Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer

McGee, Meredith Coleman and Shaunte, Tawanna

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Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer

McGee , Meredith Coleman and Shaunte, Tawanna

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Book excerpt Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer – Chapter Seven Legacy

Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography Lady Sings the Blues was made into a firm Lady Sings the Blue in 1972 starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams.

March 5, 2020. Time magazine listed 1939: Billie Holiday – 100 Women of the Year.

February 26, 2021, Andra Day portrayed Billie Holiday in the biopic The United States v. Billie Holiday. The film was Directed by Lee Daniels. Andra Day won a Golden Globe for her performance.

March 21, 2021, The Billie Holiday Theatre was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Pres. Joe Biden. Theatre President and CEO Blondel A. Pinnock accepted the medal on behalf of Billie Holiday.

On January 1, 2023, Rolling Stone magazine listed Billie Holiday as #4 on its 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list.