Name: The Rough Guide to Billie Holiday
Brand: Billie Holiday

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2019-09-27

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Billie Holiday

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Jazz

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Rough Guide

Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, was an iconic American jazz singer and songwriter. With her soulful voice and unique phrasing, she became one of the most influential vocalists in the history of jazz music. Known for her emotionally charged performances, Holiday's songs often explored themes of love, heartbreak, and social injustice.
Raised in a troubled environment, Holiday found solace in music from a young age. She began singing in Harlem nightclubs before catching the attention of record producer John Hammond. Her career took off with hits like "Strange Fruit," which addressed racial inequality.
Despite facing personal struggles and battling addiction throughout her life, Billie Holiday left an indelible mark on the world of music. Her distinctive style continues to inspire generations of artists today.

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Arguably the most iconic and lastingly influential jazz singer of all time, Billie Holiday expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. With accompaniment by some of the finest bands of the era, these classic tracks were recorded during her creative heyday when her voice was at its potent.

Includes the iconic ‘Strange Fruit’, hailed as the song that gave birth to the civil rights movement. Holiday’s emotive voice, innovative techniques and touching songs continue to inspire artists the world over. Accompaniment from the finest bands of the era led by the likes of Teddy Wilson, Artie Shaw and Count Basie and featuring the delightful duet with Louis Armstrong ‘My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash’.

Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques, Billie Holiday not only sang the blues - she lived them.

Tracks: Good Morning Heartache / Body And Soul / I Loves You Porgy / Now They Call It Swing / I Hear Music / You’re My Thrill / All Of Me / My Man / Un l The Real Thing Comes Along / The Very Thought Of You / Fine And Mellow / I Go a Right To Sing The Blues / Trav’lin’ Light / Swing Brother Swing / St Louis Blues / You Go To My Head / Embraceable You / Any Old Time / As Time Goes By / He’s Funny That Way / Lover, Come Back To Me / I’m Yours / My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash / Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man / Strange Fruit