The UK magazine Time Out just launched a new feature on the 100 Songs that have changed the world - and 'Strange Fruit' by Billie Holiday has been included in the list (on 33)!
But why they think that the Spice Girls should be on 31...?


The Producer - If you like Billie you must be interested in this book too, it's a biography about John Hammond. The man that not only put the spotlight on Billie or Benny Goodman, but also "discovered people like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. More in Worth reading!



HER LIFE

Born: Wednesday, April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia.

• Scott Yanow's (AMG) biography.
  
• Bret Primacks' BILLIE HOLIDAY: Assessing Lady Day's Art and Impact.
  
• Michael Brooks' article that accompanied the 3 CD box: Billie Holiday - The Legacy
  
• Steven Lasker's article that accompanied the 2 CD box: Billie Holiday - The Complete Original American Decca Recordings
  
• Hettie Jones 'Five Woman in Black Music' with a section dedicated to Billie.
  
• Elisabeth Hardwick's article as published in the New York Review.
  
  

Died: Friday July 17, 1959 at 3.10, age 44 in Metropolitan Hospital, room 6A12, New York.