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Billie Holiday - The Golden Years
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Title: Billie Holiday - The Golden Years
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, New York, New York 6/26
Matrix #: C3L 21
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Billie H (15' - 59')
Cultural Facts:
- Personal Struggle: Holiday survived childhood poverty, sexual abuse, reform school, abusive relationships, heroin addiction, and racist policing before dying at 44 under hospital guard.
- Legal Trouble: Her 1947 narcotics conviction cost her cabaret card, blocking her from many New York club stages even as her records kept circulating.
- Media Narrative: This Columbia set repackaged her 30s sides as canon, turning a hard, damaged life into “golden years” for collectors.
6/24/26 LM
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