Lady Sings the Blues | Billy Dee Williams & Diana Ross Shine in This Classic

[@vustation]

Should have won the Oscar for best picture and actress 1972

[@blacktreemedia]

My dad loved this movie. I can’t wait to watch it today. RIP pops

[@gwen8859]

Who won that year? Was it Cher from moonstruck? Whomever no one should have beat Ms Ross

[@blacktreemedia]

@@gwen8859 Liza Minneli for Cabaret

[@gwen8859]

@ I still think Ross was the best the way she portrayed Holiday when she shot up and had Jones’s in the bathroom so many other scenes even as little girl. Wow. And then my fu#*king roommate stole my album. Yes I’m talking 73, I got the album in72 when they stole it. Stole a lot of my LPs and I was too stupid to realize for long time

[@cflo1023]

yeah It was a HARD year at The Oscars that year with Liza wearing out her role in Cabaret nailing that Bob Fosse Choreography. ROSS was excellent her first time acting for sure!!!!!!

[@jonhi1]

Makes me Cry - Because SHE ACTED HER AZZ OFF and deserved everything - The only Movie NOBODY had ever tried to remake

[@wandadevereaux2359]

You're right a remake of this movie was never made, but a more true to fact movie about Billi Holiday was made starring Andra Day released in 2021 called "The United States vs. Billi Holiday". Lady Sings the Blues was full of misinformation and down right untruths about her life. Although it was good movie, it did not tell the truth about the real Billi Holiday. If you are a true fan, check out the movie made with Andra Day, you will be impressed trust me.

[@jonhi1]

@wandadevereaux2359 this was made 52 years ago! back in those times were different NOBODY was telling the truth....lol..but Diana Ross did a great job

[@Southgate210]

@@wandadevereaux2359 I saw what was to be rumored a remake? To differenced Billy's and two different Holladay's both dazzling! I loved it! Andra Day gave me yet another classic! Love it and as far as Miss. Ross goes? I'm glad I grew up with her and learned what class was all about! Loved this lady and I'm now 67 and I pray she buries me not my burying her! She serves a dazzle and today's young ladies need's her and her daughters of course they bad! I love seeing them when I can!

[@atefurshambaelijah2250]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@Ladybugsingh]

They actually did remake it. It's called United States vs Billie Holiday.

[@DaretoDream814]

Billy Dee was soooo damn fine! This movie will always be of my favorites.

[@Pjsixty60]

Mine too ❤

[@deandraavery]

Me too!

[@flossie1362]

wasn't he just!

[@dellonnieshelby9898]

This was a magnificant movie!! Diana Ross should have won the Oscar!!!❤😂

[@hotdjohns30595FO]

HANDS DOWN...SHE WAS ROBBED!!!💯

[@otisroseboro5613]

R.I.P To The King of Comedy Richard Pryor, Still Miss You Always

[@annrodriguez2891]

OMG ..I remember this .I love Pryor and consider him the absolute BEST comedian of all time❤

[@otisroseboro5613]

@annrodriguez2891 Exactly 💯

[@kurtzwar729]

Diana Ross' finest work. Bar none. RIP Billie Holiday. One of America's finest jazz singers.

[@brucescott4261]

@@kurtzwar729 ...Audra McDonald is a better actress than Diane Ross, PERIOD!!!

[@syingram6677]

@@brucescott4261 No she is not - she is good but she is not on the same level as Ms. Ross and that is just facts☝

[@jackiem1903]

I did a 3 week tour with Diana Ross. 3 string players and band. 2 weeks in Las Vegas and 1 week in Ocean City she was amazing.

[@blacktreemedia]

Lucky

[@uniquepurpose03]

Very lucky, wow

[@lashanmassey3429]

I grew up watching this movie with my mom and brother. This movie will always be a classic!!!

[@richardbutterfield412]

Diana was robbed of the Oscar! Her acting is just tremendously great in this film.

[@Ohsnapitzann]

This is a sad yet fascinating film about Billie Hoilday.

