I hope someone out there can bring back all this music. I feel like Adele and Michael Bublé are trying, but I think that there can never be too many jazz singers nowadays :)
how did the music change so quickly? why cant we have music like this ? some of my friends dont even know who billie holiday is. Its a shame but the world is like this nowadays
Billie can sing a "Torch" song like few others; you can feel the pain in her voice and the resignation that she has lost someone who was close to her in every way.
Luv Billie. She is the reason why I am singer today. Check out Vonne' new upcoming songtress. Share with family and friends. Leave comments as well. Peace and luv,
She had a mesmerising voice, Sad that she was swindled out of her money ,died with $0.70 in her bank account and cirossis of the liver.Sad to think that she died in such a fashion ,during a time that a black performer could have been lynched for being black.We lost a great talent too soon.
Jazz singers made the songs they sang their own, you can notice the character they bring to the song, very few singers nowaays can do that. That s why I will always love jazz.
This song fits her range so well. On the album she sounds rich and moody and I miss her music for that richness. All of the visual footage was not available to the consumer in the early 90's. It's great to see it hear now.
If you've read anything about B.H. this song is her coming to terms with dealing with her emotional pain using a drug as the alternative. She should never be demonized for this, but empathized with; and that's not an excuse...remember history and what a ground-breaker this great performer was. RIP LADY DAY!
Thanks so so much for posting! Listening to Billie makes me cry. She is so beautiful and magnificent and sooo sad! I wish I could hug her. I wish it was live footage too, but I'm not bitching!
please people! when u put up a video and claim its LIVE... make dam sure you have a LIVE peice of footage to show us!! This is irratating to say the least. wasting my dam time!
@TheParamountPrincess Saying live in regards to a piece of music only implies that it was recorded live, not necessarily that they have live footage. Maybe it would be nice if they listed it as "recorded live" or something for clarity, but technically it's correct to label it as live. Besides, I really doubt there would be video footage of this live...
@TheParamountPrincess AMEN MAMI! I WAS TRAGICALLY DISAPPOINTED TO NOT SEE THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE. THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS THAT MANY FOLKS ON HERE ARE ILLITERATE AND COULDN'T WRITE THEIR WAY OFF OF A DAMNED CHALKBOARD. AY AY AY!
@TheParamountPrincess I agree. Every musical soundtrack is recorded "live." But it's misleading to say this video is "live," leading people to think they will see actual footage of the artist's performance.
@BretEmilio Who had more of a just-plain-old-right to sing the blues than The Lady Day, I ask you???! She had more class in the pinkie than some will EVER have in their entire being...Long live The Queen! xo p.
Gee I dont know how she can still smile while her life's like shit.Her man cheated on her, was forced to have sex with an old man,kicked out of her house because she can't afford to pay the rent and the list goin on and on man.Maybe that's why people call her and address her as lady Day.I dont think we will have a singer who compare with her.There are a lot of people sang her song and tried to become her but nobody managed to do it.R.I.P Billie Holiday,may god bless ur soul and thank u.
Gee I dont know how she can still smile while her life's like shit.Her man cheated on her, was forced to have sex with an old man,kicked out of her house because she can't afford to pay the rent and the list goin on and on man.Maybe that's why people call her and address her as lady Di.I dont think we will have a singer who compare with her.There are a lot of people sang her song and tried to become her but nobody managed to do it.R.I.P Billie Holiday,may god bless ur soul and thank u.
truly good music will last and inspire people for generations......some of the singers of today are placed on legendary status too soon and hyped up too fast....in less than 3 or 4 years they are already has beens because the music industry chose them to be legends not the public....remember the Jonas Brothers hype...comparing them to the legendary Beatles..now Justin Bieber compared to Michael Jackson???go figure
Dr. Dick feels that the African poo-colored monkey race expects everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. Jobs, housing, welfare…You see, I dislike that dark hand in my pocket, and my nice white children do as well.
As for Billie Holiday…well she had a voice, I‘ll give her that. Shame she was so dark, though.
