This is my favorite performance of "Travelin' Light" and I think it's the best one that she ever gave out of her other live and studio recordings of it. It's just something about this performance of the song that I keep coming back to and I love the simple yet beautiful piano playing. And I love hearing her earrings jingle. Someone commented on this page that she still burns bright. I agree, she certainly does and always will.
I Think thi concert it was recorded in milan (italy ) in the last year of her life . her voice was quite distroied ma always full of phatos. Very rare document . Thanks for posting.
One of the saddest videos I've ever seen...Can anyone else see the deep Gut-wrenching pain in her eyes??? Or, Is it only me? She is near total grief-stricken sobbing......Gosh, it kills me. Diana Ross in Lady sings the blues..and not even an Emmy for her performance.....The most incredible performance I've ever seen. YET....does not even touch the pain in this beautiful woman's eyes. Those were not JUST words. She is devastated... beyond Hope...God please help her.
One of the saddest videos I've ever seen...Can anyone else see the deep Gut-wrenching pain in her eyes??? Or, Is it only me? She is near total grief-stricken sobbing......Gosh, it kills me. Diana Ross in Lady sings the blues..and not even an Emmy for her performance.....The most incredible performance I've ever seen. YET....does not even touch the pain in this beautiful woman's eyes. Those were not JUST words. She is devastated... beyond Hope...God please help her.
just utterly amazing....does anyone notice the EXPRESSIVENESS of her face when she sings? it's as if the entire story of her life, all the joys the sorrows, the highs and the lows can be read on her face; it just blows me away every time i see this video. such an amazing, talented and troubled woman.
@JeffRebornNow John, I want to suggest you listen to "Lady In Satin." I agree definitely that the voice was different and had a much harder edge, but Miss Billie still found a way to reach your heart and soul. I think both phases of her life had a magic and charm that always did justice to what she sang. Give it a chance and I think you'll hear it for yourself.
@JeffRebornNow True , but I care about this artist and feel the pain in some way, it's not just about the rendition. Atticus had it in "To Kill a Mockingbird" - "you don't understand a person until you get into their skin " can't explain it well but I appreciate this recording as well....
@JeffRebornNow i have all the recordingfrom beginniung toi end \
i wouldnt say her vocie was shot
buy rougher
but actually i think most of us who arre long term Billie fans realize her interpretive powers were actually better duroing this time period than when she was younger she put more depth intoher perfromances later in her career
This performance from Lady Day just shows how much of a genius that she was. Everytime I see a live performance from her my eyes are locked onto her face as she sings the lyrics bringing the audience to an emotional journey whether it be a ballad that is full of sadness and heartbreak or a song that swings that makes us snap our fingers and make our hearts full of excitement and eagerness. Whether she sings with a piano, acappella, or with strings you can't help but be entranced as she sings.
Of any vocal artist I have heard Billie had the greatest influence on me.This is an unknown quote I found about Lady "A voice like no other human sound ever brought to music." Ain't it the truth.
I totally agree with that quote and Billie Holiday was one of a kind! The way that she phrased the lyrics to a song, the way that she was able to express the lyrics of a song by digging deep into the meaning of the song and to be able to emote the feelings of a song to the audience are just some of the things that made her such a skillful artist and add so much to jazz. Billie Holiday is defintely influential and influenced many jazz singers and instrumentalists.
I have a quick question. There is a new Billie Holiday DVD out called "Billie's Blues: Her Best Performances on Film". I read that "Traveling Light" was on it but I wonder if this particular performance of this song is on it? I really would love to own this beautiful and heart breaking performance!
Yes, according to the Amazon listing, it does include this particular performance of Travelin' Light. It also includes most of her known television appearances in the 50s, including the BBC performance of Strange Fruit, the 1950 short with Count Basie, and her legendary 1957 televised performance of Fine and Mellow for CBS.
