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Title: Billie Holiday - The Real “Lady Day” Sings the Blues
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1974, Jazz, New York, New York 6/26
Matrix #: ATC 1023
Condition: VG+ some marks, plays clean 
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Holiday’s life was shaped by poverty, abuse, addiction, and racist policing, but her phrasing turned private pain into one of the most influential voices in American music.
2. Legal Trouble After a 1947 narcotics conviction, she lost her New York cabaret card, blocking her from many nightclub jobs even while she could still perform major concert halls.
3. Media Narrative “Lady Day” became more than a nickname; it became a myth around elegance, damage, survival, and a vocal style that made every line feel personally witnessed.

6/6/26 sc