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73 posted on 10/21/2016 7:37:20 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o) Vote!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; AZamericonnie; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; ConorMacNessa; left that other site
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BILLIE HOLIDAY: “LOVE FOR SALE”

This 1952 recording features Oscar Peterson on piano backing up Lady Day, and he lays out a line worthy of Debussy. Only a woman who had turned tricks as a 14 year old in a bordello in Harlem would work these lyrics the way that she does. She gets right to the heart of it.

Billie Holiday: “Love for Sale”

74 posted on 10/21/2016 7:38:46 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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