Lady Sings the Blues (autobiography)

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autobiography

Lady Sings the Blues (autobiography) is the 1956 memoir of jazz singer Billie Holiday, recounting her turbulent life, career, and struggles with racism, addiction, and the music industry.

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Label	Occurrences
Lady Sings the Blues	1
Lady Sings the Blues (autobiography) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiography ⓘ
about	African-American women singers ⓘ Harlem jazz scene ⓘ recording industry practices ⓘ
adaptedAs	Lady Sings the Blues (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ
coAuthor	William Dufty NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	Jim Crow era racism ⓘ jazz clubs ⓘ touring with bands ⓘ
describes	Billie Holiday’s childhood ⓘ Billie Holiday’s encounters with the criminal justice system ⓘ Billie Holiday’s experiences with racial segregation ⓘ Billie Holiday’s heroin addiction ⓘ Billie Holiday’s relationships with musicians ⓘ Billie Holiday’s singing career ⓘ
genre	jazz memoir ⓘ music autobiography ⓘ
hasForm	book ⓘ
hasProtagonist	Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject	Strange Fruit (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Lady Sings the Blues (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ drug addiction ⓘ jazz ⓘ music industry ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	candid depiction of addiction ⓘ firsthand account of racism faced by a Black jazz singer ⓘ influence on later music biographies ⓘ
portrays	club and touring life for jazz musicians ⓘ police harassment ⓘ racism in the music business ⓘ
publicationYear	1956 ⓘ
setting	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1910s ⓘ 1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ
title	Lady Sings the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ
workOf	Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ William Dufty NERFINISHED ⓘ

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film "Lady Sings the Blues" → basedOn → Lady Sings the Blues (autobiography) ⓘ

subject surface form: Lady Sings the Blues

Eleanora → hasNotableWork → Lady Sings the Blues (autobiography) ⓘ

subject surface form: Eleanora Fagan

this entity surface form: Lady Sings the Blues