Film lady sings the blues autobiography
Film lady sings the blues autobiography
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Lady Sings the Blues (book)
1956 autobiography by Billie Holiday and William Dufty
Lady Sings the Blues (1956) is an autobiography by jazz singer Billie Holiday, which was co-authored by William Dufty.[1] The book formed the basis of the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross.[2]
Overview
The life story of jazz singer Billie Holiday told in her own words.
Holiday writes candidly of sexual abuse, confinement to institutions, heroin addiction, and the struggles of being African American before the rise of the Civil Rights Movement.
According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Dufty's aim was "to let Holiday tell her story her way.
Fact checking wasn't his concern." Since its publication, the book has been criticized for factual inaccuracies.[1]
In his introduction to the 2006 edition of Lady Sings the Blues, music biographer David Ritz writes: "(Holiday's) voice, no matter how the Dufty/Holiday interviewing proc