Billie Holiday: "Gloomy Sunday"
Billie Holiday has become a mythic presence in absentia. William Gottlieb/Getty Images hide caption
Billie Holiday, early 1950s. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Billie Holiday: 'Lady Sings the Blues'
Cassandra Wilson's Billie Holiday tribute album is titled Coming Forth By Day. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cassandra Wilson 'Couldn't Wait' To Reinvent The Billie Holiday Songbook
In a conversation aired on WBGO, Jessye Norman credits the study of jazz with her understanding of song interpretation. Carol Friedman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Strange Fruit
Music Review: 'The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944)'
Abel Meeropol watches as his sons, Robert and Michael, play with a train set. Courtesy of Robert and Michael Meeropol hide caption
Queen Esther stands in front of Billie Holiday's gravesite in New York City. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption