terça-feira, 7 de abril de 2015

LADY SINGS THE BLUES



A Century of a Lady

BILLIE AT 100

painting by Toronto artist Jody Hewgill

 photo-Herman-Leonard
Billie Holiday and Hazel Scott

Billie Holiday cooks a steak for her dog Mister in her apartment in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Photo: Herman Leonard (1949)photos via PinterestDAzulterrA
Birth name: Eleanora Fagan Gough

Name change: Changed her name to “Billie Holiday” because of her admiration for film star “Billie Dove.” She was also known as “Lady Day.”

Occupation: Legendary jazz singer

Born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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