Billie Holiday News and Photos

Alexandra Burke Announces 'Lady Sings The Blues' Residence At London's Royal Albert Hall

Mon, March 25 2013 2:31pm - Source: Stereoboard

X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke is to take residence in Royal Albert Halls Elgar Room for her own unique concert version of 'Lady Sings The Blues'.

Billie: Billie Holiday aka "Lady Day"

Fri, November 16 2012 7:45am - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever. She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fine and Mellow", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing "Easy Living", "Good Morning Heartache", and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and was made famous with her 1939 recording.

Soundtrack For 'Arbitrage' Includes Score By Cliff Martinez, Songs By Bjork, Billie Holiday & More

Sun, September 02 2012 3:57pm - Source: The Playlist

If it's one thing we love, it's a great Richard Gere performance.

Warpaint "Billie Holiday (Sei A Edit)"

Fri, February 24 2012 7:30pm - Source: XLR8R

For one reason or another, Sei A (pictured above), one of the more recent names to appear on Tiga's Turbo imprint, decided to try his hand at reworking Warpaint 's "Billie Holiday."

Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong – The Blues Are Brewin

Tue, February 21 2012 4:22pm - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

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Bicycle Music strikes deal for Billie Holiday rights

Wed, February 15 2012 5:59pm - Source: Music Week

The deal struck by the full-service independent music publisher, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles, also takes in name, image, likeness and life rights for Holiday who passed away in 1959 aged 44.

Sunday Records

Sun, December 18 2011 10:33pm - Source: KinoSport

Spent the afternoon at the record store, flipping through crates of musty cardboard sleeves while listening to the guys behind the counter argue about T-Bone Walker.

SONY MUSIC’S POPMARKET.COM PRESENTS COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTIONS BY THE GREATEST NAMES IN JAZZ

Sun, November 27 2011 4:03am - Source: MOG

Call it the Ultimate Jazz Festival, as Sony Music's PopMarket.com website presents Complete Album Collections on Columbia Records and RCA Records (spanning the 1950s to the '00s) by the greatest names in modern jazz - the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Return To Forever, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Grover Washington Jr., and Weather Report (all on Columbia); and Paul Desmond and Nina Simone (on RCA).

BluesOnAMonday - Don't Explain

Mon, October 03 2011 3:37pm - Source: MOG

One of music's most powerful female voices and one of the world's greatest guitar players come together on the new album Don't Explain, featuring soulful covers that both celebrate and rethink the original recordings.

Watch: Warpaint – Billie Holiday (Rough Trade Session)

Wed, September 21 2011 12:26pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

(Arguably) everybody's favourite ladies, the brilliant and spellbinding Warpaint recently recorded a series of songs in session for our country's most dear record shop, Rough Trade (less easy to argue on that one).

Warpaint – “Billie Holiday” (Deluxe Edition)

Thu, August 11 2011 5:02pm - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

In 2008 when all girl art rockers Warpaint released their debut EP Exquisite Corpse , it was bound to receive attention from a rather large following due to the involvement of one John Frusciante, who produced the record.

Warpaint: "Billie Holiday"

Wed, August 10 2011 8:38pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

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Check Out: Warpaint reworks “Billie Holiday” (prod. John Frusciante)

Wed, August 10 2011 4:40pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

L.A.-based all-girl shoegaze quartet Warpaint recently re-recorded their song "Billie Holiday" with producer and ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers axeman John Frusciante.

Giveaway Reminder: Win the Billie Holiday Tribute CD!

Tue, July 05 2011 2:49pm - Source: Muruch

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Giveaway: Win The Billie Holiday Tribute CD!

Thu, June 30 2011 1:55pm - Source: Muruch

Muruch and ROMO*PR are giving away one copy of the new A Tribute To Billie Holiday CD, which features Esperanza Spalding, Shelby Lynne, Babyface and other modern artists covering several Billie Holiday classics.

Various Artists: A Tribute To Billie Holiday

Thu, June 23 2011 3:21pm - Source: Muruch

Billie Holiday is my favorite singer of all time, any time.

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

Thu, February 17 2011 2:20am - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

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Billie Holiday / Comes Love

Wed, December 15 2010 9:46pm - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

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Top 10 Billie Holiday Songs

Fri, October 08 2010 7:35pm - Source: AOL Radio Blog

Topical songs typically don't become popular, so it's doubly remarkable that this song (written by Abel Meeropol under the pen name Lewis Allan) became so famous.