What makes Billie Holiday so unique is that peculiar voice that she has and though it didn't have much range like other singers she used it in such a unique way. Her phrasing, impeccable timing, putting so much emotion into the lyric, going behind the beat of the song, and the inflections she placed in her voice all made up for the little range that she had. I love this performance of Travelin' Light. You can hear and feel the pain and loneliness in her voice.
@ChickenGoujons Congratulations, my friend. You listened and found the heart and spirit of Miss Billie. What a joy to know that her legacy of beautiful songs are still reaching the hearts and minds of people who appreciate her artistry. I salute you!
So sad to think she only lived a short time after this filming. She left such a legacy to us in her ability to interpret a song and make it so believable, so hers. I had heard that she died with $750 cash pinned in her girdle. I hope she found the peace she so longingly wanted, she deserved so much better than she got.
thank you brian. what blows my mind is that the story goes Miss Billie walked into a club one night, broke and hungry and looking for any work that would give her a few bucks for some food. They asked her if she could sing and she agreed to try. The rest was history. It breaks my heart to think such an elegant woman was so down on her luck in the beginning, but thank God she took the chance and got up to sing. What an incredible legacy of music from this incredible soul. God bless her!
This was one of Miss Billie's signature songs. As far as I am concerned, it was hers alone, because no one else ever sang it the way she did. Listen, and you can feel every word of that song. Simply wonderful. Simply great. Simply beautiful, Miss Billie.
@evlog I also enjoy Anita O'Day's artistry. I think Miss Anita and Miss Billie both had a bunch of lousey breaks because of drug charges that took away their cabaret licenses to perform their artistry. They both had so much heart and soul in their music and, despite whatever personal problems they may have had, their music was always wonderful. For me, it has always been: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!" Two fabulous artists.
This clip has everything that Billie was: soulful, charismatic, a consummate performer, a deep spirit. A wonderful find... sixty years later, she still burns bright....
I'm absolutely mesmerized by this performance, as well as Billie in general. I feel SO blessed to know of her, and only wish I could have known her personally. She brightens my day, any day. Thank you, Lady Day.
This is one of my favorite songs by Billie. It was a huge hit for her and Paul Whiteman in 1942. In this clip she seems a little unnerved by the cameras, but is still magical.
Reminds me of my friend Selda, who met Billie in NYC when she was a young girl and her brother a nightclub promoter. She used to say she wanted to have a stereo installed at her crypt to play this song!
Thanx 4 posting....Wonderful view of Billie...!!..Not her greatest show but ....Damn her timing's always good even when its bad.......If only the rest knew how tall her shoulders were.
Some may see her off her head, I see her so very into the moment and using what is left of her abused god-given talents phenomenally well. Never been another like her, never will.
I'm tired of the drama queens running around calling themselves diva. Who cares? Miss Holiday was the real deal. She oooozed with soulfulness and pain and hope. And something the others have missed the boat on...compassion for others. Won't ever be another.
Gotta Love Billie Holiday, The version that Queen Latifah did on her album titled Trav'lin Light i liked much more but gotta appreciate the original for what it is!
Sorry, I meant to hit the thumbs up hand. I totally agree with you, Billie was the true essence of soul. the real "FUCKING" thing. Love me some Billie Holiday. Just heard her "What a little Moonlight Can Do" and she's rocking.
She performed the song on a French TV broadcast on 11/18/1958. The show was Music Hall Parade. The musicians were Mal Waldron on piano and Michel Gaudry on bass.
This looks like a screen test or home movie made shortly after WWII. Lady Day is still beautiful and what a gift it is that this film has been preserved. Thanks
i never write comments, but i was so moved by this performance, i had to make one- this is one of those youtube video gems that help remind us youtube is more powerful than exploading ass rockets or angry german kid playing unreal tournament. honestly, this is the best thing i've ever seen uploaded.
i just bought the album with thid song on her turns out shes not lip syncin i like this version better you know u can hear shes holding back on tears the studio recordings good but i like this one better more pain
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If you like the song then check out the great version (esp. sung live ) by british Singer Elkie Brooks who`s also done a great version of Strange Fruit
Je n'avais jamais vu cette vidéo auparavant. Billie Holiday est une femme ravissante, sa voix me bouleverse. Est-ce une réponse à l'existence que d'entendre pareille merveille ?