@Geographylovers If the music is truly good, it will recognize no boundaries. I am 57 years old.. I love Ms. Holliday as well as Kid Rock, Hank Williams SR. as well as Motley Crue. Merle Haggard and George Jones as well as Garbage and the bone thugs. But I have to say that as a young person such as yourself, it is refreshing to hear that you didn't need the opinions of your peers to make up your mind for you. Good on yas.
I discovered Billie Holiday in high school, and haven't looked back since. Her voice just relaxes me like no other singer can. Who hasn't awaken with a broken heart?
@aliza1407 I agree with you. I just want to take a mug of hot herbal tea, find the most comfortable chair I can find, and just listen to her voice caress against my ears and relax.
@hihosilverlining2 Etta is great, but this is Billie's song all the way. It was written especially for her and her initial 1946 recording for Decca is iconic and can't be be surpassed--IMHO.
Beautiful song beautiful lady. Heres a small bit of truth..did you guys know that when these songs were written they went someplace,I cant remember what it was called but the white singers got first pick so a lot of songs lady day sings were songs nobody wanted...she made these songs that nobody wanted to sing famous with that voice
@GroupieVee It is too bad. But times were different. Drug abuse was viewed as a crime, instead of an illness. She had a very tormented life. Today she would have had the option to get help. But still beautiful lady, beautiful soul, beautiful voice.
i'm a lil wayne fan & i love rap & all that...but to be honest...there is nothin better then sipping on a good glass of warm tea, feeling the steam takeover ur face..while closing your eyes & getting carried in the air like a soft music note...while listening to Frank, Billie, John mayer, OR Norah jones...<3 that is true talent i must say... me & billie have the same birthday :) April 7th..both born on wed <3 i'm only 17yrs young tho R.I.P BILLIE YOU ARE MISSED. ILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN ONE DAY
I actually like this one better than Lady Sings the Blues. I think this was her first live performance. The movie is excellent. Another great singer whose life was destroyed by prescription drug use.
She was addicted to Morphine. At that time, it was a prescription drug...still is. The band she started singing with were all white and one of them got it from a doctor for her.
@Ms70sFlowerchild Although she was addicted to an illegal drug, heroin (not morphine), it, alone, did not kill her. She actually died from something also non-prescription AND legal: alcohol. Her cause of death is officially given as cirrhosis of the liver. Not that heroin didn't help her wasting away in her 40s...
omg! i never knew how BEAUTIFUL she really was! I remeber watching Lady Sings the Blues repeatidly when i was younger, but i never saw the Real Elanora! Dam she was TRULY GEORGEOUS!!
This song and don't explain are my two favorite holiday tunes. She had so much going on in her life and shared it with everyone through her lyrical talent and vocal present from God
I read a book, think it was called Sleepless Nights. And the only thing I read it for was the author's few, but what seemed like stingingly accurate, descriptions of Billie Holiday. I learned later that the author was a lesbian, and she and Holiday at least liked each other, if they didn't have an outright fling.
Billie Holiday is the reason I got into singing jazz/blues and listening to the music in general, she will be the number 1 singer in my book, it's not all about 'perfection' in vocals, it's truely about emotions and her voice embodies emotions
That is so cool to hear that you are so young and yet love the old music. I am 42, so this music was before my time too, but i've always loved it since the day i first heard it.
Yeah I love her too...I am a big fan of older music...Stevie Nicks is my true hero...I grew up to her and Fleetwood Mac...I recently started listening to Billie and I LOVE her!
@PsychoBoar OH I'm only a few years older than you but I'm so pessismistic about the nature of our generation and it's tastes in "music" but this comment cheered me up more than you'll know.
@PsychoBoar , I'm 14 too, and started listening to Billie when I was 10. I'm an old soul, and listen to all the songs back in the day because they have meaning unlike most songs today.