[@shaunaodiea6184]

She was brilliant in this film!!!!! And, robbed of what she deserved. 💯🏆💯

[@johanngibbs8438]

Oscar worthy

[@ColleenShannon-c3m]

Billy Dee Williams, Is A Fantastic Actor!! A Good Looken Man.

[@1968-b3n]

Diana Ross was Boss , im Glad i grew Up Listening to Her an Seeing Her on Film in the 1970's as a Youth Touch Me in the Morning 1973

[@narvelancoleman8597]

I am 76, and I took my first steps as a toddler trying to reach up and touch a Billie Holiday acetate record that my dad, who was a big fan of hers was playing on a very old record player. I read the book this movie was based on and saw it at the theatre during its initial release in 1972... FOUR times before it left the theatre. I have voraciously collected every book, VHS, DVD, read, watched, and listened to everything I could get my hands on about her... and I am STILL fascinated with her life, talent, music and legend!

[@Southgate210]

Bingo! I'm 67 and retired but will be able to Travel the World and do it big a/k/a via 23-years of back pay from the job I retired from so with those coins? Going to do it big, 'with my own, 'dream girl transformation from Olive Oil to Super visual star in my own right, and when I saw the play dream girls? I dress for that show and enjoy the attention, but with that I got to be realistic & keep my safety into consideration so my being born/raised in the City of Chicago! I had my new truck flown to the State of Utah, to a place that specializes in upgrading truck/cars making them totally bullet proof inside out, got a 2nd wind pipe installed that will ooze out a lot of black smoke to ruin the little darlings eye sight & favorite addition(s) which is truck handles which can spit 120 votes then after the little honor students will go back to mama with a nice afro as the volts shook's some sense into their young punk ass's! On the other hand, I'm going to see Miss. Ross and the dude from the Commodores I don't dare try and spell his name right but yeah! Holding my breath because for no reason(s) do not want that concert not go on! Take care folks & enjoy life!

[@beautyqueen130]

❤ fabulous story. What a great memory. I smiled as I read. Billie was a powerful woman. Her presence was heavy. ❤

[@syingram6677]

Read the new biography out about Billie by Paul Alexander called 'Bitter Crop' - Billie originally wanted her book 'Lady Sings the Blues' to be titled 'Bitter Crop' yet the publisher thought it was too reminiscent of 'Strange Fruit'

[@Debra-dm3mv]

I loved this movie when it first came out. Diana's voice was so beautiful. But, it was about Billie Holiday, and it really was so sad what she went thru. I hope she is at peace in heaven.

[@djmarcforsal1365]

Thank You Black Tree for providing some of our greatest artists showing their greatest work on the Big Screen …… Thank you 🙏 So much

[@moonwalker5275]

My all time favorite movie. My mother had the soundtrack album and it opened like a book and in it was the scene where she scribbled on the mirror with lipstick. Man this movie does stuff to me. The best. Excellent.

[@PeaceLove197]

Both actors should be awarded today for this outstanding performance! 🎭 I loved this film then ! And adore it now! Every girls dream to meet Billy Dee ! 😂 race did not matter where I grew up at! ❤

[@deborahsmith3824]

She in my mind is still an Oscar winner for this movie 🍿. Excellent performance, she and Billy Dee were perfect together. Both had chemistry together for sure!❤

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

"you want my arm to fall off?" -Billy Dee Williams

[@TeraGreene1]

When I was starting my djing career in 2003, my grandpa said I could dig through his records. I found Lady Sings The Blues and was inspired. I stumbled into a music school in 2004 by accident and we had a class project. I created my first album mix, and interwove a few samples and interludes from LSTB into my set on my first album called, Frontal Lobe Funk. To this day, it is still one of my fave collector’s pieces. Especially because it ties me to my fave person in the entire universe, my grandpa, who would tell me stories about Stomping at the Savoy, and who let me turn our guest room into my first little studio room to get my legs under me. I would play for hours, as mindful of the volume as possible and I would come out from practicing for 4 hours or more and he would say, “why’d you stop? You sounded so good.” I would laugh and say, “because it’s 2am and I didn’t want to wake you, grandpa. “ 😅 He was such a great support. I’m 41 now, an award-winning DJ, mentor and I am fortunate for this video being posted! Thank you. ❤

[@j.decole5372]

A classic! I’m 31. I grew up watching old movies like this on VHS.