THE BEST JAZZ SINGER EVER... SHE IS SO SWEET AND TENDER. BILLIE WILL NEVER DIE!
sabatinochile 1 month ago
~ A talented, tormented lady sings a melancholic and sad song just like a lullaby, in a way that brings tears to my eyes ~
misshippyflippy 3 months ago 3
i love you billie- you take me back to my good memories of me and my grandparents- they made me feel loved-just like the way she makes everyone feel
romansadonis 3 months ago
Just so beautiful! Listening to her singing this song make me feel sad, but I really enjoy this sensation of sadness...
yuekunwu 3 months ago in playlist Billie Holiday-Travelin' Light
Rhythm ----- and Blues
ever so subtle
only Miss Billie coulod
hcwollaston 4 months ago
She's such a great storyteller.
Greennostalgic 4 months ago
Billie's delivery turns this into the most understated but saddest song ever written.
PonderingPig 5 months ago 5
Wow... so amazing! Love her.
erocksssmacsss 5 months ago
This composition is incredible, I don't know how all of this ethereal orchestration couldn't reduce somebody to tears...
KianiKings 6 months ago 11
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KianiKings 6 months ago
BILLIE EN EL OLYMPIA DE PARIS!!!!!!! ELLA
ES LA MEJOR!!!
sabatino77 6 months ago
excelente... ES LA MEJOR CANTANTE DE JAZZ
sabatino77 6 months ago
That's a tremendous performance! I love the way she rolls her eyes at 2:26
BillieJeanIs 7 months ago
awe billy
catythatzall4now 7 months ago
This is wonderfull, man.
GuilhermeSakuma 8 months ago
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you can hear her earrings.....and her soul!
likanyc 8 months ago
you can hear her earrings.....and her soul!
likanyc 8 months ago 3
@likanyc
This is my favorite performance of "Travelin' Light" and I think it's the best one that she ever gave out of her other live and studio recordings of it. It's just something about this performance of the song that I keep coming back to and I love the simple yet beautiful piano playing. And I love hearing her earrings jingle. Someone commented on this page that she still burns bright. I agree, she certainly does and always will.
MusicLoverBrian1 8 months ago 2
Hey Thank You Dude . . !
PassignanoTube 8 months ago
I Think thi concert it was recorded in milan (italy ) in the last year of her life . her voice was quite distroied ma always full of phatos. Very rare document . Thanks for posting.
bascolo50 9 months ago
can you watch this without crying? I can't...
Indeependance 9 months ago
This is one of the greatest voices that has ever sung a song.
Now ask yourself if someone walked out of stage of one of these talent tv shows with that voice what would you think would happen?
campocat 10 months ago
"Travelin' Light" written by Jimmy Mundy and Trummy Young lyrics by Johnny Mercer
TIBOBO2006 10 months ago
i love you love you so much my only sorrow is not being able to meet you in person
jrjrloreto 11 months ago
One of the saddest videos I've ever seen...Can anyone else see the deep Gut-wrenching pain in her eyes??? Or, Is it only me? She is near total grief-stricken sobbing......Gosh, it kills me. Diana Ross in Lady sings the blues..and not even an Emmy for her performance.....The most incredible performance I've ever seen. YET....does not even touch the pain in this beautiful woman's eyes. Those were not JUST words. She is devastated... beyond Hope...God please help her.
quirkyartist 11 months ago
@quirkyartist I was thinking that she looked a bit high.
