Celebrating Female Blues & Jazz Legends
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April 07, 1915 : Eleanora Fagan, a.k.a. Billie Holiday, "Lady Day" was born!
Beautiful face and beautiful voice. We remember you!
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Since many may not know it, Billie Holiday was fighting for Civil Rights before it was the "cool" thing to do. Here is an npr link to some of her life: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/07/397877385/billie-holiday-a-singer-beyond-our-understanding Also if anyone is interested in the story of Billie Holiday, I found the book: "Billie Holiday: The Strange Fruit Cafe Society, An Early Cry For Civil Rights,"by David Margolick It is the first book where I first understood her life and the times she lived in the segregated USA.
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Here are some flowers for Billie on her 100th birthday! Lord knows she paid her dues and helped pave the way!
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Happy Birthday Bessie Smith, "Empress of the Blues." Born this day in 1894. Died 1937. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out:
* continuing the celebration of the lives of the great female singers of Blues and Jazz! -
Happy Birthday to Ella Fitzgerald! April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996 Blue Skies