[@Incognitowicksco]

Same 😊

[@joycewilliams1755]

She’s always on point with the fashion

[@alimax9728]

outstanding performances

[@cynthiawashington4645]

Omg!!!! Billy Dee is the most handsome man in earth i love him forever n always

[@cynthiawashington4645]

Billy Dee Williams is the most handsome man in the world omg I love him always n forever

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Such a great film. Happy to watch it again. Yes, Diana should have won the Oscar for that performance. Thanks for sharing.

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Right after finishing this a biography came up on her. Quite a different story than the movie.

[@blacktreemedia]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nicollantiago]

This movie needs to be redone showing the true nature of Louis McKay

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Why⁉️ We know him all too well. But we also want to remember the best that Billie was and is by not focusing on the lowlifes in her life. She was a child prostitute too; you want to dig into the details of that⁉️McKay wasn’t the only pusher man, and sexual abuse was common among ALL women. Furthermore, alcohol and drug addiction was a problem among white performers, too. They simply weren’t punished and degraded for it as we were and are. Making a monster movie about McKay does nothing for the heroic character of Lady Day!

[@oshakiyaify]

Who is he Louis McKay ?sorry

[@nicollantiago]

@@oshakiyaify he was the husband of Billie Holiday. He was portrayed by Billy D Williams in the movie Lady Sings the Blues.

[@justaylor1269]

​@@nicollantiagothey nevered married

[@antionettethegirlnextdoor]

Exactly

[@joycewilliams1755]

The Boss! Periodt. One of my all time favorite classics

[@VanessaBurton-hb9pm]

I remember seeing this at the drive in with my mom and her telling me not to tell Dad because he thought i was to young. We looked at each other and both started singing.."Aint Nobody's business if I do" that memory still makes me smile ❤

[@F4TiMA.]

Rest in paradise Billie Holiday… you will never be forgotten we thank you for your contributions to humanity(!) 🌞🌞🌞🙏🏿

[@kimberlywoolfolk7575]

One of my all-time favorite movies!

[@ebonywhite1388]

My favorite movie ever.

[@KeythF]

This movie was etched in my being as a kid. I had the album and everything! One of my favorite movies of all time!

[@jhssmith2004]

i saw this when i was 13. me and my best friend who was 13 also went to see this at our junior high school in new york. we loved it but it was a heavy movie for me. diana ross, bilie dee and richard pryor were perfection.

[@k.l.6487]

Hi from Germany, Diana IS not just a GREAT SINGER, SHE ALSO IS A GREAT ACTOR !!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING SHE DOES/OR DID....... WAS ALWAYS : PERFECT. U ALL STAY HEALTHY !!!!!!

[@ericsimmons7716]

So much for Richard Pryor's role. DAMN!

[@tonyadangerfield8640]

Thank You for bring back this Movie just laying hear watching a great movie and Actor's ❤

[@Stantonthestandardstanding]

I hated that first scene with Diana Ross, but I love this movie and Diana. Billy Dee is so iconic.

[@saritasamples100]

This is one movie that i have seen at least five time. Awesome actors/actresses. Very good movie. Thanx for all the upload.😊😊

[@fourthgirl]

No one says "fantastic " like Billy Dee Williams.

