Throughout the course of the 20th century, the public has long been enamored with the life and legacy of Billie Holiday. Her vocal delivery and stage presence brought this Baltimore native to the ...

Actress Lynn Hamilton, known for roles in “Sanford and Son,” “Dangerous Women” and “Generations,” has died. She was 95 years old. A representative said Hamilton died on June 19, “surrounded by her ...

*It has been almost three decades since the film “Lady Sings the Blues” was made. The movie was Diana Ross’ debut as an actress, where she shared star billing with Billy Dee Williams. The film was ...

Ma Rainey was a real person. One of our earliest professional blues singers, she performed and recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s, and her popularity and folksy style earned her the title “Mother ...

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Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year, by Paul Alexander. Knopf. 368 pages. $32. Early on in Billie Holiday’s 1956 memoir Lady Sings the Blues, she recalls the ...

Although he wrote the music for one of Billie Holiday’s most renowned songs, “Lady Sings the Blues,” the work of pianist Herbie Nichols (1919-1963) is unduly obscure. He recorded only sporadically, ...

A representative said Hamilton died on June 19, “surrounded by her grandchildren, loved ones and caregivers,” the “Today” show reported. “Her illustrious career, spanning over five decades, has left ...