@aknowneemus Hey! Im 15 and Janis Joplin is amazing! So is Jimi.....and Ella Fitzgerald..... But i agree with PsychoBear. I NEVER listened to music that was popular, i started listening to music like this and i love it :D
I have a friend who's 14, she's inlove with Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra, she loves music from the 20's - 50's, it "melts her heart" to hear music like this. ^^
@PsychoBoar I agree wholeheartedly!I am 17 and I love artists like Billie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne; the list is endless! They're the REAL divas, and possess so much class and sass lol :-) People should really open their ears instead of just their eyes.
Billie is simply the greatest female singer EVER! Her soulful sounds reaches into the 'hurt' and soothes the pain until it's bearable. How sad that she will never know how her music and legend endures.
Another favorite of mine! The first time I heard this song was sung by Jill Scott with Chris Botti.... I haven't heard of this or Diana Rosses version
I hope someone out there can bring back all this music. I feel like Adele and Michael Bublé are trying, but I think that there can never be too many jazz singers nowadays :)
AnnoyingFruitcake 1 week ago
how did the music change so quickly? why cant we have music like this ? some of my friends dont even know who billie holiday is. Its a shame but the world is like this nowadays
MzMcqueens 3 weeks ago
Heroin addiction.... Song is about not having her morning fix. Great song.
martinezgerard 1 month ago
@martinezgerard wtf you talking about???
ronduenyc 3 hours ago
No screamin' and showing off how high a note she can hit , just true blue and expressive !
bscondict 1 month ago 2
Billie can sing a "Torch" song like few others; you can feel the pain in her voice and the resignation that she has lost someone who was close to her in every way.
Roger Plafkin--Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan
plafkinfarms 2 months ago
Luv Billie. She is the reason why I am singer today. Check out Vonne' new upcoming songtress. Share with family and friends. Leave comments as well. Peace and luv,
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nexlevproductions 2 months ago
I love this ladies music, I have 2 Amit that Diana Ross sung the hell out of Good Morning Heart Ache also
213jeanette 2 months ago
She is the stone that the builder refused.
That turned out to be a diamond.
Love u Lady Day.
HipHopcheerleader 3 months ago 3
gosh, she was really beautiful
shesthunderstorms23 3 months ago 2
how has our music devolved from this magic to what it is today?
tamarexxe 3 months ago
@MrStoney she def died of a heroin overdose
delightful75 3 months ago
Sherryyyyy ... what you know about this??? Beautiful TRUTH!
focusone610 4 months ago
Less than two minutes is all it took to express such honest feelings....
mizzbsf 4 months ago
this song reminds me of my old friend....henk thoolen (echt Holland)
nastjoy2009 4 months ago
What a BEAUTIFUL woman!
keto6789 4 months ago
She had a mesmerising voice, Sad that she was swindled out of her money ,died with $0.70 in her bank account and cirossis of the liver.Sad to think that she died in such a fashion ,during a time that a black performer could have been lynched for being black.We lost a great talent too soon.
MrStoney2011 4 months ago
Wow, all tht free advertising for Mr. Kelly- 400,000 people in the year 2011!
sstyblo 4 months ago in playlist sstyblo's Favorited Videos
i just lie down and listen with a scotch in my hand..this is beautiful
RINGOFE 4 months ago
@RINGOFE I love that thought. To have a good scotch and take in good morning heartache.... or any song by the glorious Billy Holiday, goosebumps
tamarexxe 3 months ago
@tamarexxe or maybe under the brooklyn bridge too..
RINGOFE 3 months ago
After 60 years know I learn is heartache, I thought was good morning Harlem, wow, how wrong one can get,
quiditta 5 months ago
stop haunting me now. I melt away. to short this version, but best for me.
watcherof47 5 months ago
Jazz singers made the songs they sang their own, you can notice the character they bring to the song, very few singers nowaays can do that. That s why I will always love jazz.
noirnegro 5 months ago 2
the modern music of billie holiday... haha love it. you gotta love it...
