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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
First Sentence
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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- Robert G. O'Meally (Author)
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