Billie Holiday archive
Listen Billie Holiday: 'Lady Sings the Blues'
October 3, 2007 – Few voices in recorded music are as immediately distinctive and arresting as that of "Lady Day."
Listen Song of the Week: 'Don't Explain'
April 4, 2007 – Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain" is the first music pick from the News & Notes staff.
Read Listeners Pick Love Songs for Valentine's Day
February 6, 2007 – Listeners share their favorite Valentine's Day songs and the stories of how they came to love them.
Listen 'With Billie': A Jazz Great, As Others Saw Her
September 6, 2005 – The book is a series of interviews with those who knew Billie Holliday personally.
Listen Rare Billie Holiday Music and Footage
May 19, 2005 – A review of a new collection of recordings and rare TV appearances by Billie Holiday.
Listen Billy Crystal: My Uncle Milt
April 15, 2005 – The comedian celebrates his uncle Milt Graber's contributions as a producer of jazz, popular music.
Listen Billie Holiday: 'Lady in Satin'
August 1, 2001 – One year before her death, Billie Holiday recorded her last studio album including many classics.
Listen Billie Holiday: 'Love Songs'
August 1, 2001 – The jazz vocalist legend began her career in Harlem nightclubs, but hit her stride with Love Songs.
Listen 'Fine And Mellow'
April 10, 2000 – Commentator Nat Hentoff looks back at Billie Holiday's 1957 performance of "Fine and Mellow."