Lady Sings the Blues - The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography (Paperback, -50th Anniversary ed.)

"Lady Sings the Blues" is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation. Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Holiday's rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem's club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie's life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of " Strange Fruit"; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday's tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.

General

Imprint:	Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Harlem Moon Classics
Release date:	July 2006
First published:	June 2006
Authors:	Billie Holiday • William Dufty
Foreword by:	David Ritz
Dimensions:	208 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	256
Edition:	-50th Anniversary ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7679-2386-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Composers & musicians
LSN:	0-7679-2386-3
Barcode:	9780767923866

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