The film, and a score album that also featured Michel Legrand and Blinky Williams, undoubtedly helped to revive Holiday’s legacy and to introduce her to an entirely new audience, via one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 19. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. It’s a poignant reminder of Lady Day’s sadly early demise that, when Lady Sings The Blues was released, she had already been gone for some 13 years. Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. The double LP featured Ross singing such gems from the tragic singer’s catalog as “God Bless The Child,” “Strange Fruit,” and the title song. Lady Day (Billie Holiday block print blk) Sleeveless Top. The soundtrack album from the movie became Diana’s only US No.1 solo pop album - aptly, on the chart date that would have been Billie’s 58th birthday, April 7, 1973. Shop high-quality unique Lady Sings The Blues T-Shirts designed and sold by independent artists. OctoBy Paul Sexton Diana Ross 'Lady Sings The Blues' artwork - Courtesy: UMG When Diana Ross chose to make her feature film debut playing the role of Billie Holiday, in the. She was little more than two years into the official launch of her solo career, and only one of her four post- Supremes albums to date had made the US Top 40. Brief Synopsis Billie Holliday fights drug addiction to make a name for herself as a jazz singer. When Diana Ross chose to make her feature film debut playing the role of Billie Holiday, in the biopic Lady Sings The Blues, released on October 12, 1972, it was a bold move for the Motown queen.

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