drpreatorius 9 months ago
@drpreatorius.....Thats why I felt so bad for her drpreatoius.....she's in big trouble here. turns out she die only few months after this
quirkyartist 9 months ago
One of the saddest videos I've ever seen...Can anyone else see the deep Gut-wrenching pain in her eyes??? Or, Is it only me? She is near total grief-stricken sobbing......Gosh, it kills me. Diana Ross in Lady sings the blues..and not even an Emmy for her performance.....The most incredible performance I've ever seen. YET....does not even touch the pain in this beautiful woman's eyes. Those were not JUST words. She is devastated... beyond Hope...God please help her.
quirkyartist 11 months ago
Bellissimo documento!
sonopaolotorre 1 year ago
Wow, where did you find this? Thanks much!!!!!
rwoodlan1 1 year ago
omg! what a genius.
vidaripollen 1 year ago 3
One jewel...♫
NoDoyPieConBola 1 year ago 3
just utterly amazing....does anyone notice the EXPRESSIVENESS of her face when she sings? it's as if the entire story of her life, all the joys the sorrows, the highs and the lows can be read on her face; it just blows me away every time i see this video. such an amazing, talented and troubled woman.
darchylde612 1 year ago 8
Beautiful!
erika2012vsu 1 year ago
God, how I love this song and Billie's voice.
certificate18flix 1 year ago
does aNYONE KNOW THE YHEAR THIS WAS RECORDED???
triptoheaveandho 1 year ago
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robdagun 1 year ago
@triptoheaveandho, this performance was from a performance in November 1958 - Paris, France.
robdagun 1 year ago
@robdagun thank you so much!!!! i adore this video!
triptoheaveandho 1 year ago
@robdagun this was 1959 she was very ill here.She only had 4 or 5 months left to live
billie44 1 year ago
thank you billie we will never forget you, your voice sounds bad but your heart sing so beatifull. see you bille.
TheFeme2009 1 year ago
Such a beautiful woman w/ a sultry voice.
Thesupernova711 1 year ago 5
thank you so much.
psych3577 1 year ago
I love Billie
sammiyyah 1 year ago
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS BY HER .
evolgnuoy 1 year ago
This is so sad. Her voice was totally shot. Thank God for the recordings of the 30's and early 40's. Listen to those. She was whole then.
JeffRebornNow 1 year ago
@JeffRebornNow John, I want to suggest you listen to "Lady In Satin." I agree definitely that the voice was different and had a much harder edge, but Miss Billie still found a way to reach your heart and soul. I think both phases of her life had a magic and charm that always did justice to what she sang. Give it a chance and I think you'll hear it for yourself.
butfulmuzik 1 year ago 2
@JeffRebornNow True , but I care about this artist and feel the pain in some way, it's not just about the rendition. Atticus had it in "To Kill a Mockingbird" - "you don't understand a person until you get into their skin " can't explain it well but I appreciate this recording as well....
domcoltman 1 year ago
@JeffRebornNow i have all the recordingfrom beginniung toi end \
i wouldnt say her vocie was shot
buy rougher
but actually i think most of us who arre long term Billie fans realize her interpretive powers were actually better duroing this time period than when she was younger she put more depth intoher perfromances later in her career
triptoheaveandho 1 year ago
she is everything to me.wonderful, beautiful lady.her music is a pure magic.
analogR 1 year ago
She was definitely one of a kind. No one could replace her.
angelsview1st 1 year ago
What timing!! Lady Day was such an expressive vocalist . . .
paul51 1 year ago
This performance from Lady Day just shows how much of a genius that she was. Everytime I see a live performance from her my eyes are locked onto her face as she sings the lyrics bringing the audience to an emotional journey whether it be a ballad that is full of sadness and heartbreak or a song that swings that makes us snap our fingers and make our hearts full of excitement and eagerness. Whether she sings with a piano, acappella, or with strings you can't help but be entranced as she sings.
