Body and Soul by Billie Holiday

[damarisbelu99]

hermoso hermoso

[Memale2009]

A cette époque, Billie n'était pas encore Lady Day, mais une jeune artiste peu connue, dont la fraîcheur savait enthousiasmer le public. Ce qui suivait, c`était le dédain du public blanc qui n'acceptait pas la chanteuse "noire", qui la forcait à se cacher derrière les coulisses, de prendre les portées du personnel de l'hôtel qui l'hébergait. La suite: la drogue, des liaisons privées nuisibles, la chute. C'est à qui la faute? Bien sûr: elle était la victime.

[MyYopiyopi]

I'm yours, body and soul.

[bluegibby7]

Hasn't she it a pretty face

[musgrave68]

circa 1940...

[ReleaseTheMonster]

Incredible! What more is there to say!

[76iraqi]

the best music that america ever knew ..........i love it

[boomerang905]

What can one say to this one, except beautiful, classic, emotional, sensual.....

[sukimaru1]

I didnt ... It wasnt all that , honestly , comparing this to Amy Winehouse version was a joke , she was just singing , nothing special .. anybody can do that! , I was just expecting something more, not something boriiiinnnggg! Amy's version had soul!

[bolder2009]

@sukimaru1 Amy's version had a well excuted ending, but it was like she was trying to phrase like Billie. She sounded awkward. This style is imitated but the musicianship in Jazz singing sets Billie apart from pretenders. What you call soul, some may call pretentious. Billie was true to the song, and her interpretive mastery is evident in this recording. The subtlety with which she conveys the sentiment in the lyrics is as honest and soulful as it gets. Blues with a refined and elegant delivery

[SafiyeG]

@bolder2009 - I couldn't have said it better myself. You are 100% correct!

[mightybruno]

@bolder2009 could't agree with you more this is the best verision love it love her

[maisqpoesia9999lcg]

Brilliant!!!!! Lovelly song!!!!!

[TheRosa9611]

@maisqpoesia9999lcg LC: You SHINE! SHINE ON! THANKYOU!

[siayun]

only person that is close to Billie Holiday- Amy Winehouse

but both are dead u.u

[SafiyeG]

@siayun I agree with you. Both gone to soon.

[LoVeZmUZiC]

lovely song..I wish Billie Holiday's still alive :)

[195477]

Tony Bennet and Amy Winehouse have just covered this.

[TheRideArounds]

i prefer ruth's version, but this is still good

[honeybee7700]

love this!

[rosemarym2]

such a angel voice!!!!!!!!! no one can touch or copy this voice.totally beautiul

[fede4real]

wow thanks foor the vid its wooooooonderful

[honeybee7700]

this is the perfect song for heartbreak.

[blktenor]

This is my favorite Billie Holiday song!

[oOkasumiOo]

@blktenor also mine. ^^

[r0ck0nlcrss16]

@suetrinder  I believe that its Roy Eldridge on trumpet, could be wrong though.

[jazztrumpet251]

CHILLS WOW, SO GOOD.

[jahlaune]

i love this song no one sings this with such feeling like Billie

[ertreri]

Whichever musics Billie Holiday sings, no one can top her.

And that is simply because there will never be a Jazz voice as hurt as hers...

[nandesneto]

Lady Day... I could die listening to you !

[c0wb0y738]

i love you billie!

[llanto75]

unbeatable voice in this kind of song. ti think

this the song that discovered her.

[nigel1034]

Biographers dont know if this was the song the got her discovered. But theres a probability. I believe it.

[marykmusic]

Those are some early pictures, likely when she was still a teenager, drinking a Coke.

Who are the players here? Anyone know? --MaryK

[youngclem06]

she says " my life a hell you're makin"...never heard this version! Nice pics

[TumbaBeats]

omg ... Billi Holiday ... Man , memories .... No one does what she did .. Maybe Chrisette Michelle , but thats it ... Good vid man ..

[fede4real]

@TumbaBeats Chrisette is wonderful but compare her to Billie Holiday I think is such a huge step u takin hehe

[SafiyeG]

@TumbaBeats No offense, but Billie is in a category all by herself. She can't be compared, not even comes close, to Chrisete Michelle. Sorry darling.

[jimichild]

have you heard the live version...its incredible as well

thanks for putting this up

love the pics as well