[@user-xd7oi4lv5v]

This is my first time watching this and I never knew that Mrs Ross was such a good actress

[@Sumayya538]

Wow, I just found a Classic here, 1972 What a Good year 👏 ❤❤❤❤

[@annrodriguez2891]

Yes you did...very underrated movie

[@JenniferTyler-n9w]

Diana played this role perfectly 👌

[@cynthiawashington4645]

To look at him makes me melt!!!! Fine as wine n champagne

[@chiriforever6535]

I seen this movie so many times, never goes old.😊😊😊😊

[@CristainBattle-ck7xq]

I love movie so much I wish Diana win a Oscar for this movie because Diana acting was fantastic 👏👏👏👏

[@louisegross3886]

In the seventies she had no chance and to be honest Diana a singer not a actress and in case u wondering I'm black and knew the seventies so get mad if u want she her acting wasn't Oscar worthy keep it real

[@blacktreemedia]

Liza Minnelli a singer. Did you watch Cabaret? Diana performance is 5x better easy

[@louisegross3886]

@@CristainBattle-ck7xq ima a seventies gal and saw the really deal and he'll know she can't act some body told u wrong we just enjoyed the movie back in the day you would make a bad movie critic lol

[@louisegross3886]

@@CristainBattle-ck7xq a Oscar girl you cold never be a movie critic

[@blacktreemedia]

I am a movie critic. Pretty good at it the industry tells me…

[@DianaTucker-db7bo]

This was one of my favorite back in the day. Amazing roles amidst all the individuals of the cast.

[@PatriciaDouglas-m6s]

Love Diana Ross in this forever a classic she did Billie holiday magnification

[@kimsimpson5744]

This Movie brings back memories of the white stone drive-in movie .BX. NY . YA DIG 🍷

[@bklynk]

I saw this and Ben at the West Side Drive-in on 8 Mile Rd. What up do!

[@alimantado373]

Great Movie . I saw this as a Child 11 years old in the UK , Everybody Black watched it, A biopic based on Billy Holliday. Brings back memories and I have the popcorn out!

[@ShebaPiscesLaveau]

THIS IS BY FAR HANDS DOWN 💯💯💯💯🎼🎼🎼🎼🔥🔥🔥🔥👑👑👑👑

[@CLark-yk7oz]

Great film. I also attended school in NYC with Tracee, I have never met a more lovely woman than Diana Ross and in spite of huge fame… Just care, talent and beauty and being down to earth ✌️

[@kentburrell3419]

I remember my dad taking my brother and i to see LSTB at the drive in..Ms. Ross showed up and showed off..

[@mrs.rosariomoney8167]

❤❤❤❤I loved this movie since I was a child, and Mahoney also and my Diana Ross doll. Im a 70s kid❤❤❤

[@Southgate210]

Mahogany love! Mahogany!

[@Tuie1956]

Best film and best actors. Well done!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rohndamaynes236]

I have always loved this movie. You literally cannot stream this anywhere. Thank you for posting this.

[@bettydavis7904]

Thank you !!!!

[@dorishanoum3811]

Yes, This Movie Deserved all the accolades, ❤this movie I still have it on VHS like bran New, I dont own a VCR , havent for yrs, The Acting in this Movie was SUPERB!!🤗👏👍❤️

[@TheAquarian214]

Loved this movie! Thank you so much…❤😊

[@otisroseboro5613]

Great Performances By Everyone In This Movie

[@eveyholmes]

I worked at Metropolitan Hospital in Spanish Harlem as a Red Cross Volunteer where Billie Holiday died. I also lived in the Housing Projects across the street.

[@bakercarl8518]

I had put off watching this movie for years because majority said you gotta see it!!! They were right. It's a great movie bio about GREAT lady and her music should never be forgotten.

[@ColleenShannon-c3m]

Louis Mckay, Fantastic Actor. Good Lookin Man. What An Excellent Movie. I Loved It. 😭☺️🤗Love CoCo Co 💜💖💜 Heart.

[@blacktreemedia]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@narvelancoleman8597]

You mean actor Billy Dee Williams, portraying Louis McKay.❤️👍

[@GOSPELPERFORMINGARTS]

One of my most favorites. Make me cry, make me laugh, make me remember when I first saw it how I loved it and later in life how I felt it, for I could feel the love, pain and hurt she felt as she fought her life of demons🎭💫🗝️

[@MsPope1010]

Still one of my favorites!! I was way too young to watch this but I remember watching it every time it came on!!!