MusicLoverBrian1 1 year ago 3
Of any vocal artist I have heard Billie had the greatest influence on me.This is an unknown quote I found about Lady "A voice like no other human sound ever brought to music." Ain't it the truth.
loulou2lou 1 year ago
@loulou2lou
I totally agree with that quote and Billie Holiday was one of a kind! The way that she phrased the lyrics to a song, the way that she was able to express the lyrics of a song by digging deep into the meaning of the song and to be able to emote the feelings of a song to the audience are just some of the things that made her such a skillful artist and add so much to jazz. Billie Holiday is defintely influential and influenced many jazz singers and instrumentalists.
MusicLoverBrian1 1 year ago
@loulou2lou i couldn't have said it better myself....thank you!
darchylde612 3 months ago
I blow a thousand kisses to this wonderful woman.....
OscarLimaMike 1 year ago 4
I like this song but i dont really understand it.
will someone kindly explain it to me?
nora50 1 year ago
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
jrjrloreto 1 year ago
hmm this video is haunting
DHSDG 1 year ago
amazing how much feeling you can put out when after youve been bangin morphine
danielmjg518 1 year ago
I have a quick question. There is a new Billie Holiday DVD out called "Billie's Blues: Her Best Performances on Film". I read that "Traveling Light" was on it but I wonder if this particular performance of this song is on it? I really would love to own this beautiful and heart breaking performance!
MusicLoverBrian1 1 year ago
@MusicLoverBrian1
Yes, according to the Amazon listing, it does include this particular performance of Travelin' Light. It also includes most of her known television appearances in the 50s, including the BBC performance of Strange Fruit, the 1950 short with Count Basie, and her legendary 1957 televised performance of Fine and Mellow for CBS.
billiefan2001 1 year ago
@billiefan2001
Thanks! I'm glad that this beautiful performance of Travelin' Light is on the DVD . . . I can't wait to own it!
MusicLoverBrian1 1 year ago
This is pure beauty and NOTHING but beauty
gwozdezzz 1 year ago 4
beautiful with a ghostly quality to it, thanks for the posting it. did you know she was billy crystals babystitter.
drafe007 1 year ago 6
Amazing. I LOVE Lady Day!
AnnalisaAQ 1 year ago
she is simply beautiful...
zandriaaz 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL!
lovley7000 1 year ago 3
Love those earrings!
preteengallery 1 year ago 4
Billie's last few recordings have to be some of the most beautiful and painful in the history of recorded music. Such a peculiar and wonderful voice.
ChickenGoujons 1 year ago 3
@ChickenGoujons
What makes Billie Holiday so unique is that peculiar voice that she has and though it didn't have much range like other singers she used it in such a unique way. Her phrasing, impeccable timing, putting so much emotion into the lyric, going behind the beat of the song, and the inflections she placed in her voice all made up for the little range that she had. I love this performance of Travelin' Light. You can hear and feel the pain and loneliness in her voice.
MusicLoverBrian1 1 year ago 2
@MusicLoverBrian1
I totally agree. The most wonderfully expressive voice.
ChickenGoujons 1 year ago
@ChickenGoujons Congratulations, my friend. You listened and found the heart and spirit of Miss Billie. What a joy to know that her legacy of beautiful songs are still reaching the hearts and minds of people who appreciate her artistry. I salute you!
butfulmuzik 1 year ago
best of the best lady
ragouzi2007 1 year ago
no one but me, and my memories...... love this song from my Fave!
lalaa9000 1 year ago
Simply wonderful. Simply great. Simply beautiful!!!
nananatro 1 year ago 2
beautiful ..looks a littl high though..heh
maritimemoose 1 year ago
maravillosa voz que sin mayores estridencias comunica sentimientos y mucha pasion atraves del tiempo eterno .
susilindarock4ever 1 year ago
I agree...her vocal style was so different, yet hot!
