Billie recalls listening to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith on her mother ... White does lovely work making Holiday’s tunes her own, finding a range of swoops, textures and occasional warbles ...

Billie Holiday ("Lady Day") is considered by many to be the greatest ... Holiday scrubbed floors and ran errands for a nearby brothel so she could listen to idols Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith on ...

Mildred paved the way for the careers of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald ... which she appropriated from trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Holiday acknowledged that she tried to sound like a ...

Billie Holiday was a preeminent jazz vocalist ... African-American blues singer Bessie Smith and trumpeter Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, wafting from seemingly every open door and window as well ...

Billie Holiday, Eric Dolphy (pictured, top), Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dizzy Gillespie, along with photos of amateur musicians performing in their local communities ...

Mikhala Iversen wasn't yet a toddler when Louis Armstrong visited her family ... The free performance coincides with the museum's exhibit, "Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: Photographs by Jerry ...

Trumpeter Russ Johnson says Louis Armstrong created “the greatest trumpet sound ever recorded.” “As with Billie Holiday, I loved the voice and sound of Louis Armstrong from the first time I ...

It also becomes his highest charting album since 1965 on the Billboard 200, after "Hello Dolly" topped the list. By Keith Caulfield Louis Armstrong’s new seasonal compilation album Louis Wishes ...

How many Broadway shows has Billie Holiday been in? Billie Holiday has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Billie Holiday been in? Billie Holiday has not appeared in the ...