BILLIE HOLIDAY "WHY WAS I BORN" (BEST HD QUALITY)

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Channel: jeffrey a · 2015 · Music

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This is a tribute to the iconic "Lady Day", Billie Holiday. As Frank Sinatra said "With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years". "Why Was I Born" was written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1930 Broadway show "Sweet Adeline". This is Billie Holiday's take on this wonderful song. Enjoy! Thanks For Your comments.

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