Andra Day plays singer Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels' new movie about the singer's tumultuous personal life. Takashi Seida/Hulu hide caption
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Billie Holiday performs in New York City in 1947. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
New Documentary 'Billie' Explores Mysteries Of Billie Holiday And Her Biographer
Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
Cabaret Cards: The Law Police Used To Keep Musicians Of Color Off Stage
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Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music
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Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music
Billie Holiday performs on stage at the Sugar Hill nightclub in Newark, N.J. Farah Jasmine Griffin's 2001 book posed a challenge to biographers and helped reimagine Holiday's legacy. Bob Parent/Getty Images hide caption
Portrait of Billie Holiday singing at the Downbeat club in New York City on February 1947. Library of Congress hide caption
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Billie Holiday sings at a Sunday afternoon jam session. Charles Peterson/Getty Images hide caption
Billie Holiday performs at the Club Downbeat in Manhattan in 1947. William Gottlieb/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
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Hear a conversation about the third season of Turning the Tables on Morning Edition
In this playlist, musicians imagine what it might be like to take a step on that bright glowing ball in the sky. A. Dagli Orti/De Agostini via Getty Images hide caption
Chuck Berry in the Chess Records recording studio. The New York Times reports that originals of Berry's Chess catalog were burned in the 2008 Universal fire. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
From Chuck Berry To Tupac Shakur: Taking Stock Of The 2008 Universal Fire
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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
Abel Meeropol watches as his sons, Robert and Michael, play with a train set. Courtesy of Robert and Michael Meeropol hide caption