She lighted a Chesterfield, and began speaking rapidly, between short, reflective pauses. Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography Billie Holiday, William Dufty Limited preview - 2011.
Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz. But they were poor kids, Mom and Pop, and when you’re poor you grow up fast.’ “Billie turned her eyes to us, smiled, and her frown disappeared. Perfect for fans of The United States vs. They’d never heard of things like that going on in our part of Baltimore. ‘Mom’s and Pop’s parents just about had a fit when it happened. In it Billie was asked to talk about her life, and she began by saying that she was born in Baltimore in 1915 of parents who were ‘just a couple of kids.’ When asked what she meant by that, she replied: “‘Mom was 13 … and Pop was 15.’ She paused. …”The opening line of the book, ‘Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married,’ was reshaped from the 1945 PM article. Born to a single mother in 1915 Baltimore.
It contained the title track, which also became. Co-written with author and journalist William Dufty at a point when much had already been written about her, it is titled Lady Sings the Blues. Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century. Lady Sings the Blues (Clef Records MG C-721) was one of the last great studio albums by Billie Holiday. Legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday’s autobiography is considered an American classic.
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