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A lavishly illustrated biographical essay on the peerless Billie Holiday, drawing on never-before-published material "Billie Holiday deserves a biography in which her musicianship isn't overshadowed by the tragic events of her life. O'Meally has written that book," says Entertainment... read more

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Bobby Henderson had quit high school in 1931 to play piano at Harlem parties for seven dollars a night bad money during the Depression.

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  1. Robert G. O'Meally (Author)

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