‘Lady Sings the Blues,’ ‘God Bless the Child,’ ‘Don’t Explain’—I believe Billie Holiday must have known how important these iconic works would be to feminism and to Americ ...

Born Elinore Harris, Billie Holiday had a difficult teen and young adulthood period, which included working in brothels, both as a cleaning woman and a prostitute, and being raped. Through this ...

A four-alarm fire on Wednesday evening severely damaged a building in Harlem where the jazz legend Billie Holiday once lived.

True story of legendary black jazz singer Billie Holiday, whose rise to success was accompanied by drug addiction and racial discrimination. Ross proves herself as an actress!

Billie Holiday was Motown’s immediate predecessor. It’s obvious she was an influence, and Gordy made that clear with his ...