Billie Holiday

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1) The centennial collection

Author

Holiday, Billie

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Desc

1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

2) Billie Holiday sings great American songbook

Author

Holiday, Billie

Pub. Date

[2001]

Physical Desc

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

3) From the heart

Author

Holiday, Billie

Pub. Date

[2009]

Physical Desc

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

4) Lady in satin

Author

Holiday, Billie

Pub. Date

[1958]

Physical Desc

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

5) God bless the child

Author

Holiday, Billie

Pub. Date

[2004]

Physical Desc

34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audio disc (digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.)

Language

English

Appears on list

Coretta Scott King Award Recipients

Description

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The song "God Bless the Child" was first performed by legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939 and remains one of her enduring masterpieces. In this picture book interpretation, renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney has created images of a family moving from the rural South to the urban North during the Great Migration that reached its peak in the 1930s. The song's message of self-reliance still speaks to us today but resonates even stronger in...

6) The essential George Gershwin

Author

Gershwin, George

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

7) Billie

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (96 min.) : digital, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday, and her would-be biographer.

8) Story of Jazz

Pub. Date

©℗2001.

Physical Desc

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

9) God bless the child

Author

Holiday, Billie

Pub. Date

2004.

Physical Desc

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm)

Language

English

Description

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The song serves as the inspiration for the book's depiction of the Great Migration of the 1930s. Through evocative images, the artist tells the story of one family's move north.