God Bless the Child (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

"Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child That's got his own! That's got his own." 
The song "God Bless the Child" was first performed by legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939 and remains one of her enduring masterpieces. In this picture book interpretation, renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney has created images of a family moving from the rural South to the urban North during the Great Migration that reached its peak in the 1930s. The song's message of self-reliance still speaks to us today but resonates even stronger in its historical context. This extraordinary book stands as a tribute to all those who dared so much to get their own.

Children's Books

Holiday, Billie

Herzog, Jr., Arthur

Biographies

Amistad Books for Young Readers

"Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child  That's got his own! That's got his own."   The song "God Bless the Child" was first performed by legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939 and remains one of her enduring masterpieces. In this picture book interpretation, renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney has created images of a family moving from the rural South to the urban North during the Great Migration that reached its peak in the 1930s. The song's message of self-reliance still speaks to us today but resonates even stronger in its historical context. This extraordinary book stands as a tribute to all those who dared so much to get their own. A free CD of Billie Holiday's timeless recording of "God Bless the Child" is included to enjoy along with the book.

Amistad

The song "God Bless the Child" was first performed by legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in 1939 and remains one of her enduring masterpieces. In this picture book interpretation, renowned illustrator Jerry Pinkney has created images of a family moving from the rural South to the urban North during the Great Migration. This extraordinary book stands as a tribute to all those men and women who dared so much to get their own.

God Bless the Child

Billie Holiday describes her early childhood in an East Baltimore ghetto, her career as an internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist, and her years in bondage to a drug habit

Lady Sings the Blues

Dufty, William

Humor & Entertainment

Penguin??Books

Billie Holiday describes her early childhood in an East Baltimore ghetto, her career as an internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist, and her years in bondage to a drug habit

Lady sings the blues

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Barrie and Jenkins

Lady Sings the Blues (Spanish Edition)

A masterpiece, as fresh and shocking as if it were written yesterday' Craig Brown"I've been told that no one sings the word 'hunger' like I do. Or the word 'love'."Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century. Born to a single mother in 1915 Baltimore, Billie Holiday had her first run-in with the law at aged 13. But Billie Holiday is no victim. Her memoir tells the story of her life spent in jazz, smoky Harlem clubs and packed-out concert halls, her love affairs, her wildly creative friends, her struggles with addiction and her adventures in love. Billie Holiday is a wise and aphoristic guide to the story of her unforgettable life.

Lady Sings The Blues

Penguin Uk

Cover worn, owner's inscription, page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Lady Sings the Blues (Abacus Books)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

ABACUS +

Originally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday’s unforgettable and timeless memoir. Updated with photos and with an insightful introduction and a revised discography, both written by celebrated music writer David Ritz. Lady Sings the Blues is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation. Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’ s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.

Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography (Harlem Moon Classics)

Crown

(Ashley Publications). 39 of her most popular songs, including: All of Me * Beyond the Sea * Darn That Dream * Georgia on My Mind * God Bless the Child * Lady Sings the Blues * Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) * Mood Indigo * Solitude * 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do * Willow Weep for Me * and more.

Billie Holiday Anthology: Lady Sings the Blues

Ashley Publications Inc./Kammen Music Co.

(Creative Concepts Publishing). A great collection of 43 favorites, complete with a bio by renowned critic Leonard Feather and photos of the incomparable Lady Day. Songs include: Ain't Misbehavin' * All of Me * Baby, Won't You Please Come Home * The Birth of the Blues * Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me * Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans * I Can't Give You Anything but Love * I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good * It Had to Be You * Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out * St. Louis Blues * Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) * Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do * and more.

Billie Holiday Anthology: "Lady Day" Had a Right to Sing the Blues

Creative Concepts

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God Bless the Child (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

God Bless the Child (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

God Bless the Child

Lady Sings the Blues

Lady sings the blues

Lady Sings The Blues

Lady Sings the Blues (Abacus Books)

Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography (Harlem Moon Classics)

Billie Holiday Anthology: Lady Sings the Blues

Billie Holiday Anthology: "Lady Day" Had a Right to Sing the Blues