Uploaded by MoleDFigg on May 1, 2009
Here's a rarely heard recording of Billie made the year before her death in 1959 (she died in a New York hospital from cirrhosis of the liver). Born Eleanora Fagan in Harlem, New York on the 7th April 1915, Billie lived a turbulent and often tragic life, and much has been posted on YouTube about her life and of her singing. However, I think her rendition of this ballad, by Hoagy Carmichael, shows that she still had that certain something, even at the end of her troubled life.
The orchestra includes; Urbie Green; Tom Mitchell; Jay Jay Johnson; Tom Fasrhley; Romeo Penque; Phil Bodner; Mal Waldrom; Barry Galbraith; Milt Hinton; Don Lamond; Bradley Spinney and Janet Putnam.
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right...I feel the pain in her voice. most emotional and touching.
2 years ago 7
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It was indeed a treat to watch Eartha Kitt on television alongside Larry King not sing this dirge but read it aloud, as if surreptitiously reading someone's personal letter of love lost and never to be regained.
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@lt059 Billie didn't have a great voice, I mean talking about the range, like the other two. But his expresivity was unique. For me, she was the best female jazz vocalist from all!!
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I also feel kind of happiness and gratefulness for who loved her.
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Wow.. amazing.. Perhaps I'm too young to listen to this, but wow .. I'm 25 btw
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Wow.. amazing.. Perhaps I'm too young to listen to this, but wow ..
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She brought me to tears...
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I don't know why but Billie always brings tears to my eyes. Simply beautiful.
7 months ago 2
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Just wonderful. Nuff said.
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For a long while during the late 1940's-1950's there were three prominent and outstanding female jazz vocalists - Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn...Probably Ella was the most popular and Sarah Vaugh possessed amazing vocal qualities, but while I was fond of all three I preferred Billie Holiday.
lt059 2 years ago 9
Me too, what an icon she was! A real historical landmark.
MoleDFigg 2 years ago 2