finetune artist: Billie Holiday

The quintessential jazz singer, Billie Holiday seemed to stamp her heart onto everything she sang. With a thin, reedy voice and almost laconic style, she could give even a throwaway pop song a gut-wrenching twist. Her most memorable music is loaded with an intensity of emotion--both playfulness and despair--that few can match. From the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, Lady Day was at her peak, recording numerous sessions with other jazz heavyweights such as Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, and many more. In the late '40s, however, Holiday's romantic and substance-related problems led to trouble with the law and declining health, both of which would continue until her death in 1959. Her personal misfortunes ensured she would make headlines in her day; her one-of-a-kind talent made her a legend for the ages.

Listen to Billie Holiday at Finetune.

(2008) Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs
(2008) The Definitive Collection
(2007) Remixed & Reimagined
(2007) Lady Sings The Blues
(2007) Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles
(2006) To Go
(2006) God Bless The Child - The Very Best Of Billie Holiday
(2005) Billie Holiday Sings
(2005) Gold
(2005) The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes
(2005) Billy Remembers Billie
(2004) Stay With Me
(2004) Billie's Blues
(2003) Diva
(2002) Billie Holiday For Lovers
(2002) Singin' The Blues
(2002) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Billie Holiday
(2002) Body and Soul
(2001) Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday
(2000) Billie Holiday: Ken Burns's Jazz
(2000) The Best of Billie Holiday
(2000) The Commodore Master Takes
(1998) Priceless Jazz 23: Billie Holiday
(1997) Priceless Jazz 2 : Billie Holiday
(1997) Ultimate Billie Holiday
(1997) The Complete Commodore Recordings
(1997) Songs For Distingue Lovers
(1995) Jazz Masters 47: Billie Holiday Sings Standards
(1995) At Carnegie Hall: The Billie Holiday Story, Vol.6
(1995) Music For Torching: The Billie Holiday Story Vol.5
(1995) All Or Nothing At All: The Billie Holiday Story Vol.7
(1995) Lady Sings The Blues
(1995) Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits
(1994) God Bless The Child
(1994) First Issue: The Great American Songbook
(1994) Recital By Billie Holiday: The Billie Holiday Verve Story Vol. 3
(1994) Jazz 'Round Midnight
(1994) Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Billie Holiday Story - Volume 1
(1994) Verve Jazz Masters 12
(1993) Solitude
(1993) The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959
(1992) The Complete Decca Recordings
(1992) Billie's Best
(1991) The Complete Decca Recordings - CD1
(1991) The Complete Decca Recordings - CD2
(1991) Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years
(1986) The Billie Holiday Songbook
(1941) I Like Jazz: The Essence Of Billie Holiday
(1941) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 9 (1940 - 1942)
(1940) THE QUINTESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY, Vol. 8 (1939 - 1940)
(1940) The Billie Holiday Collection Volume 4
(1939) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 7 (1938-1939)
(1938) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume V
(1938) The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume Vi, 1938
(1938) Jazz Moods - 'Round Midnight
(1937) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume Iv
(1937) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume Iii
(1937) 16 Most Requested Songs
(1937) Lady Day Swings
(1937) Love Songs 2
(1937) Blue Billie
(1937) This Is Jazz #32: Billie Holiday Sings Standards
(1937) The Billie Holiday Collection Volume 3
(1936) The Billie Holiday Collection Volume 2
(1936) Greatest Hits
(1936) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume II
(1935) This Is Jazz #15
(1935) Billie Holiday Love Songs
(1935) The Billie Holiday Collection Volume 1
(1935) The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. I (1933-1935)
(1935) The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. I/The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. II/The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. III (3 Pak)

God Bless the Child
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Strange Fruit
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
I'll Be Seeing You