Showing posts with label Billie Holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billie Holiday. Show all posts

Friday, July 11, 2008

JULY DIVA OF THE MONTH - BILLIE HOLIDAY



Every month I will feature a DIVA and a limited edition dress in honor of that Diva. This month it is Billie Holiday. Nicknamed Lady Day[1] by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz, and pop singing. Her vocal style — strongly inspired by instrumentalists — pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever."[2] She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues."


20 Dresses and a free poster in the shop. This dress also comes with the Deco Jewels! Ahhh to be a Diva is wonderful! lol