RaceIsOpen 1 year ago 7
So sad to think she only lived a short time after this filming. She left such a legacy to us in her ability to interpret a song and make it so believable, so hers. I had heard that she died with $750 cash pinned in her girdle. I hope she found the peace she so longingly wanted, she deserved so much better than she got.
PJCoan 1 year ago 2
he said goodbye...and took my heart away....
NerdyNatalieSD 1 year ago 3
thank you brian. what blows my mind is that the story goes Miss Billie walked into a club one night, broke and hungry and looking for any work that would give her a few bucks for some food. They asked her if she could sing and she agreed to try. The rest was history. It breaks my heart to think such an elegant woman was so down on her luck in the beginning, but thank God she took the chance and got up to sing. What an incredible legacy of music from this incredible soul. God bless her!
butfulmuzik 1 year ago
This was one of Miss Billie's signature songs. As far as I am concerned, it was hers alone, because no one else ever sang it the way she did. Listen, and you can feel every word of that song. Simply wonderful. Simply great. Simply beautiful, Miss Billie.
butfulmuzik 1 year ago 54
@butfulmuzik Agreed!
ccaammiiittoo1 1 year ago
@butfulmuzik I'm quite fond of Anita O'day's version. I think she really puts feeling in it as well.
evlog 1 year ago
@evlog I also enjoy Anita O'Day's artistry. I think Miss Anita and Miss Billie both had a bunch of lousey breaks because of drug charges that took away their cabaret licenses to perform their artistry. They both had so much heart and soul in their music and, despite whatever personal problems they may have had, their music was always wonderful. For me, it has always been: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!" Two fabulous artists.
butfulmuzik 1 year ago
@butfulmuzik I agree with you entirely.
Both singers were constantly harrassed by the police, til the end.
Yet despite this, they shone through, and will always remain unforgettable.
rokedetbamidbar 1 year ago
@butfulmuzik how very eloquent of you to say that. i couldn't agree more.
darchylde612 1 year ago
@butfulmuzik
No one ever sang anything the way Billie did.
bizdingbat 10 months ago
i have a lot of her on 78' she was the blues for me to others Ella but for me this lady brought it home
TheFlameforTrouble 1 year ago
This is 1959 she had only about 8-10 weeks to live .This is in Paris
billie44 1 year ago
mysteriously enchanting woman, what a soul
bennbug 1 year ago 3
the way she interpret the songs, the shades of each single words she sings makes me crazy!
she comes from a different planet!!!
68shamoa 1 year ago 8
Wow! Thank you nerdhoe! I've never seen this clip before. How did you find this? It's wonderful! Thank you for sharing.
carbidvid 1 year ago
This is mesmerizing and Billie Holiday is simply fabulous. Thank you. :)
ashurian78 2 years ago 6
Thanks for posting this video ..
She looks and sounds really marvelous
nyjordy 2 years ago 4
The true power of Youtube.
Thank you so much, nerdhoe, for making this clip available!
uetzelbuetzel 2 years ago 6
I just love her voice...its all heart...........
julie4js 2 years ago 7
This clip has everything that Billie was: soulful, charismatic, a consummate performer, a deep spirit. A wonderful find... sixty years later, she still burns bright....
hsbrent 2 years ago 26
Seems so natural, so easy for her to be so completely and absolutely extraordinary...
Awesome.
thehappyhedonist 2 years ago 3
First time I've seen this, THANK YOU so much, Beautiful.
motekhall 2 years ago 3
Beautiful voice I ever heared!
MrEuclid71 2 years ago
lovely voice,performance...and my god....her eyes are so sexy!:D
xatzidakis 2 years ago 3
I'm absolutely mesmerized by this performance, as well as Billie in general. I feel SO blessed to know of her, and only wish I could have known her personally. She brightens my day, any day. Thank you, Lady Day.
dannessicity 2 years ago 4
whoa look how gorgeous she is...yikes...damn i cant get over how beautiful this woman is. girl with a voice nothin sexier
Horwitz86 2 years ago
rip...
ndizzott 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite songs by Billie. It was a huge hit for her and Paul Whiteman in 1942. In this clip she seems a little unnerved by the cameras, but is still magical.
