Lady Day is dead.

Retrospective biography of Black jazz singer Billie Holiday, nicknamed "Lady Day," her music and the seminal influence she had on the American music scene. Born Eleanora Fagan, Holiday's childhood and early performances are described as Lillian McKinney reads passages from Holiday's autobiography "L...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) (Radio producer, Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (Performer)
McKinney, Lillian (Speaker)
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (Speaker)
Horne, Lena (Speaker)
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 (Speaker)
Schiffman, Frank, -1974 (Speaker)
Edwards, Lloyd (Narrator)
Heyward, Bill (Narrator)
Kennedy, Herb (narrrator.)
Sorkin, Dan (Narrator)
Language:English
Subjects:
Holiday, Billie, > 1915-1959.
African American jazz musicians > Biography.
African American singers > Biography.
Holiday, Billie, > 1915-1959 > Influence.
Music > United States.
Music > Performance.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:1 audio file (2 hr., 1 min., 20 sec.)
Format: Audio Software

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