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| Lady Sings the Blues | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 1956[1] | |||
| Recorded | June 6, 7, 1956 New York City, Fine Sound Studios September 3, 1954, Los Angeles, Capitol Studios | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:17 | |||
| Label | Clef | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
| Billie Holiday chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat (1956 review) | [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of the same name.
- ^ "Lady Sings the Blues". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 22 December 1956. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Hentoff, Nat (23 January 1957). "Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues". DownBeat. Vol. 24, no. 2. p. 25.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 716. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.