[@PamalaBotts]

MyPope1010 Did it come on TV ? I saw it at the movie when it came out

[@jenwendy7]

hahahaah me too! i just couldn't get over how beautiful she is in this movie i wanted to grow up to look just like her

[@MsPope1010]

@@PamalaBotts yes. It came on regular TV all the time.

[@PamalaBotts]

@@MsPope1010 thanks for letting me know. I was an adult when it came out in the movies. Thanks for letting me know

[@MsPope1010]

no problem. I’m sure it was nice to see in the theater. I was too young to see it at the theater. Honestly I shouldn’t have seen it on regular tv when I did. But I’m glad I did. Billy Dee was my first crush. 😍

[@JerryCalvert-x9u]

Wow, just found about this. It's late, but plan to save it for later and watch it soon. This looks very good. This group has worked together on other films, the Jackson TV movie for example which was actually very well done too. This is going to be very good I have a feeling. Can't wait!

[@ColleenShannon-c3m]

😳 Wow Mrs. Jefferson. Almost Would'nt Have Recognized Her. She Was Pretty Young There. Prettiest Of Complexions, Soooo Super Soft Smooth Skin, And Her MakeUp On Her Cheeks, Done Wonderfully, Looks Terrific! Diana Ross, Yes, One Of The Best!! 👌. I Think, I Seen This Film Many Many Years Ago, An Awsome Pick. Oh Yeah, And Billie Holiday, Ca'nt Beat It!! Thankyou.

[@JoannRyan-v7b]

What a movie!!!!

[@denisecatolbrown8211]

Brought tears to my eyes ❤😢

[@victorbarclay8571]

What a excellent performance from Ms Ross. Yes i agree she should have won an Oscar for Best Actress. She lost to Liza Minnelli. All the same it’s a great achievement. Well done Ms Ross.

[@SabrynJohnson-ey6oq]

The music is so amazing

[@natashajohnson588]

One ❤ of the best movies 🎥 ever I saw as I child 😂❤

[@beautyqueen130]

Diana was not afraid to look ugly, as beautiful as she is. She acted her behind off. True talent. She was and is a legend. Takes an aries woman to play another powerful Aries woman❤. Diana from the Brewster project of Detroit.

[@PamelaJackson-q7c]

About to watch for the first time. 😊😊😊. Hope I like it😊

[@gwen8859]

Can’t count many times I had my boyfriend take me to see this movie. “Southern Tree”, that is the first time I heard it. 😢😢😢

[@cflo1023]

Southern Tree? The song is called STRANGE FRUIT.

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Strange Fruit written by a Jewish musician. She made it famous. Went to jail for singing it. Arrested again and again on fake drug charges. Club card taken so she couldn’t work in NYC her hometown. Meanwhile, Peggy Lee her sometime friend , a white singer doing as much dope… Never arrested, never even cited. She died of a drug overdose; that was covered up, too! No matter- like dust Eleanora rose and became Lady Day to the world❤

[@syingram6677]

@@jeanettesdaughter Fun Fact - Abel Meeropol - 'Lewis Allen' wrote Strange Fruit as a poem - he was not a musician he was a teacher - thus he had to use the Nom de plume of 'Lewis Allen' to protect his job and to hide the fact that he was a communist. He adopted the children of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg after they were murdered by the United States gov for being "communist spies. "

[@kinyaalexander7252]

Thanks for posting I can’t find these classics anywhere else😘😘

[@blacktreemedia]

Enjoy!

[@sharonsyron2904]

Great movie!!

[@TerryMarshall-h9u]

Diana Ross!!! I totally loved her!!

[@TerryMarshall-h9u]

Her voice! One of a kind! Amazing talented woman!!!

