Tragic Details About Billie Holiday

[@GrungeHQ]

Was Billie Holiday the greatest singer of her era?

[@shannondavis6310]

Ms. Holliday was one of the greatest singer in any era ❤

[@shannondavis6310]

@Ricardo Valentino We all know the tragedy of the womans life. I'm celebrating the triumphs of her tenacity to survive at all. Have a good day and be safe😊

[@galemiller7422]

Ŷes she sure was!🙏🏾❤️

[@wtk6069]

One of the greatest, certainly, but that was an unusually talented era. Who can single out any one singer as the greatest in such an unequaled talent pool?

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@shannondavis6310,Beautiful!

[@KateMacgregor11]

Imagine life without racism this world would be truly something Beautiful 🦋

[@samgreen9871]

Don't not dare to imagine this will happen what a tragic story 💔

[@okimawilcox1550]

Imagine a world where women aren’t trafficked

[@SassyCarolinaNative]

Amen!

[@millennial9835]

Racism isn't the only issue

[@barbarajackson9022]

Soon that will become a reality... psalm 37:10,11

[@singlecatt]

She needed help and instead got jail! Needed love and got abused. Well! She got heaven and no one can take that from her! Bet God is enjoying her songs!

[@24goodbuddy]

Too bad she didn't get the treatment that she needed. Now a days Opiod and meth addicts are rehabbed because addiction is a sickness not a crime.

[@kathysemrau2301]

Now you can get a choice between jail and rehab if you live in a progressive state or city. Back then Billie was black and addicted and very talented. She was born to a single mom, and women were lower class. No money or family to help them, ment they were poor. Street walking poor. Billie and her mom had few choices besides prostitution, domestic work, or restaurant service. Billie was lucky that she could sing, but found herself in drugstore central. I love her voice. We are lucky she left behind records. Billie is one of our best jazz artists.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌻🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@phyllisglover9181]

singlecatt her daddy, husbands,boyfriends didn’t make it easy for her either

[@kathysemrau2301]

Sexism and racism and poverty the triple crown of poverty. Billie started back too far. But she ran to the finish line several times, only to be knocked back by that heavy triple crown.

[@cynthiasmith2804]

So true!! RIP BEAUTIFUL LADY!!

[@muezzathestray750]

They treated so many of our black stars so poorly. Draining them for everything they could, then discarding them with nothing to show for. She was beautiful, i see why my father loved her and her music.

[@lateshiachilds3640]

I know right so sad, I love knowing about singers back then and how difficult they had it.

[@skillz2Breal5000]

They are still doing it today. They have to be unfair to us other wise we will be #1 in just about everything.

[@screenactorsguilable]

@@lateshiachilds3640 Whitney too.

[@junkcarsinc9467]

what about Merlin Monroe...

[@incomingjaguar6298]

I just cried watching this. They treat our people so poorly

[@h.borter5367]

She had a tortured life. She also had quite a distinct voice. I will always remember that flower she wore in her hair.

[@laceyclayborne1633]

Gardenias

[@FunkyMonkeyInvestigations]

Loved what you wrote, thank you

[@sirresebethea]

Yes and such a beautiful attractive woman to go through what she went through

[@araceliaponce2122]

Since they made her movie with Dina Ross I know it was a great movie her life was sad May God keep her and she is a singing Angle

[@francescapowell1538]

She wore that because she burnt her hair when styling it, then it became a signature style for her!

[@ellenamontana1352]

I will never ever complain about my life again. This woman was abused and victimized since she was a child. I wonder if she ever really felt love. How sad. Such a great woman beaten down so cruelly by this sinful world. RiP

[@nancybreaux9684]

Agreed.

[@springsnapped5435]

Frfr

[@pedenmk]

It's ashamed the way she was treated.

[@lauralewis5726]

Me too... ☹️ But, what's with the 😂 "laughing till I cry" emojis? Typo I guess...

[@heirofthenazareen3812]

@Ricardo Valentino Nonsense. The abuse she suffered at the hands of a couple of black men pales in comparison to the suffering she endured all her life under the heel of America's brutal racist society.