Nd179 2 years ago
Only Ms Day can take these lyrics and sing it this way. I feel it.
Jazcamrob 2 years ago
She flying high here!
mkbell2003 2 years ago
She was a drug addict...OK, WE GOT IT!!!
gidgew3js 2 years ago 2
That may be... but she flyin' light.
LunaSeaSane 2 years ago 4
Die beste.
potatoepeter1 2 years ago
Reminds me of my friend Selda, who met Billie in NYC when she was a young girl and her brother a nightclub promoter. She used to say she wanted to have a stereo installed at her crypt to play this song!
R I P friend
mikado415 2 years ago
moving . . . takes one back . . .
switchsearch 2 years ago
Thanx 4 posting....Wonderful view of Billie...!!..Not her greatest show but ....Damn her timing's always good even when its bad.......If only the rest knew how tall her shoulders were.
deeplydippy22 2 years ago 4
Wonderful, just wonderful. I love Billie Holiday's voice, she's such a beautiful woman and singer.
ghawk83 2 years ago 2
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swanson6666 2 years ago 57
Some may see her off her head, I see her so very into the moment and using what is left of her abused god-given talents phenomenally well. Never been another like her, never will.
2baholic 2 years ago 5
She is hypnotic !!!
arthurjohnblond 2 years ago 6
She really looks like's she's off her head in this one. Amazing she could sing so well, considering.
boundsie99 2 years ago
I'm tired of the drama queens running around calling themselves diva. Who cares? Miss Holiday was the real deal. She oooozed with soulfulness and pain and hope. And something the others have missed the boat on...compassion for others. Won't ever be another.
swanson6666 2 years ago 4
i love the sound of her aerrings it makes her alive again beautiful wonderful billie
analogR 2 years ago 4
I will always love this woman... phenomenal, just phenomenal
masimmons7 2 years ago 2
BB
la cantante más auténtica.
te amo billie
kufisto 2 years ago
that makes me fuckin cry!!!!
billie is awesome
willy1986tralara 2 years ago 3
Gotta Love Billie Holiday, The version that Queen Latifah did on her album titled Trav'lin Light i liked much more but gotta appreciate the original for what it is!
TMWatkinz1 2 years ago 2
ty so much
cheers
CharlieCheers 2 years ago
the fucking REAL THING!!!
gwozdezzz 2 years ago
Sorry, I meant to hit the thumbs up hand. I totally agree with you, Billie was the true essence of soul. the real "FUCKING" thing. Love me some Billie Holiday. Just heard her "What a little Moonlight Can Do" and she's rocking.
MahoganyArchives 2 years ago 4
When was this filmed?
MyMusiclover15 2 years ago
She performed the song on a French TV broadcast on 11/18/1958. The show was Music Hall Parade. The musicians were Mal Waldron on piano and Michel Gaudry on bass.
fjstev 2 years ago 4
at 1;54, I'm pretty sure you can hear her eariings tingle...
skylarkingz 2 years ago 5
i'm crying
skylarkingz 2 years ago 2
It sounded wobbly at the start but wow.
It makes you cry.
peteressex 2 years ago 2
i think this song is my favourite out of all the ones i've heard her sing. and hers is always my favourite version, whatever the song (:
methogonzo 2 years ago
This looks like a screen test or home movie made shortly after WWII. Lady Day is still beautiful and what a gift it is that this film has been preserved. Thanks
foreverlarge 2 years ago 2
Soooo BEAUTIFUL !!
THX 4 SHARING :~)
mssquirrely 2 years ago 2
What a fantastic video! Lady Day in all of her musical glory! Thanks for sharing this.
novembertalespinner 2 years ago 2
she encapsulates beauty and sadness that is on a much deeper and higher plane no other human being has been able to project.
lucieblack 2 years ago 6
encapsulate.. ive learned something new today
thadatabass 2 years ago
fantástica, you see her with your mouth open , no breathing, holding your tears.
