Billie Holiday Videos

Summertime performed by Bluchel & Van Deylen and Billie Holiday.

Jzabehl plays dress up as Frida Kahlo, Minerva Mirabal, Billie Holiday, and Eva Peron as they get their personal priorities straight.

All Eyes On Christina Aguilera. Her idol called her an 'old soul' and Christina says she's had the pain and struggle to back it up.

Etta James has hung in there from the age of R&B and doo wop in the mid '50s through soul's late '60s heyday and right up into the '90s and 2000s where her 1994 disc Mystery Lady paid loving jazz based tribute to one of her idols, Billie Holiday . Etta James' voice has deepened over the years, coarsened more than a little, but still conveys remarkable passion and pain. Jamesetta Hawkins was a child gospel prodigy, singing in her Los Angeles Baptist church choir and...

"Erykah Badu, uma das cantoras afro americanas de melhor gosto esttico dos ltimos tempos, faz uma miscelnea extraordinria de tendncias como o Jazz, o Soul e o R&B. Influncias diretas de Billie Holiday e Nina Simone, expoentes do Jazz do sculo XX, a harmonia contrasta com uma tendncia mais forte de elementos da msica negra do movimento hip hop dos anos 80 na m&At...

"Don't Explain" by Billie Holiday to images from the 1960 MGM film "All The Fine Young Cannibals".DISCLAIMER: All photos, stills, clips and music are copyrighted to their respective owners. No infringement intended.

How Deep Is The Ocean How High Is The Sky How much do I love you?I'll tell you no lieHow deep is the ocean?How high is How Deep Is The Ocean How High Is The Sky How much do I love you?I'll tell you no lieHow deep is the ocean?How high is the sky?How many times a day do I think of you?How many roses are sprinkled with dew?How far would I travelTo be where you are?How far is the journeyFrom here to a star?And if I ever lost youHow much would I cry?How deep is the ocean?How high is the ...

oublierleracismeskyblogTags: india arie strange fruit billie holiday soul jazz Posted: 21 October 2006Rating: 4.9Votes: 9

Recorded ca. 1937.

Nia singing at age 4. I am Nia's mom. I have had some folks not understand why Nia is singing this. Nia is a little girl who listens to every word in a song...reason why I do not let her listen to the profane music that is out there and why Nia listens to mostly the old school...she even sings with the Grammy Award winning 70s group Earth Wind and Fire. See it on my page at I am a big fan of old school jazz. I played Strange Fruit in the car when Nia was abou...

The one and only....LadyDay.

Experimental. tried to match songs mood. Gloomy, dark views from my window. Played with sound track at beginning.

Sugar, i call my baby my sugarI never maybe my sugarThat sugar baby of mineHe's special rationFunny, he never asks for my moneyAll i give him is honeyAnd that he can spend anytimeI'd make a million trips to lipsIt i were a beeBecause he's sweeter than chocolate candy to meHe's confectionarySugar, i never cheat on my sugarCause i'm too sweet on my sugarThat sugar baby of mine

Night and day you are the oneOnly you beneath the moon and sunWhether near me or farIts no matter, darling, where you areI think of youNight and dayDay and nightWhy is it soThat this longing for you follows wherever I goIn the roaring traffics boomIn the silence of my lonely roomI think of youNight and dayNight and day under the hide of meTheres an oh, such a hungry yearningBurning inside of meAnd its torment wont be troughtill you spent my life making love to youDay and nightNight and dayNight

It's going to be like dying, Porgy

Holiday's 1956 April In Paris version, recorded in Los Angeles, with Jimmy Rowles p , Barney Kessel gtr Herry Edison tpt , Ben Holiday's 1956 April In Paris version, recorded in Los Angeles, with Jimmy Rowles p , Barney Kessel gtr Herry Edison tpt , Ben Webster tS , B. MItchell b and Alvin Stoller at the drum. Words & Music by E. Y. Harburg & Vernon Duke, 1932

Billie Holiday You Go To My HeadYou go to my headYou go to my head,And you linger like a haunting refrainAnd I find you spinning round in my brainLike the bubbles in a glass of champagne.You go to my headLike a sip of sparkling burgundy brewAnd I find the very mention of youLike the kicker in a julep or two.The thrill of the thoughtThat you might give a thoughtTo my plea casts a spell over meStill I say to myself: get a hold of yourselfCan't you see that it can never be?You go to my headW...

A small Video I did For a Billie Holiday song... well It's simple but I addaded a funny elemente check it out...

It's heartbreaking to read Billie Holiday's biography, yet we're blessed that her immense talent was preserved in the recordings during her short life.

Released on the Columbia Swing Music series.

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