[@pedenmk]

@Queen no it's people like you who should be ashamed. It's easy to point a finger at someone you don't even know. The world's full of individuals like yourself

[@shae5053]

@@heirofthenazareen3812 EXACTLY!!

[@heirofthenazareen3812]

@soul sessions tv Bdhrh ??? The tone of her life was set when she was born poor and black in 1915 -- long before she ever met a man.

[@nicolew5213]

Her song "Strange fruit" still applies today. She died at my present age. Loved her

[@s.wright6945]

Arrested by the police while on her death bed.. 2020 nothings changed much.

[@edwardjones8919]

Sad,BUT TRUE....

[@douglaspaterson5269]

I had surgery while hand cuffed to the bed!👹🔪🎸

[@SallyLulu885]

Sad

[@luistamargo3736]

It is sad how the greatest American singer of all time was consistently harrassed by the US government, the same government that has never recognized jazz as the only American artform.

[@melvinhill6726]

Yeah we know who killed her the same pigs that handcuffed her to the gurney.. same thing back then is happening in 2021. Wake up people pay attention 😎💯

[@PinkyPuff69]

Her mother was only thirteen when she had her. Her father was fifteen. What a beautiful Lady Day. I love her. Always. She sang her soul out.

[@sirresebethea]

Yes indeed

[@nathanielrossi9659]

That's right!

[@thedandelion157]

Her parents' ages by the time of her birth aren't quite clear. Even in her own biography she seemed to have modified them.

[@HardToBeSomeone]

Billie has a voice like a brass horn. I love you Lady Day wherever you are. She was a genius who wasn’t aware of her genius.

[@freddiebutler7113]

I sincerely hope the best for Billie Holiday and people like her.

[@tamaramadison7563]

Billie Holiday had such sad Life.She is a Legend rest Peace

[@vanessaboyd3798]

Her statue still stands in Baltimore City 🤩

[@sirresebethea]

Yup right on PA

[@nickie7874]

Might have to take it down ... sounds racial to me! ( See how silly removing statues sound to normal people?)

[@vanessaboyd3798]

@@nickie7874 What are you talking about..she a singer

[@michelekelly6502]

Yep and i remember the city hall fight! Alot of people didnt want it up! I remember seeing it just by chance! It is beautiful! It looks better than MLK's in DC! Yeah, i said it!

[@TheRmjr]

@@nickie7874 Except she did something useful with her voice by speaking out against racism. Nothing silly about that. The statues you are probably referring to are of what kind of people? What did they stand for? Make sure you do your research and fact check before posting something silly itself.

[@noemihooks4723]

My heart broke :""" why are ppl so evilly hateful. She was a phenomenal individual and beautiful & with a beautiful soul.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

Noemi Hooks,she truly was!

[@growlerthe2nd712]

That’s spite of the human spirit for you 😑

[@LH-gl2cg]

I assumed that the era she lived in came with some hardships but it really must have been a battle just to get through each day back then. She left us a beautiful legacy of how strong we must be.thank you Billie for gracing us with your beauty

[@daniellemason4951]

She was Aries beautiful , strong , talented, unaware of her genius and a legend I've always admired her. 💯💓💞💓💞💓💞🙏

[@queenarthur1152]

gang gang

[@TrangPakbaby]

The government needs to give her a complete pardon.

[@anthonywest7583]

REST IN PEACE BILLIE HOLIDAY. LADY DAY IS ICONIC.

[@MrAlbalto]

Can you believe we NEVER learned about Ms. Holiday in all of my years of school. The kicker is I live in Baltimore. Can you believe that, well I guess you can.

[@itsjayvincent]

Maryland 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@trudesoto7807]

It was sooo hard for black women. Between white racism AND the terrible treatment that black MEN have always inflicted.....it's a brutal life.

[@miriamhavard7621]

soul sessions tv Bdhrh Lena Horne was from a prominent, well-connected family. Butterfly McQueen was well-educated, and the home of her youth was uncharacteristically more peaceable with its Black residents, giving her a greater resilience. Billie Holiday was born illegitimate to a very young, rather stupid girl, who stayed stupid well into her adult life. So, there were some variables.