[@heruthecoppercoloredgod7311]

This is a very hard film to watch although it is beautiful! As a young boy seeing this for the first time I was awestruck by the beauty of Diana Ross! Not able to understand fully what was going on all I saw was a woman who would be very sad or down suddenly LIGHT UP THE ENTIRE SCREEN with a beauty I had never seen on another human being! And the beauty of her voice and the haunting melodies it was really too much emotional stimulation for a young boy to bear yet again the sheer beauty of Diana Ross & the angelic tones of her voice made the film too compelling for a young boy to resist. I have only loved Diana Ross from this film to this day! She portrayed such sadness in this film yet she herself is one of the most positive and upbeat women to ever hit Hollywood and the music industry she is sheer inspiration. She is a work of art, she is like a goddess, all her moves seem just right she is tough as titanium yet soft and sweet where it fits. I arrived in this realm to be so favored as to be here when she arrived and in her time I feel she is like a sun or a moon in my personal solar system as if I could not be here if she were not. She almost seems like a figment of my wildest imagination come true. She is EVERYTHING she is the first thing I loved outside of my family and from a very young age! She helped me to cultivate a voice of my own and sing as well because of the love I have for her voice! Peace & power to the magnificent woman of lifetimes Diana Ross! .

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Wow. What a tribute.

[@jessjohnson2486]

This one of my favorite movies!!!

[@Nicole-kx9vg]

BOSS Clothes Attire! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@tycora1689]

💙💙💙💙💙 CLASSIC

[@maristelasilva8689]

Excelente!!!!

[@carmenthomas5315]

Diana Ross should have won an award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday. She doesn't get the respect she deserves for her acting abilities.

[@uniquepurpose03]

"They call him Big Ben" 😂

[@elevatedqueen]

Oldie but goodie 🍿 thank you 🫡

[@diannemarshall4078]

Love this Movie! So much so I did a research paper on it for Mass Media in America. We all dame well know Diana Ross should have won the Academy Award for her outstanding performance. She is amazing still going strong ! Recently was at the Resorts in A.C. she will always fill the seats. Maybe people should stsrt listening to her beautiful songs instead of the political nonsense that has caused so much conflict among each other. Reach out and touch somebodies hand make this a better world if you can.

[@diannemarshall4078]

Thank you so much. Just trying to remind people that all things are possible with self respect and love for each other. Diana is all about that. She trully is one of Gods Angel's.

[@sisterlovafriendcook9324]

Classic ❤

[@THERESASANDOVAL-kr2pe]

Love Billy Dee other great movie chiefs

[@mraaronmallory]

❤ Thank you KZbin for showing us this movie. And thank you God Jehovah Almighty for blessing me to watch this movie. Happy 😊Thanksgiving 🦃 everyone!! Sincerely 🌨 Minister Donna C Eckhardt 🍭 Founder of Effectual Fervent Prayer Ministry 🌟.

[@Destruction5677]

Such a sad ending 😢

[@Imsodevine]

i just found this channel, i love it!

[@blacktreemedia]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@maggiethecat1538]

Thankyou

[@blacktreemedia]

Your welcome

[@4dyamondx745]

Isabel Sanford was such a great Actor.

[@misomercy]

I love you Scatman Crothers, as Big Ben xoxo.

Entertaining but filled with inaccuracies and anachronisms. It re-inscribes and perpetuates a lot of Myths more than writing the Truths about this great Artiste. I would still give the movie full credit for tuning me into Billie 38 yrs ago...Ive been in love ever since. Best to seek out a well - researched and written Biography, like Wishing on the Moon (2002) by Donald Clarke.

[@upper339]

When you play a role in a movie so well That it gives my trauma just watching it so I don't and it's one of my all time favorite movies.You played the Fk at that role..

[@facesbydeenicole]

Lawwwd Billy Dee the reason all I dated was pretty men😂.. nah, this is movie.. the reason I fell in love with jazz & love Billie Holiday. This is my favorite movie!! RIP Queen… 😭❤