Djecho1109 5 months ago
AHHH, Such is life...
catspaws5 5 months ago
beautiful music and woman.
runhorun 5 months ago
The woman and her music was Simply beautiful
fallingrain71 5 months ago
This song fits her range so well. On the album she sounds rich and moody and I miss her music for that richness. All of the visual footage was not available to the consumer in the early 90's. It's great to see it hear now.
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TheCrankthat561 5 months ago
I like Peggy lee and I adore billie holiday.
SixtailShadow 5 months ago
Winehouse wasn't fit to tie billie holiday's boots.
pmartens4 6 months ago
TALK DIRTY TO ME MAMMA
babah77088 6 months ago in playlist Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Sarah Vaughan
@babah77088 lol.
runhorun 5 months ago
I just hope in some sort of afterlife Ms. Winehouse and Lady Day get to scat together. Rest in Harmony, both.
1enobarbus 6 months ago
RIP Amy Winehouse and Lady Day! The only person that can touch Billie was Miss Amy!
raymond1976richard 6 months ago
If you've read anything about B.H. this song is her coming to terms with dealing with her emotional pain using a drug as the alternative. She should never be demonized for this, but empathized with; and that's not an excuse...remember history and what a ground-breaker this great performer was. RIP LADY DAY!
shelleybobelly1 6 months ago 2
Billie Holiday is Amazing!
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ratstompmusic 6 months ago
Thanks so so much for posting! Listening to Billie makes me cry. She is so beautiful and magnificent and sooo sad! I wish I could hug her. I wish it was live footage too, but I'm not bitching!
preshytimey1 6 months ago
good morning heartache...sit down
BrettHigins 6 months ago
Billie is the absolute "Lady Day" no one like her since. maybe Norah Jones
bronteteri 7 months ago
beautiful...love ya Eleanora
tweetylova09 7 months ago
from just about every song, I think it's safe to say billy holiday suffered from depression.
sstyblo 7 months ago
please people! when u put up a video and claim its LIVE... make dam sure you have a LIVE peice of footage to show us!! This is irratating to say the least. wasting my dam time!
TheParamountPrincess 8 months ago
@TheParamountPrincess Saying live in regards to a piece of music only implies that it was recorded live, not necessarily that they have live footage. Maybe it would be nice if they listed it as "recorded live" or something for clarity, but technically it's correct to label it as live. Besides, I really doubt there would be video footage of this live...
DarkHate556 8 months ago
@TheParamountPrincess AMEN MAMI! I WAS TRAGICALLY DISAPPOINTED TO NOT SEE THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE. THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS THAT MANY FOLKS ON HERE ARE ILLITERATE AND COULDN'T WRITE THEIR WAY OFF OF A DAMNED CHALKBOARD. AY AY AY!
soymiguelalejandro23 7 months ago
@TheParamountPrincess I agree. Every musical soundtrack is recorded "live." But it's misleading to say this video is "live," leading people to think they will see actual footage of the artist's performance.
IdolTruth 7 months ago 2
A truly beautiful voice and song.... just fabulous.
OMGDeBest 8 months ago
I can't take the heartache i go to sleep with it and wake with it..
Music4Edyie 8 months ago
Legend!
deeway1963 8 months ago
Lady can sing the blues
MikiD1951 8 months ago
AMAZING!!!
vangoghmatisse1 8 months ago
goddamn she was beautiful :D and i adore this song. (:
psychotsunade 9 months ago 2
Thanks Billie ...as smooth as i Casmere Cod Piece
docnshe 9 months ago
I love my holiday
21taylorlewis 9 months ago
@BretEmilio Who had more of a just-plain-old-right to sing the blues than The Lady Day, I ask you???! She had more class in the pinkie than some will EVER have in their entire being...Long live The Queen! xo p.