[@trudesoto7807]

@soul sessions tv Bdhrh - Well Lena Horne was very, very light skinned and born into rare upper middle Class family. Her father once said "Why should Lena play a maid when I can get a maid FOR her." Billy was just regular light skinned and born poor. Butterfly McQueen never married and never had kids (sadly, limiting male control....no matter what race the man.....helped keep Black women stay safe and mentally well) and she was an atheist. I'm not, but black women of that generation were not really helped by that unwavering Faith in God. McQueen did what she needed to to be happy without worrying about God, rules, what a church would think, or giving up and thinking it's all God's will. *But McQueen didn't have a glorious life. She died painfully of 3rd degree burns and in the 1970s was abused by police! THE 70's. She OVERCAME. Im not sure that's the same as having a happy life.* But I get what you mean. McQueen was no tragedy.

[@trudesoto7807]

@soul sessions tv Bdhrh - I'm reporting you. You are race trolling.....AND YOU'RE NOT BLACK....but you're using a fake photo and misleading ID. Why? What is wrong with you?

[@trudesoto7807]

@soul sessions tv Bdhrh - OMG! You don't know what you're talking about! *Hattie McDaniel was married 5 times! All for only a few years! Her husbands were abusive and resentful of her.* *Hattie NEVER HAD KIDS and died at 59 years old. The cemetery she chose refused to allow a NEGRO to be buried there.* *Hattie worked all her life....BUT DIED I DEBT! Her Oscar was sold to pay creditors!* ((--"Despite evidence McDaniel had earned an excellent income as an actress, her final estate was less than $10,000. The IRS claimed the estate owed more than $11,000 in taxes. In the end, the probate court ordered all of her property siezed."))

[@trudesoto7807]

@soul sessions tv Bdhrh - *Hattie McDaniel died IN DEBT! The IRS siezed her property and her Oscar was sold to pay creditors.*

[@tangobango9653]

What a sad, sad story of what this woman endured.

[@barbarawilliamson136]

Now i understand why she chose to drawn herself in heavy drugs..im so sorry.

[@openbun1283]

A truly sad and tragic life.

[@phyllisfrederick7143]

She was one of the best in her time I heard her music at a very young age my mother and father played her music all the time and I have some of her music myself she will always be one of the best from her time

[@patticakes5439]

What a Legend, what a terrible life. Her music will live on forever

[@jenniferwhite9133]

Billie Holiday was a revolutionary hero just like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks

[@evnstvn58]

THE RECORD THAT TRULY STANDS THE TEST OF TIME IS... "GOD BLESS THE CHILD" (THATS GOT HIS OWN)

[@biggthrill804]

RIP Lady Day

[@derrickmcmillian3040]

This is so sad.The entertainment business and the U.S government has always been evil.

[@arthurrobinson4644]

Blilies life was a prime example of both those evils consuming her life up.

[@arthurrobinson4644]

I was glad I read her story for myself. And not allow the media to dictate what narrative of her image they want us to believe. Billie was strong and persevered through all B.S. she went through. To me she an Icon without a doubt.

[@blackqueen5201]

Goes to show you that they knew and know music is powerful and delivers encouraging messages so they have always tried to this day to control the narrative. Listen to today's BS and when it's positive it doesn't get a spin

[@meep2576]

The song strange fruit is haunting

[@Capricorn-mt1ke]

She was only singing the truth. What was done was way worse.

[@tanishakennedy4616]

Good

[@tionne4716]

I hope tf it was for your ppl

[@tangyhunter8389]

@@tionne4716 my point exactly

[@animallanguage4271]

Wow, what an incredible human, woman and artist.

[@paulfitzgerald2673]

Ms. Holiday, Billie, I love you. You didn't deserve what you got. My youngest daughter shares your birthday. Nothing can be said to repair the horrible indignities you endured. You were a rare flower in a stampede of a life.

[@curtistinemiller4646]

I ❤Lady Day she was a True Legend her voice was unquie you could feel the pain in her voice she was a tortured soul may Bille Holiday rest in .peace...

