{"product_id":"lady-sings-the-blues-50th-anniversay-edition-revised-discography-billie-holiday-william-dufty-9780767923866","title":"Lady Sings The Blues: 50th Anniversary by Billie Holiday \u0026 William Dufty","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eLady Sings the Blues\u003c\/u\u003e: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Billie Holiday \u0026amp; William Dufty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003eHarlem Moon Classic Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003eFrom Holiday's rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem's club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie's life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003eWe are with her during the mesmerizing debut of \"Strange Fruit\"; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Aptos,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll of this is told in Holiday's tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49822839832891,"sku":"0767923863","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780767923866.jpg?v=1777294989","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/lady-sings-the-blues-50th-anniversay-edition-revised-discography-billie-holiday-william-dufty-9780767923866","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}