Billie Holiday "The Golden Years" 3x LP Box Set EX 6-Eye Mono Ella Fitzgerald
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Billie Holiday "The Golden Years" 3xLP Box Set Columbia Records C3L 21 (US)
Vinyl is EX, Jackets EX, Box Has minor wear!
Out of Print!
Track Listing:A1 Your Mother's Son-In-Law A2 Riffin' The Scotch A3 Them There Eyes A4 These Foolish Things A5 Did I Remember? A6 No Regrets A7 A Fine Romance A8 Easy To Love B1 The Way You Look Tonight B2 Pennies From Heaven B3 That's Life I Guess B4 I Can't Give You Anything But Love B5 This Year's Kisses B6 Why Was I Born? B7 The Mood That I'm In B8 I'll Never Be The Same C1 Without Your Love C2 Swing! Brother, Swing! C3 They Can't Take That Away From Me C4 Getting Some Fun Out Of Life C5 Trav'lin' All Alone C6 When You're Smiling C7 If Dreams Come True C8 I Can't Get Started D1 Back In Your Own Back Yard D2 On The Sentimental Side D3 When A Woman Loves A Man D4 You Go To My Head D5 The Very Thought Of You D6 That's All I Ask Of You D7 Dream Of Life D8 Long Gone Blues E1 Some Other Spring E2 The Man I Love E3 Ghost Of Yesterday E4 Body And Soul E5 I'm Pulling Through E6 Tell Me More E7 Laughing At Life E8 Time On My Hands F1 Georgia On My Mind F2 Romance In The Dark F3 All Of Me F4 God Bless The Child F5 Am I Blue? F6 I Cover The Waterfront F7 Love Me Or Leave Me F8 Gloomy Sunday
Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills, which made up for her limited range and lack of formal music education. There were other jazz singers with comparable talent, but Holiday had a voice that captured the attention of her audience.
After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by the producer John Hammond, who commended her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick Records in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson yielded the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia Records and Decca Records. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall, but her reputation deteriorated because of her drug and alcohol problems.
Though she was a successful concert performer throughout the 1950s with two further sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall, Holiday's bad health, coupled with a string of abusive relationships and ongoing drug and alcohol abuse, caused her voice to wither. Her final recordings were met with mixed reaction to her damaged voice but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin, was released in 1958. Holiday died of cirrhosis of the liver on July 17, 1959. A posthumous album, Last Recording, was released following her death.
Much of Holiday's material has been rereleased since her death. She is considered a legendary performer with an ongoing influence on American music. She is the recipient of four Grammy awards, all of them posthumous awards for Best Historical Album. Holiday herself was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1973. Lady Sings the Blues, a film about her life, starring Diana Ross, was released in 1972. She is the primary character in the play and later the film Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill; the role was originated by Reenie Upchurch in 1986 and was played by Audra McDonaldon Broadway (she received a Tony Award for her performance) and in the film.
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