[@deidrafrazier278]

Wow! this woman was amazingly strong. She was brutalized all her life. No surprise that she became an addict. Look at the addicts today! They become addicts for hobby. - this beautiful woman was ravaged, so she checked out. I get it.

[@jenuwinmoore9258]

Deidra Frazier Very well stated!

[@jojobean9260]

Actually addicts today become addicts for the same reasons she did.. Rape, childhood trauma etc You obviously know nothing about it Go watch Intervention on KZbin It's very interesting and it will teach you a lot

[@jojobean9260]

Two black women who really should know better SHAMEFUL

[@Jersey.D3vil201]

Addiction is never a hobby. Never.

[@miriamhavard7621]

soul sessions tv Bdhrh and was said to have looked 88 at the time, poor woman.

[@anaangel5434]

Billie Holiday really wanted to have a child , but was never able to conceive. It hurt her to not experience being a mother.

[@Divinatonio]

Not sure why just jazz female singers struggle to settle down and have a family, along with drugs

[@sirresebethea]

True remember she was victimize at the age of 10 yrs by an old pervert who only got 10 yrs in prison when he should have gotten life for messing with a child

[@ahtaystamcauther9376]

What? She has a son 💀

[@damonika09]

@@ahtaystamcauther9376 No she doesn’t. Unless you’re thinking of Ella Fitzgerald.

[@TheRmjr]

@@Divinatonio Did you see this of her life?

[@lionelkennedy1394]

I had always heard that she had a hard life, but never could have imagined she would have gone through all of this. So tragic.

[@creolelady4096]

I wish I could have gotten the chance to sit down at a quite place and just talked to her. About anything she wanted to talk about. Wouldn't that be awesome? RIP Ms. Holliday. May you truly be at peace and rest in God's Kingdom.

[@steloneil6699]

BEAUTIFUL COMMENT,...... I wish the same thing too!,....an unforgettable woman, who lived an unforgettable life!.....Hope your soul is resting peaceably.

[@mariasmith8656]

She was great

[@country383]

First time I heard her sing "strange fruit," and my folks told me what that was ........ I haven't been the same since.

[@paulamalone1382]

I fell in love with her music after seeing Lady Sings The Blues. I still love her music but am now very disappointed that the movie was so off about her actual life. I know there is “poetic license “ but Hollywood can twist truth until it becomes almost complete fiction. The movie was fantastic but I wish it were based more on her actual life. Thank goodness Billie Holiday’s voice can still bring such pleasure.

[@valerieneal2747]

THAT MOVIE WAS CRAP. I HATED IT.

[@turntableone4356]

If I am not mistaken, I believe she had female relationships with women but was on the dl.

[@socorrocbenitez]

No, we're not "richer". We are just humbly & appreciative of her blessing us with her presence.

[@angelbabysqueaky3985]

Her life was totally different from the movie. She differentially had a really hard life for such a talent. No one can compare to her..So glad that we still have her music.

[@brucescott4261]

Angel baby squeaky ...That movie was fictionalized, PERIOD!!!

[@rozchristopherson648]

RIP Beautiful Billie Holiday. A great lady forever. 🙏❤️

[@donalddorsey6271]

I was a NYC yellow cab driver and I dropped off someone on central park west 100 st at a brown stone apt building and he told me Billie Holiday stayed there . NYC had places where alot of entertainers stayed .

[@alexibarra3472]

2pac mentions her in “Thugs Mansion” always wondered who he was talking bout... now I know.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Capricorn-mt1ke]

I have to check it out

[@vicvega24]

ew

[@eponymous_graphics]

Great writing. I had a CD of her greatest hits i listened to more than once but less than most; it's beautiful singing with lots of emotional pain. I was ware of some of it but i didn't know she had it this bad. In some way, i never really ventured to find out. Thanks for sharing thumbs up.

[@valerieneal2747]

My favorite song of Ms. Holliday is "Traveling Light". You can hear the wishes of her heart when she sung that song. The wish of being treated with true kindness and love. The hope that one day..that she would have those things. When I hear her sing 'Traveling Light'...it brings me to tears because of those beautiful dreams she sung in that song...she was denied in her short, tragic life.