LASOTOLONGO 9 months ago 2
Happy birthday Lady Day
Parriso007 9 months ago
Gee I dont know how she can still smile while her life's like shit.Her man cheated on her, was forced to have sex with an old man,kicked out of her house because she can't afford to pay the rent and the list goin on and on man.Maybe that's why people call her and address her as lady Day.I dont think we will have a singer who compare with her.There are a lot of people sang her song and tried to become her but nobody managed to do it.R.I.P Billie Holiday,may god bless ur soul and thank u.
chucksaddict 9 months ago 4
Gee I dont know how she can still smile while her life's like shit.Her man cheated on her, was forced to have sex with an old man,kicked out of her house because she can't afford to pay the rent and the list goin on and on man.Maybe that's why people call her and address her as lady Di.I dont think we will have a singer who compare with her.There are a lot of people sang her song and tried to become her but nobody managed to do it.R.I.P Billie Holiday,may god bless ur soul and thank u.
chucksaddict 9 months ago
I LOVE THIS !!!!!!! THANK U
kinstube 10 months ago
truly good music will last and inspire people for generations......some of the singers of today are placed on legendary status too soon and hyped up too fast....in less than 3 or 4 years they are already has beens because the music industry chose them to be legends not the public....remember the Jonas Brothers hype...comparing them to the legendary Beatles..now Justin Bieber compared to Michael Jackson???go figure
Makiba08 10 months ago 12
thats right Billie, good morning heartache, sit down...Huichol53
huichol53 11 months ago
I feel as though I knew her even though she was before my time. Love her.
wadecountyprincess 1 year ago
this song is about heroin and her morning heartache is not having her mornig fix.
Desiree50 1 year ago
I love Miki Howard's rendition of this song
grani08 1 year ago
I heard htis on United States of Tara and became kind of obsessed. So glad ot hear it again. Simply beautiful : )
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Dr. Dick feels that the African poo-colored monkey race expects everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. Jobs, housing, welfare…You see, I dislike that dark hand in my pocket, and my nice white children do as well.
As for Billie Holiday…well she had a voice, I‘ll give her that. Shame she was so dark, though.
DrinkFromMyThickDick 1 year ago
Not only was the style incredible but so was the music
I'm 14 years old and i think i may of been born in the wrong age :/
Geographylovers 1 year ago 3
@Geographylovers hahahaha! i always thought that too!
MrCorkBoard 1 year ago
@Geographylovers If the music is truly good, it will recognize no boundaries. I am 57 years old.. I love Ms. Holliday as well as Kid Rock, Hank Williams SR. as well as Motley Crue. Merle Haggard and George Jones as well as Garbage and the bone thugs. But I have to say that as a young person such as yourself, it is refreshing to hear that you didn't need the opinions of your peers to make up your mind for you. Good on yas.
TheWick53 1 year ago
@Geographylovers i agree completely!
themarab0o 11 months ago
Music isn't what it use to be. I adore this song!!!!
YenieD13 1 year ago
3 people have no taste in music. smh
504Diva 1 year ago 3
she was very beautiful very pretty and an amazing voice.....her music is timeless!
peanuts8 1 year ago
I discovered Billie Holiday in high school, and haven't looked back since. Her voice just relaxes me like no other singer can. Who hasn't awaken with a broken heart?
aliza1407 1 year ago
@aliza1407 I agree with you. I just want to take a mug of hot herbal tea, find the most comfortable chair I can find, and just listen to her voice caress against my ears and relax.
Indiegirl007 1 year ago
@Indiegirl007 - I don't agree, but I understand what you mean. But I prefer Etta James singing this....can't find it on the tube...
hihosilverlining2 1 year ago
@hihosilverlining2 Etta is great, but this is Billie's song all the way. It was written especially for her and her initial 1946 recording for Decca is iconic and can't be be surpassed--IMHO.
billiefan2001 1 year ago
O wow a glimpse into Ms. Day's live life !
