Billie Holiday - When You're Smiling

[appalachiablue]

- Superb, upbeat version of the popular song in Billy's wonderful, unique style.

- Billie Holiday, born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA, was a superstar of her day. She first rose to prominence in the 1930’s with a unique style that reinvented the conventions of modern singing & performance. More than 80 years after making her first recording Billie’s legacy continues to embody what is elegant & cool in contemporary music. Holiday’s complicated life & her genre-defining autobiography “Lady Sings the Blues” made her a cultural icon. The evocative, soulful voice which she boldly put forth as a force for good, turned any song she sang into her own.

Today, Billie Holiday is remembered for her musical masterpieces, her songwriting skills, creativity & courageous views on inequality and justice.

Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan Gough) grew up in jazz-soaked Baltimore of the 1920s. In her early teens, the beginning part of her “apprenticeship” was spent singing along with the records of iconoclasts Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong. In 1929 Billie’s mother Sadie Fagan moved to NY in search of better jobs. Young Eleanora soon joined her there & began showing up at jazz clubs to audition & sing with resident pianists. She made debuts in obscure Harlem nightclubs, sharing tips with other dancers & comedians on the bill...

More, https://billieholiday.com/bio/

[Walleye]

1. That was a really nice musical interlude, thank you

[appalachiablue]

2. YW, Billy's beautiful singing is great anytime.