Billie Holiday-Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do (Live)

Billie Holiday

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[barbonestreet]

I knew Billie Holiday. The bass player in my band today worked with her in the 1950s in Philadelphia. She was always gracious to the musicians who backed her. As far as we are concerned, she was "Lady" Day in every sense of the word. And she could sing with the best of them even though her range was only 8 notes or so. Her inner beauty was apparent to all of us.

[sixfootlady]

Quote from below - "They need to listen to this song and LIVE IT" speaking on black people... {I say} No one seems to realize that black people were not allowed to learn "life" during slavery and then we were set free to figure it out; now we are lost AND seen as the ones to blame for being lost. We should be praised, books were prohibited. We overcame events which should have destroyed us.

[mrprogjazzgto]

Billie....always loved and always missed....RIP Lady Day

[joyce1830]

@sixfootlady Billie Holliday, Ray Charles, Nat Cole, Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, Louis Armstrong and on and on....wonderfulfully talented Af-Am entertainers. You can understand every word they say and the songs do not generate the angry, violent, ugly, hate-filled emotions that today's songs evoke. They want to tell a story with their music but it is always the same violent story that just generates more violence: Lil Wayne and others are ruining their communities & this society for $

[barbonestreet]

@dublinkittykat

Yes indeed is was a privilege. Both Ace (the bass player) and I are still blessed with a personal memory of this great lady and great singer. We still love her

[dublinkittykat]

she was the greatest .. bless her soul and long live your sweet memory Billy

[dublinkittykat]

@barbonestreet

aww.. what a privilege .. she was a supreme artist and musician imho ..it's not the eight notes she had that's important.. it's the magic she spun with 'em

[jahlaune]

You have to take a lot of knocks to appreciate these lyrics

[jahlaune]

There has never been a truer damn song ever written and Billie sings this to damn death aint nobodys business!

[Famfriass]

@Alire1 LMAO...i shouldn't be laughing, but you make a great point.

[FleshLessOne]

imo the drugs /alcohol helped dull the emotional pain she suffered from having lived a life being abused by the men she loved which in turn helped define her unique Style of singing & ability to cope w/ her Life.