrong.

[RetroLounge]

37. Hell Yeah!

RL

[Bullwinkle925]

38. Yup - I do. Happy Birthday Miss Billie.

[SamanthaJones]

39. Yep -- I've got a couple of her CD's

She's inimitable.