When Billie Holiday stepped onto a stage, it wasn’t just her voice that turned heads—it was her presence. Known as Lady Day, she embodied a timeless kind of beauty that can’t be replicated ...

Billie Holiday rose to prominence in 1939 headlining at Manhattan’s Café Society, America’s first integrated nightclub. The price of that fame was to be stalked by law enforcement and the media.

Billie Holiday builds herself up, then melts down “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” imagines one of the jazz singer’s final concerts the year of her death.

The sophisticated home once owned by legendary singer Billie Holiday has landed on the New York City real estate market for $13.99 million. Exterior Screen grab from Douglas Elliman The seven ...

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre will present the next edition of BILLIE & BEYOND, a new expansive music series inspired by the artistry and legacy of the institution ...

Since releasing her debut self-titled project in 2021, Bronx-born 24-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy has won three Grammys and been compared to greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and ...

“The United States vs. Billie Holiday” revisits the legendary jazz singer (played by Andra Day) targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics for her heroin use. Release 1972 • Director ...

She plays the iconic jazz singer in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," which runs through Oct. 27 at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Angela Wildflower always knew she belonged on stage.

Her father, jazz guitarist Clarence Holiday, died at 39 while touring in Texas. She believed he’d been refused lifesaving care because of his race.

There was something special about her. Jazz musicians and some fans heard it, and so did a young record producer named John Hammond. He heard an 18-year-old Holiday sing in a small club in April 1933.

Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of African Americans in the community is what started the whole altercation ...