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The best singers don't merely cover Billie Holiday - they absorb her, carrying her torch a few yards more, keeping her flame alive for new generations. Former Supremes leader Diana Ross, who garnered a …
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Yes, she's the godmother to the ladies of neo-soul, but Billie Holiday's musical offspring range far and wide - much farther and wider than you'd ever expect. Born a mere eight months after Holiday, Fr …
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Perhaps no singer in the history of popular music did a better job at obliterating the lines between the professional and the personal, between art and life, than Billie Holiday. The stage was her conf …
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We often think of Billie Holiday as an almost mythic figure who inspired countless artists, but she didn't just appear out of the ether; fact is, she was inspired by some of the greatest jazz and blues …
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Here's how Billie Holiday the singer became Billie Holiday the legend: She was surrounded by, inspired by, challenged by the greatest artists not only of her era, but of any era. Sax legend Lester "Pre …
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You already know that Billie was her era's greatest singer; but what you might not know is that she was also one of her era's greatest songwriters. In the bittersweet melancholy of what became her sign …
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