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Andra Day plays singer Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels' new movie about the singer's tumultuous personal life. Takashi Seida/Hulu **hide caption
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'The United States v. Billie Holiday': A Tortured Artist and Audience
Billie Holiday performs in New York City in 1947. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images **hide caption
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New Documentary 'Billie' Explores Mysteries Of Billie Holiday And Her Biographer
Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images **hide caption
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Billie Holiday, Lizz Wright Getty Images/NPR **hide caption
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Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music
Billie Holiday performs on stage at the Sugar Hill nightclub in Newark, N.J. Farah Jasmine Griffin's 2001 book posed a challenge to biographers and helped reimagine Holiday's legacy. Bob Parent/Getty Images **hide caption
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Portrait of Billie Holiday singing at the Downbeat club in New York City on February 1947. Library of Congress **hide caption
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Strange Fruit
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Billie Holiday sings at a Sunday afternoon jam session. Charles Peterson/Getty Images **hide caption
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Billie Holiday performs at the Club Downbeat in Manhattan in 1947. William Gottlieb/Redferns/Getty Images **hide caption
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Turning The Tables: 8 Women Who Invented American Popular Music Chelsea Beck for NPR **hide caption
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In this playlist, musicians imagine what it might be like to take a step on that bright glowing ball in the sky. A. Dagli Orti/De Agostini via Getty Images **hide caption
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Chuck Berry in the Chess Records recording studio. The New York Times reports that originals of Berry's Chess catalog were burned in the 2008 Universal fire. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images **hide caption
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From Chuck Berry To Tupac Shakur: Taking Stock Of The 2008 Universal Fire
Guest DJ Roger Waters
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Getting Personal With Alt.Latino Guest DJ Natalia Clavier
Billie Holiday has become a mythic presence in absentia. William Gottlieb/Getty Images **hide caption
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Billie Holiday: A Singer Beyond Our Understanding
Cassandra Wilson's Billie Holiday tribute album is titled Coming Forth By Day. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist **hide caption
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Cassandra Wilson 'Couldn't Wait' To Reinvent The Billie Holiday Songbook
In a conversation aired on WBGO, Jessye Norman credits the study of jazz with her understanding of song interpretation. Carol Friedman/Courtesy of the artist **hide caption
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Abel Meeropol watches as his sons, Robert and Michael, play with a train set. Courtesy of Robert and Michael Meeropol **hide caption
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The Strange Story Of The Man Behind 'Strange Fruit'
Queen Esther stands in front of Billie Holiday's gravesite in New York City. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR **hide caption
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