Wishing on the moon : the life and times of Billie Holiday / Donald Clarke.
| Author/creator | Clarke, Donald, 1940- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Viking, 1994. |
| Description | xi, 468 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | An African-American nation -- Baltimore -- The point -- Harlem -- The first records, and triumph at the Apollo -- The Teddy Wilson era -- The street that never slept -- On the road with the big bands -- 1937-9: strange fruit -- The war years -- Triumph and trouble -- The jailbird -- The gangster and the bassist -- The last decade begins -- The last merry-go-round: fun, fights and fame -- Intimations of mortality -- The triumphant decline of Lady Day -- The loneliest girl in the world -- Coda: The lady is an icon. |
| Abstract | No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues--and this authentic biography sets the record straight. The author was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s with those who knew Lady Day in all stages of her short, tragic life--from her childhood in the streets and good-time houses of Baltimore, through the early days of success in New York and the years of fame, to her tragic decline and death at the age of 44. This biography separates fact from fiction to reveal the true Billie Holiday. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 94008881 |
| ISBN | 0670837717 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML420.H58 C55 1994 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |