When i first came to New York I had a room on west 87th street, off central park west, across from where Billie Holiday once lived. I’ll just go and put on some of her music. fine for a new york rainy afternoon.
Herman Leonard, Billie Holiday, NYC, 1949, (2007.90.65)
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Today is the 100th birthday anniversary of Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 and died on July 17, 1959 in New York City.
Herman Leonard website.
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A week long centennial broadcast can be heard on WKCR, here.
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Beginning with the Teddy Wilson led recordings, July 1935, continuing with the recordings made under Billie Holiday’s leadership, and all of the recordings with Lester Young, (including songs like “Twenty-Four Hours a Day,” “Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo,” “You Let Me Down,” “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You),” “I Cried for You,” “I Wished on the Moon,” “It’s Like Reaching for the Moon,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” “No Regrets,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” “Mean to Me,” “Me, Myself and…
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