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Lady Sings the Blues

The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography

Billie Holiday with William Dufty

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Description

Lady Sings the Blues (1956) is Billie Holiday’s tell-all memoir. The legendary jazz singer recounts her life, from a brutal childhood in Baltimore to the start of her musical career in Harlem and – eventually – stardom tainted by racism and drug addiction. 

Who Should Listen

  • Music lovers
  • Anyone curious about Harlem speakeasies
  • Fans of fast-paced, hard-edged memoirs

About the Authors

Billie Holiday was one of the most influential singers in the history of American music. She cowrote Lady Sings the Blues with William F. Dufty, a newspaper journalist and editor who was married to one of her best friends.