[@janay7892]

“It’s been more than 50 years since Holidays death..” This hit me hard. This wasn’t so long ago. Racism is very much so still alive. Even in the offsprings of racists. It will take centuries to weed out such deep rooted hatred.

[@wubbsie1]

I wonder who is getting the residual money from her songs. Her life was so tragic, man! This country is a horror!

[@monicajenkins4687]

The usual suspects...record companies, publishing companies, etc...

[@LGCM2024]

I just read it was going to her last husband’s wife and now, her two children

[@missj3434]

@@LGCM2024 Smfh

[@omokaroojiire]

Thanks for teaching new generation real history, and for keeping lady Holliday's memory alive!!! I appreciate the post!

[@barbaraf.valdes4206]

She made it through this life the best she could, and made her mark on our society with her music. I paid my respects to her, after work, at a Harlem NY funeral home. She looked beautiful, at peace, with that white gardenia in her hair‼️👏🎼🌹

[@colew680]

Wow! I didn’t know her life was this tragic. In the movie “lady sings the blues” made billy husband Lewis sound like a saint

[@missj3434]

Yep. They sure did

[@lillianbrown3252]

Such a sad sad life for a lady RIP BILLIEyou deserve more than what you received❤😔

[@Indiegirl007]

My, our people have gone through so much.

[@FlavioMarceloSousa35]

Brilliant singer, amazing voice.

[@skywalker7778]

How blessed we all are listening to Holiday's talented voice! 🎶

[@carlaosborne160]

Lady blues, your tear stained ,pain soaked, songs touch to the very core the essence of a woman. Neither time nor tragedy can erase your legacy..Queen of the speakeasies, forever in our hearts...embedded in our souls.

[@harrymullany4789]

What incredible strength and courage she showed to survive as long as she did. Billie is unique as a jazz singer who truly believed her lyrics and could phrase instinctively like the greatest musicians of her time.

[@a.banks.7682]

Wow Grunge, never knew some of these facts! And isn't ironic that a lot of rich people like to try to symbolize and equate their wealth with her music..

[@lenevee4925]

Overdue but at least acknowledged!

[@xtow46]

Wow 44 is so young :(

[@kthackerrn]

She absolutely beautiful.

[@reneeolson4881]

Great nutshell version of her life, thank you. Her bio is...very good but tragic. We will always remember you Lady Day. ❤💔❤

[@walternicolas6927]

Hello Renee how are you doing today...

[@carlalewis2149]

Fagan is my maiden name. I never knew Billie Holiday was a Fagan. I was born not far from Baltimore and still live in Western Md. I wonder if we're related? I just love her voice.

[@Cowgirlfrom_Hell]

I’ve loved her song “I’ll be seeing you” ever since I heard it in The Notebook ❤️ always makes me cry

[@EbonyGirlSpeaks]

I love this women and her music. RIP Lady Day.

[@d.fattyadams1313]

Her tormenters are relegated to obscurity and shame. Holliday's legacy has stood and will stand the test of time. Continue to rest in peace and power dear soul.

[@positivemanifestations3247]

This was a beautiful, considerate piece on her. Well-spoken ❤

[@shrondasmith7544]

I did not know she experienced so much heartache and pain, I also didn't know Louis was abusive too her. I thought he was the one to help her get clean and how she was raped at least that's what the movie portrayed in Lady Sings the Blues like Louis was a perfect man too her and loved her unconditionally...

[@karenchurchmanthornton2414]

The movie "Lady sings the blues" didn't in no way scratch the surface of her life except for the drug use maybe. She was an amazing and beautiful woman. Her life was tragic and way too short.😥😥😥

[@sharonbingham5428]

YAHWEH doesn't make mistakes. A beautiful soul was given and taken away. Ppl don't appreciate goodness and grace. The truth can be hard to swallow.

[@dominiquejones3805]

The new film shows some of the raw side

[@barbarajackson9022]

So sad she underwent so much injustice. such a pretty lady and talented singer! Ms. Gardenia I like to call her.

[@Dee2D]

😡 no good dirty ass men (White or black)can tear a good woman down, 😇all the powers that be 🙏🏽bless the good ones.

