Uploaded by edmundusrex on Sep 7, 2008
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 -- July 17, 1959)
was an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Nicknamed Lady Day by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz, and pop singing. Her vocal style - strongly inspired by instrumentalists - pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing.
Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues."
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Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 - October 23, 1957)
was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including Your Hit Parade.
His name at birth was Abraham Simon Lymon. Abe and his brother Mike changed their last name to Lyman because they both thought it sounded better. Abe learned to play the drums when he was young, and at the age of 14 he had a job as a drummer in a Chicago café. Around 1919, Abe was regularly playing music with two other notable future big band leaders, Henry Halstead and Gus Arnheim in California.
Lyman moved the band to New York in 1933 and his orchestra began appearing on Your Hit Parade in 1937. He recorded into the 1940s before dying in Beverly Hills.
Billie Holiday, Abe Lyman's California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra, Gus Arnheim, Arthur Fried - I Cried For You (1936)
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100 videos
YouTube Mix for Billie Holiday
3:54'YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS'-Billy Jonesby maroongem13,798 views
- 2:43Abe Lyman's hot dance hit - Never Swat A Fly, 1930by 24025224,775 views
- 3:17Abe Lyman - Rum And Coca-Cola 1945by mvcgest3,817 views
- 2:15Judy Garland - "It's Love I'm After" (1936)by dei5149,798 views
- 6:46Billie Holiday I Cried for Youby igotyoudancing4,091 views
- 3:04Billie Holiday - I'll Never Be the Sameby direfranchement303,837 views
- 2:40Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues (1936)by edmundusrex41,557 views
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- 2:49Abe Lyman-That's My Weakness Nowby jazzgirl1920s2,097 views
- 2:57Summertime -- Billie Holiday 1936by erwigaudio622,883 views
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- 3:15Billie Holiday - I Cried For Youby purple0accident12,887 views
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- 2:48Billie Holiday - The Very Thought of Youby ispica771,027,495 views
- 3:18Billie Holiday - These Foolish Thingsby JillianLovesElvis146,668 views
- 3:12Billie Holiday - Any Old Timeby widdy2440,118 views
billie holiday was just the best!!! still is after all this years!!
collectorvacman 2 years ago
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!!
OBELIXxoxoxo 2 years ago
This was actually Teddy Wilson's Orchestra.
Thanks for posting.
Great Song
nigel1034 2 years ago
Hi Ed,
This recording has just been "forwarded" to me. What a classic !! Many thanks for posting.
Best regards,
Clive.
MoleDFigg 2 years ago
Wonderful. Yummy.
musicmamma 3 years ago
Oh,my,my! The more I listen to her, the more I love her! Thanks for the wonderful music and the excelent information.
aerofredywr 3 years ago
Lovely song with an unusual combination of Lyman and Holiday. The result is quite satisfying./Bob
heislebob 3 years ago
this was so awesome to listen to..thank you for posting!
TheSarahJade 3 years ago