#BIllyHoliday - a legend.

https://youtu.be/yczvZyzOXKA?si=Y-M771MOEfh9O_AH

Useless quote for 11 Mar:

"You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave."

~ Billy Holiday, in her autobiography "Lady Sings the Blues", 1956

#UselessQuote #BillyHoliday

“Each night, Holiday would perform the song only once, without an encore, after which the lights would go out. Not everyone was impressed. Some of the cafe’s patrons promptly stood up and walked out as she began to sing it, but the power and audacity of the performance wowed others in the crowd.”

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-billie-holidays-strange-fruit/17738/

#music #billyholiday #strangefruit #history #america #racism

Some Abbey Lincoln for #jazz friends. A musical career that spanned from #BillyHoliday - adding lyrics to #Monk Bluemonk #BlackLiberation #civilrights with #WeInsist! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Lincoln - videos to follow

Billie Holiday performing “Strange Fruit” at Café Society (NYC’s first integrated nightclub) - 1939

#history #historic #music #billyholiday #segregation #racism