Billie Holiday - Stormy Weather

[gizmot2010]

I love that little trill type extra bit of the higher end. Love her. Have and will.

[TheScooby2727]

this is real music!

there's a way u can say things without being so blatant.

[TheScooby2727]

this is real music!

[gsamborska]

Was she on drugs or cia mind control while singing?

[cozie4]

@gsamborska LOL

[calcollins8]

@gsamborska she wuz a heoin adict

[Pearla8]

Im 24yrs old i grew up on this music my grandpa always played jazz, so i gained an early apreciation for louis armstrong, dizzy, billie coltrane and the like, i love this music it truly does move me deep down inside#goodmusic

[plafkinfarms]

I think that what is happening to the younger generation, they have begun to appreciate lyrics that they can actually understand.

Roger Plafkin-Plafkin Farms, Ada, Michigan

[ykqyt819]

ふっと！苦い昔を思い出しました。

[chibiRenZhe]

@grey7bishop

...probably.

but it never seemed to hamper her performances <3.

[StringandMembrane]

LMAO!!!!

1st comment says, "Billie is on par with Nina Simone"!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! idiot.

[lucasvf]

Gives me chills :D



[GypsyLee999]

You know Billie and Lens sing the down note in the word 'Weather' - Ella and others didnt. Thats the tough note. Try singing it. Ella sang it in a constant note.

[billchew450]

Any song the lady did was outta sight, including this one.

[Ripley44mag]

such longing.

[paulienebz]

Picasso, Beethoven, Michelangelo, Billie...

[MzVan21]

she was such a talented,gorgeous woman

[JockArum]

There is only one version of this song. This is the One.

[sothrnbel1]

i love it

[LUX3dollfaceLAHbella]

HER VOCAL ABILITIES ARE LIKE CHRISETTE MICHELLE'S...OR SHOULD I SAY CHRISETTE'S ARE LIKE HERS...PHENOMENAL.

[ebbtides]

I cry every time.

[WowKowboy]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MsCupid719]

ooh Billie,! a style of your own. This artist cannot be duplicated, She was a phenomenol woman to say the least. A voice that only testifys to the truth of her demise. R.I.P. Billie.

[carolmanukau]

Great stuff...

[grey7bishop]

is she drunk ???

[franklyamy]

I soo love the way she puts those expressive girly squeaky remarky bits in, and takes the pitch high and low, and puts in the occasional graunchy bit. The woman was a goddamn genius!!!!!!!!!!!!! So many have copied some have learned, I hope I eventually learn, but I can not even begin to copy!!!

[supperbowl43]

Dont know much But I like this.

[wavesnearmyhome]

Great!

[gwozdezzz]

Oh my God, this is just .. Great!!!

[aaapgp23]

Billie is legendary...her voice sounds so sweet

[JoeCarlyle]

Hey! That's gotta be Fats Waller on the organ! Anybody know for sure?

[Harmonicajello]

@JoeCarlyle According to "Billie Holiday Discography-The Musicians" site, it appears to be Count Basie on organ. It states that he accompanied her on four numbers, all of them live. So, that would fit as this is a live performance. I can't find any reference to Waller playing with her though.

[StuffILyke]

Easily my favorite version of this song. Billie's voice always does it for me. Coming from a 19 year old male who listens to the new stuff. While the new music may have good beats to dance to, it's always nice to chill and listen to how the real vocalists like Billie do it.

[MrsRowse]

@StuffILyke The exactly same thing for me (including age, but I'm a girl) haha

[Extremedaze]

@StuffILyke

your so right, she is the true talent that people dream of-with no training she captured everyone's heart and soul.

[TCt83067695]

@StuffILyke son God bless you.

it's always interesting when i hear people try to sound more superior by saying , "oh how i wish they still made music like these" or "how i wish i was born in this era"

When in fact, with the technology we have today, we can practically escape into this era depending on the mood & then return to the legends of our days.

also liked what you said about dance. i'll listen to anything - even rock esp nowadays - but nothing beats RnB & hippop. Gotta be able to dance!

[leomaruli]

@TCt83067695 Can I just copy your comment and paste it whenever I watch my favorite old-timey clips and have to endure another annoying comparison with "Justin Bieber", "Beyonce", "Lady Gaga" and "auto-tune"? ;-)

[TCt83067695]

@leomaruli ;)

[shimanchunutakara]

@StuffILyke you're right about that, u r an idiot.

[StuffILyke]

@shimanchunutakara

How am I an idiot? lol

[mychalsimonzmusic]

Wow you hear shes high! DAMN!!!! OMG!!! WHEW!!

[dragmio]

@mychalsimonzmusic I just wanted to write that. It's unbelievable! I think it only shows how she bared her soul when singing.

[wuzup36i3]

Billie Holiday ! sing this Exceptionally.

She is Legend. Lena does an Amazing job thou.

Love them both.

Amen ! sisters

[orionhhy]

the voice is the best

[FUTURINCERT]

the best

[yesjimstheman]

Correction: Lena 1941

[Anisvil]

But no one gave it the real stormy weather sentiment like Billie :)

[yesjimstheman]

Written in 1933 by Harold Arlen of 'Over the Rainbow' fame and Ted

Koehler 'I've got the World on a String'

Lena 1931, Billie 1952

[auq21]

so who made this first lena or billie? im 23 i have no idea all i know is that i like it lol

[MsYogib]

@ treehugger - How you can compare Nina and Billie baffles me! The only thing they have in common is musical brilliance and distinctiveness. They are two completely different stylists!

[willblakerose]

billie has no equal

[ioanapatmos1]

@willblakerose Yes I agree!

[whythewar1]

@willblakerose She´s a lot like Rammstein, Louis Armstrong, and johny cash. There isnt anyone that sounds like her at all, but her.

[treehuggerdude4]

this lady was classic. On a par with nina simone.... which is hard to do, since nina was a musical genuis...