Although Holiday thrived at her craft, the “Strange Fruit” singer battled her own issues. Unfortunately, some of those issues led to her multiple arrests and untimely death in 1959.

“Billie Holiday is one of the great fashion icons ... the often-negative depictions of her in the media. She was arrested in 1949 in San Francisco, but in the press coverage of her booking ...

I n 1939, Billie Holiday rode the service elevator in a midtown Manhattan hotel on her way to sing on stage. Of course, the hotel had a front door, but Holiday wasn’t allowed to use it because ...

Holiday was arrested in 1947 for narcotics possession ... Holiday successfully toured in Europe in 1954. 38. Billie releases her next full length album, "Billie Holiday", for Clef Records in ...

Born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, Billie Holiday spent much ... where she was eventually arrested for prostitution. Desperate for money, Holiday looked for work as a dancer at a Harlem speakeasy.

American music legend Billie Holiday’s legal issues are the subject of Lee Daniels’ latest film, The United States vs. Billy Holiday. The singer was arrested on drug charges and spent time in ...

Billie Holiday's life and artistry have been analyzed ... Not just junk" — alluding to Holiday's arrest, in 1947, for narcotics possession, another event in Holiday's life that Kuehl probed.

This is especially true of Holiday. There was something special ... She'd been in jail and everything. And Billie had already been arrested for prostitution at 14." They sold well enough.

Billie Holiday,” the new Lee Daniels-directed movie ... As reported in newspapers of the time, Holiday’s arrest, trial and imprisonment occurred across less than two weeks in late May ...

What would you wear to the police station if you were arrested in San Francisco in 1949? If you were the iconic singer Billie Holiday, you would swath yourself in a vast mink coat with enormous ...