Smoniquet40 1 year ago
An icon -- underappreciated, misunderstood, never duplicated. This voice is one for the ages.
furryfeet 1 year ago 3
@furryfeet
You summed Billie and her timeless music in two perfect sentences. Thank you.
billiefan2001 1 year ago
Her voice reaches deep within my soul:
jazyag 1 year ago
Beautiful song beautiful lady. Heres a small bit of truth..did you guys know that when these songs were written they went someplace,I cant remember what it was called but the white singers got first pick so a lot of songs lady day sings were songs nobody wanted...she made these songs that nobody wanted to sing famous with that voice
lconeill1949 1 year ago 61
@lconeill1949
Never knew that,thanks.
I bet the white folk didn't like "strange fruit" one little bit!
73380401 1 year ago
@lconeill1949 Well that's cool!
jandtsmom 8 months ago
@lconeill1949 That's awesome. That's talent. 8D
lilmissmusic2012 5 months ago
@lconeill1949
I doubt that your story is true. Any evidence? Any source?
Rajamuttu 4 months ago in playlist Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Sarah Vaughan
@lconeill1949 thts cold .
CreamXLoudPack 3 months ago
Love this woman. A legend.
Too bad she ruined her life by doing Heroine.
That was the drug of choice tho back in that day.
RIP Billie. TY for the years still of your fantastic music......<3
GroupieVee 1 year ago
@GroupieVee It is too bad. But times were different. Drug abuse was viewed as a crime, instead of an illness. She had a very tormented life. Today she would have had the option to get help. But still beautiful lady, beautiful soul, beautiful voice.
nutothis1 1 year ago 2
i'm a lil wayne fan & i love rap & all that...but to be honest...there is nothin better then sipping on a good glass of warm tea, feeling the steam takeover ur face..while closing your eyes & getting carried in the air like a soft music note...while listening to Frank, Billie, John mayer, OR Norah jones...<3 that is true talent i must say... me & billie have the same birthday :) April 7th..both born on wed <3 i'm only 17yrs young tho R.I.P BILLIE YOU ARE MISSED. ILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN ONE DAY
xxN4yN4yxx 1 year ago 5
@xxN4yN4yxx John Mayer and Norah Jones belong in the same category but not with Frank and Billie-- that's blasphemy
MsMig88 1 year ago
today is my birthday!!! two sevens equel 14 so today i'm 27 :)
Goodmoring Heartache...........
wdy73 1 year ago
Sweet old song!!!
bellofpeterpan 1 year ago
Fantastic!!
TheFlowertink 1 year ago
oh! one of the greatest singers as well!
RaceIsOpen 1 year ago
one of the greatest songs ever!
RaceIsOpen 1 year ago
on of my favs
QUEENDIVINE0704 1 year ago
timeless!!!!!!!!
tigerlilies84 1 year ago 3
just perfect....
theerinia 1 year ago 3
WOW.. such a sweeeeet voice...Billie..!
mrprogjazzgto 1 year ago 3
I actually like this one better than Lady Sings the Blues. I think this was her first live performance. The movie is excellent. Another great singer whose life was destroyed by prescription drug use.
Ms70sFlowerchild 1 year ago
@Ms70sFlowerchild Holiday was addicted to heroin wasn't she? not exactly a prescription drug, or maybe it was back then...
Alphabex8 1 year ago
She was addicted to Morphine. At that time, it was a prescription drug...still is. The band she started singing with were all white and one of them got it from a doctor for her.
Ms70sFlowerchild 1 year ago
ahh. i see... thought it was heroin, but either way its too bad, she was beautifully talented
Alphabex8 1 year ago 3
@Ms70sFlowerchild Although she was addicted to an illegal drug, heroin (not morphine), it, alone, did not kill her. She actually died from something also non-prescription AND legal: alcohol. Her cause of death is officially given as cirrhosis of the liver. Not that heroin didn't help her wasting away in her 40s...
enokidake 1 year ago
This was her first live performance...I think. The movie is excellent. "Lady Sings the Blues".
Ms70sFlowerchild 1 year ago 2
LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
risycat 2 years ago 4
I've loved this song for years i def am an old soul. muah love you billy!
