![]() The film, and a score album that also featured Michel Legrand and Blinky Williams, undoubtedly helped to revive Holiday’s legacy and to introduce her to an entirely new audience, via one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. It’s a poignant reminder of Lady Day’s sadly early demise that, when Lady Sings The Blues was released, she had already been gone for some 13 years. The double LP featured Ross singing such gems from the tragic singer’s catalog as “God Bless The Child,” “Strange Fruit,” and the title song. Lady Sings The Blues Billie Holiday 112K subscribers Subscribe 2. ![]() It became Ross' fourth 1 album (eventually selling over 2 million US copies), 1 though the only one as a solo artist. The soundtrack album from the movie became Diana’s only US No.1 solo pop album - aptly, on the chart date that would have been Billie’s 58th birthday, April 7, 1973. Lady Sings the Blues is the soundtrack to the Billie Holiday biopic of the same name, which starred Diana Ross in her 1972 screen debut. She was little more than two years into the official launch of her solo career, and only one of her four post- Supremes albums to date had made the US Top 40. When Diana Ross chose to make her feature film debut playing the role of Billie Holiday, in the biopic Lady Sings The Blues, released on October 12, 1972, it was a bold move for the Motown queen. Lady Sings the Blues (1956), an album recorded, titled and released in order to coincide with the publication of the book. ![]()
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