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Title: Billie Holiday - The Real "Lady Day" Sings The Blues
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970s, Jazz, Vocal Jazz Compilation, Baltimore, Maryland 7/26
Matrix #: ATC 1023
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks great (CC) | Members: Billie H (15' - 59')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Holiday survived childhood poverty, sexual abuse, reform school, abusive relationships, heroin addiction, and racist policing before dying at 44 under hospital guard.
2. Media Narrative: “Lady Day” became one of jazz’s strongest myths, the elegant singer whose controlled phrasing carried a life far harsher than the glamour in her photographs.
3. Scene Ecology: Collections like this preserve the small-combo side of Holiday, where slight timing shifts, bruised tone, and emotional restraint mattered more than vocal power.

7/7/2026 CC