Billie Holiday
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I'm really inspired by other music and musicians. My fantasy dinner party would include Willie Nelson, Ray Charles and Billie Holiday. They're just some of the people I look up to. I have about 50 musical icons.
She likes powerful singers -- Etta James, Billie Holiday ... But she also listens to a lot of modern ones, like Adele, and that really comes into it, as well. Powerful singers who can really belt and sing their heart out.
How long until you see every casino in Vegas get Elvis or Billie Holiday and they have these sort of quote, unquote live shows of these people?More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Idaho tribe touts 'Mrs. Swing's' Indian roots
York City to add her to its inductees -- on grounds she helped blaze a trail for better-known singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday ."Mildred was a pioneer," said Coeur d'Alene Tribal Chairman Chief J. Allan. "She paved the way for many other female Read more »
Around the web
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Barack Obama: the college years
Obama with his father, Barack Obama, Sr. Photograph: Obama For America Obama with former lover Genevieve Cook. ‘He is very beautiful,’ Cook wrote in her diary. ‘Oooooo, I can’t wait to be in Brooklyn with spring coming.’ He had turned 18 a few weeks earl from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Harlem v Hackney at the Apollo. Like anyone knows what Hackney is
Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem has a long, illustrious history going back to the discovery of Ella Fitzgerald there in 1934, up through Billie Holiday, Dionne Warwick, Luther Vandross and beyond. This week, in front of a capacity crowd, pe from The Guardian Music Read more »
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Pam Grout: Rich Literary Heritage Draws Writers To Key West
If you're a writer, Key West is on your bucket list, likely in the number one spot. This bohemian island city, the southernmost in the contiguous United States, is where Ernest Hemingway produced nearly half his life's work including To Have and Have Not from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Madeleine Peyroux at McGlohon Theatre tonight (5/16/2012)
MADELEINE PEYROUX Vocalist Madeleine Peyroux brings her Billie Holiday-esque style to the McGlohon Theatre while touring in support of 2011's Standing on the Rooftop. Her vocals, often set against sparse backdrops, are the centerpiece of her recordings. from Charlotte Creative Loafing Read more »
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State should pass bill to identify dangerous chemicals
God bless the child that’s got his own. That line from Billie Holiday has special meaning for me. I learned from my mother that when the world doesn’t give you something, you can make it for yourself. Growing up in Buffalo in the 1940s, my parents owned from Buffalo News Read more »