[@facesbydeenicole]

RIP LADY DAY; Love you🕊❤️

[@samic1051]

I am 55 year old white Canadian woman, who I don't know when I first discovered Billie Holiday but I think it was my father's love of jazz and blues he loved Ella Fitzgerald Sam Cooke Billie Holiday Edith Piaf he love country music so I just was one of the five kids loved his music and looked into things and I remember watching a movie I think about Billie Holiday called lady sings the blues, with Diana Ross? I may be wrong but listening to this right now, amazes me what a beautiful intelligence strong woman Billie Holiday must have been because I don't think many women could have done what she did back in those days, God bless her. I think maybe she's one of the angels in heaven now singing.

[@susancaballeroaloui4756]

wow. what a sad story. i feel so bad for her. so much sorrow and misfortune. and even with all that, she was a star, a shining star with a magnificent talent. RIP Billie Holiday. love your music.

[@bobenton8841]

❤❤❤❤❤The Greatest Jazz Singer In The World.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@zanethind]

I love these historic short vids u guys do keep up the great work

[@kandiscarter6164]

I love billie holiday she is the best jazz singer

[@edithfisher4098]

Lady Day. She certainly had a sad childhood which followed her to her adulthood. Her voice and style is something that will live on in the halls of Jazz World

[@walternicolas6927]

Hello Edith how are you doing today...

[@16268t]

Strange fruit, she hit it where it hurt real lyrics!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 True Legendary figure!! 👑👑👑✨

[@elvisjohnson1208]

God Bless her, she deserves it.

[@miciabrown]

Ms Billie Holiday was a Savage, and I love her voice!

[@bobbief_69]

this incredible woman had so much abuse in her life for someone who left this world too young and so talented

[@walternicolas6927]

Hello Bobbie how are you doing today..

[@danayadennis]

Til this day in my city of Baltimore we have a statue in her honor and the famous theater post is still there

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

So sorry Angel, You blessed us with pride and soul. Thank you for living.

[@rougeblues1590]

After the song Srange Fruit strange people came along and strange things started happening.

[@bobbkg762]

Rest in peace, beautiful lady 💕❣️

[@ladyl7660]

The fact they tried to silence her and the song is now being played in 2021.

[@Decgyrrl]

Billie Holliday, has been deceased 61 yrs. She died the year I came into the world. I hope that she is resting in peace & receiving all the riches in God's paradise, than she did down here. She definitely deserves that. It wasn't easy for her. Not at all!

[@yukeyshajames6827]

Wow they left alot of this out in the movie

[@blessedmslady7016]

Well "I" LOVE HER JUST AS SHE WAS💕💖💝❣

[@bentolleson8582]

Her voice could move mountains. R.I.P. maam

[@attitudeproblem6462]

When you understand why someone says “Ain’t nobody’s business if I do”.

[@jennifergray6433]

A thumbs up for she is a Legend. Thumbs down because she died so tragically...alone, going to jail. May Lady Day rest in peace.

[@ShanaWise5314]

... It's 2021... And still we black women go through this madness.... Rest in Power, Queen Holiday. You will forever live on. 💫🙏🏾

[@christinagaynelle9991]

We didn’t hear a second of her voice

[@jmf2274]

"lost her temper", the commentary is pathetic. This country is the most racist country on earth even in 2021

[@maiat5643]

💯

[@navia04]

true

[@datwoopthing6167]

Australia is a hair width second.

[@RubiPearl560]

Singers go thru a lot to sing you these beautiful songs

[@Nikki-mn6rs]

“ AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE” they call it. I guess it depends on who’s freedom their referring to “2021”

[@joseotavioalvesdasilva5931]

BILLIE HOLIDAY FOI É E SERÁ SEMPRE A VOZ MAIS LINDA ,QUE JA EXISTIU NA AMERICA E NO MUNDO.

[@mrstanbmw]

Her voice was so unique she caught hell people shouldn't be treated the way she was great talent. Lady Day

[@redlipsblacklace3373]

What happed to her is wrong on so many levels, RIP sweet angel.

[@skeeburton3360]

Thank you for this docmentery..what soilder