The man who discovered Billie Holiday, 1978: CBC Archives | CBC

[@Zopo214]

I have a lot of respect for this man.

[@joeanthony1456]

Billie was perfect to me. I honestly believe she wasn’t truly loved. Her life was destroyed as the world watched. In from ‘48 on I would have worshipped the ground she walked on. I sent her a dozen roses to her graveside I couldn’t find gardenias for the 62 anniversary of her death.

[@towanateejaaienterterprise7889]

My Husband is a descendant of Billie Holiday. She is his great cousin.

[@texrenepablo3487]

John Henry Hammond II was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic from the 1930s to the early 1980s. In his service as a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music

[@h2bizzle]

What an amazing man- read all about him & his life. All I can say...an amazing man.

[@shihlin1]

What a ear for talent to discover so many remarkable artists!! The people this man met in his lifetime. Wow!!! Out of all of them, the one I most want to meet is Billie Holiday.

[@jimingram2702]

He introduced America to Delta blues and was a mainstay of support for American folk music.

[@texrenepablo3487]

John Hammond was a genius

[@MrDowntownLA]

Aretha Franklin, intergrated the Benny Goodman Band, Bill Basie, Dylan, Springsteen and Stevie Ray Vaughn, discovered among the many others discoved by John Hammond. TK

[@annettetalavera3739]

Love it thank u😇

[@acohen1980]

gr8 interview.....

[@rebeccaamoroso1927]

ok, ok,zwane, most folks know that 'discover' means 'promote' and help get the word out about the talent at hand...

[@SuperOlds88]

It's ok, there is one in every bunch.

[@theehonorable85]

Amzn history.

[@Gl6619]

I hate that interviewer, he comes off as slightly antagonistic.

[@tedstrauss999]

i agree he's not very smooth

[@zwelakhezwane4128]

how could you discover something that existed already

[@michaelmorgan8203]

Zwelakhe Zwane He helped them get recorded

[@urusoler6752]

By bring it to light. Maybe you're being confused about invention. Yes, you cannot invent something's that already existed, but you can discover it.

[@dayachandrasekera6915]

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