TheAmbernicole10 2 years ago 3
omg! i never knew how BEAUTIFUL she really was! I remeber watching Lady Sings the Blues repeatidly when i was younger, but i never saw the Real Elanora! Dam she was TRULY GEORGEOUS!!
5DiamondDiva 2 years ago 2
There is a movie in which Billie plays a maid and she sings beautifully. Its title is New Orleans
bygeorgeididit 1 year ago 3
You sing from my heart. Good morning heartache: I dedicate this to MYSELF.
1bichon1 2 years ago 2
the first time i listen to this version it's her afterwar's voice, after 48 i think it's just extraordinary thanks
dirtyfrenchie 2 years ago
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Love, love, love Billie.
ChickenGoujons 2 years ago 2
Beautiful song...beautiful lady. Thanks for uploading this!
bohemeballerine 2 years ago 5
this live version is fxckin beautiful
much better than the studio version
which album is this in? i wanna listen to the full song
digitalpistol 2 years ago 4
This song and don't explain are my two favorite holiday tunes. She had so much going on in her life and shared it with everyone through her lyrical talent and vocal present from God
jdk1186 2 years ago
This song is about heroin addiction.
RaiderFade 2 years ago
@RaiderFade
nice rendering ;)
Nanessa12 2 years ago
Good for guys who are still young but like this kind of music...
The emotion ... I can feel the depressing inside... it's wonderful...
pecahndasmu 2 years ago
I read a book, think it was called Sleepless Nights. And the only thing I read it for was the author's few, but what seemed like stingingly accurate, descriptions of Billie Holiday. I learned later that the author was a lesbian, and she and Holiday at least liked each other, if they didn't have an outright fling.
brelfan 2 years ago
Billie Holiday swung both ways. They might have.
empathic11 2 years ago
she was amazing...
margaritavlog 2 years ago 2
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lsabw 2 years ago
Billie Holiday is the reason I got into singing jazz/blues and listening to the music in general, she will be the number 1 singer in my book, it's not all about 'perfection' in vocals, it's truely about emotions and her voice embodies emotions
mrsvmacii 2 years ago 6
I'm 14, and yet I love the music my Grandparents grew up with.
Any person the same age as me, or in their teens, needs to hear lady day before they make their decision on what's good music these days.
PsychoBoar 2 years ago 225
Actually I'm 14 too, and I really like this music!
lpnlthc 2 years ago 4
That is so cool to hear that you are so young and yet love the old music. I am 42, so this music was before my time too, but i've always loved it since the day i first heard it.
leoray1234 2 years ago 3
Wow, you sound very mature for your age, that's quite refreshing lol. Glad to see that someone your age can appreciate real music.
sweetscorp 2 years ago 2
Thank you. ^^
PsychoBoar 2 years ago 2
Yeah I love her too...I am a big fan of older music...Stevie Nicks is my true hero...I grew up to her and Fleetwood Mac...I recently started listening to Billie and I LOVE her!
shanemiro 2 years ago 2
@PsychoBoar I'm your age too and I am in LOVE with this music. I thought I was the only one of my kind lol.
ktm64 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar OH I'm only a few years older than you but I'm so pessismistic about the nature of our generation and it's tastes in "music" but this comment cheered me up more than you'll know.
WhiskeyyWoman 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar , I'm 14 too, and started listening to Billie when I was 10. I'm an old soul, and listen to all the songs back in the day because they have meaning unlike most songs today.
nigel1034 1 year ago 3
@nigel1034 nother expert heard from.
beeb1421 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar i'm 7 and can go to the bathroom by myself, give me a pat on the back.
you don't get extra credit for "discovering" what's been out for 70 years.
stay out of grandpa's way and be quiet.
beeb1421 1 year ago 2
@beeb1421 Jeeze, what crawled up your ass and died? I'm merely making a statement which I think is important. It's called freedom of speech.