Que Dios te cuide siempre querídisima
Billie.
fernan555ify 2 years ago
WOW!!!!!! a million stars!!!!! *****
MillerMusicStudiosTV 2 years ago
Oh, man. Where you did get this ? Thank you !
hypertest 2 years ago
sing it lady!
jahlaune 2 years ago
what a treasure, it is now in my memory.
holidaycindy 2 years ago
This in 1959 she died less than 3-4 months after this.She is very ill in this video.
billie44 2 years ago
puro corazon y sentimiento un angel.
MrTeo622 2 years ago
God through a woman's voice
oumunian 2 years ago 4
overwealming..
0742080636 2 years ago
unbelievable pain
gwozdezzz 2 years ago
Thanks sooo much for this video, it's stunning to see her.
And to all you fans outthere, remember she wasn't that poor woman they always show.
She had a career, made money, wore fur coats etc., something which most black people in those days didn't have.
But like so many she was unlucky in love, that's why we love her so much I guess.
Beautiful Billie!!!
universuale 2 years ago
jvorreuter= i concur.
hiboz 2 years ago
BILLLIE FOREVER !!!!!
frankbar007 2 years ago
IT SEEMS LIKE A AWESOME SONG TODAY!!!
frankbar007 2 years ago
SO, SO REAL, EVEN THE EARRINGS NOISE !
frankbar007 2 years ago
wow she is so beautifulfull on here. what a amazing voice and so sad.
pilomaya2012 2 years ago
gracias Billie.
quefarsa 2 years ago
her timing always makes my head explode
you cant sing with her, her way of singing is simply inimitable
theblueangel28 2 years ago 4
people imitating her makes my head want to explode
1babae 2 years ago 2
i agree
its painful
theblueangel28 2 years ago
billie will you marry me?
dyterdyter 2 years ago 2
i never write comments, but i was so moved by this performance, i had to make one- this is one of those youtube video gems that help remind us youtube is more powerful than exploading ass rockets or angry german kid playing unreal tournament. honestly, this is the best thing i've ever seen uploaded.
jvorreuter 2 years ago 9
she simply wrings my heart dry with that rendition. love her
1trackBrian 2 years ago 5
there for the grace of god go I and anyone else who has been through things... after my son died.. I have felt like this everyday
kwoolr 2 years ago 4
i just bought the album with thid song on her turns out shes not lip syncin i like this version better you know u can hear shes holding back on tears the studio recordings good but i like this one better more pain
eugenehilter09 2 years ago 2
great footage love billie rip
rosadavismusic 2 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
If you like the song then check out the great version (esp. sung live ) by british Singer Elkie Brooks who`s also done a great version of Strange Fruit
demonfinder 2 years ago
Wow! You Tube is a gift from God!
beautifulgirlify1 2 years ago 2
Great...never knew this version existed. My favorite is by Shirley Horn.
acie1972 2 years ago
thanks god for youtube and who posted.
How wonderful to get to see this so many years letter
SDESPRADEL 2 years ago
Je n'avais jamais vu cette vidéo auparavant. Billie Holiday est une femme ravissante, sa voix me bouleverse. Est-ce une réponse à l'existence que d'entendre pareille merveille ?
petugue 2 years ago 2
this is amazing once i read a book about drugs and music through history and i felt amazed about the life of billie. that was sad..
stratoplasma 2 years ago
nobody can sing the blues like Billie Holiday did
aintrobin 2 years ago 2
it's too bad she died a poor drug addict.
keohane4444 2 years ago
Fantastica... Unica Billie.
Raphaelvoice 2 years ago
stunning!
framsey1 2 years ago
i really like billie. she is one of the best jazz singer.
sugahebony 2 years ago