PsychoBoar 1 year ago 2
@PsychoBoar Next week you'll be wearing tie die and telling us how great janis joplin is. old soul?
aknowneemus 1 year ago
@aknowneemus Hey! Im 15 and Janis Joplin is amazing! So is Jimi.....and Ella Fitzgerald..... But i agree with PsychoBear. I NEVER listened to music that was popular, i started listening to music like this and i love it :D
Rangiku0Haineko 1 year ago
@Rangiku0Haineko I'll check back in 10 years when you discover Nirvana. LOL
aknowneemus 1 year ago
@beeb1421 lol
IsrealFloresto 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar (:
deadcauseikilledit14 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar I'm almost 50, & felt the same way as young as in my teens! Good music transcends time!!!
OyaRevolutionary 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar This makes me so happy. :]
I have a friend who's 14, she's inlove with Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra, she loves music from the 20's - 50's, it "melts her heart" to hear music like this. ^^
XxcherryknewscaryxX 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar I agree:D There are a lot of great old songs:D
BlogAmmouretLebnen 1 year ago
@PsychoBoar I agree wholeheartedly!I am 17 and I love artists like Billie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne; the list is endless! They're the REAL divas, and possess so much class and sass lol :-) People should really open their ears instead of just their eyes.
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@tatianathekiDD93 even if they opened their eyes, these women were not only talented, but also beautiful!
deedeedmr 6 months ago in playlist Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Sarah Vaughan
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MrCouldbeakiller 1 month ago
@tatianathekiDD93 I love you.
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Hephaestud 2 weeks ago
she was lovely wasn't she?
2msgracie 2 years ago 6
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Diana Ross sings it better on Lady Sings The Blues.
eastlachicano 2 years ago
this is a snippet and im in tears.
not just because the song breax my heart
all over again. but because i highly doubt
anyone of my generation (im 14) will ever
know the true beauty and genius that we
missed out on,
Thank You Lady Day
lovefreak27 2 years ago 5
So true..
InteressiertDICHnich 2 years ago
I'm 15 and I feel the same way.
NTBeat 2 years ago 3
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you should hear the one by grechen wilson-its soooo beautiful
RandomlyContagious 2 years ago
She truly was great.
DarkMarsSt 2 years ago 4
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duhjuce 2 years ago 5
this is sooo brilliant and she is so georgous
jakeryan37 2 years ago 6
This is My FAVORITE!
mtgaug22 2 years ago 2
Billie is simply the greatest female singer EVER! Her soulful sounds reaches into the 'hurt' and soothes the pain until it's bearable. How sad that she will never know how her music and legend endures.
allieree 2 years ago 52
I completely agree.
Her music has always consoled me, when i feel down.
iluvmorrissey 2 years ago 4
idk this makes me sadder though lol
Chris269CJS 2 years ago
@allieree She Knows
LuxeLifestyle 1 year ago
I love this tune by her so much, but can you upload it in it's entirety? what a voice! thanks.
dleomusman 2 years ago 4
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amazing. just amazing.
Christina140892 2 years ago
Wow....I love her voice...yhou can feel every word.
yanab0076 2 years ago 4
this song is so beautiful and sad at the same time.
what a gifted but tragic soul and story.
R.I.P. Lady Day!
coolymac 2 years ago 4
nobody can sing a billie holiday origional like billie holiday. there simply is no comparison.
teeahhh 2 years ago 9
this song is about her herion addiction she had
Queenielynn71 2 years ago
yes, you are right.
luvmymusic12 2 years ago
Another favorite of mine! The first time I heard this song was sung by Jill Scott with Chris Botti.... I haven't heard of this or Diana Rosses version
Such a romantic song *sigh*
Rena721 2 years ago
this vidio is straight up awsome!!!
DeJanae Brown 10 years old
13067 2 years ago
It's amazing how her voice and her words touchs our hearts so deep inside... She's a true diva.
thaislg 2 years ago 6
Thank God for Billie Holiday - this is exactly how I feel right now.
celtica99 2 years ago 2
thanks billie, you got me through many a lonely lushlike night .......
mammakia1 2 years ago
my favorite song
jeankroberts 2 years ago