Billie Holiday
Day 10
#18 – Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris, 1915–1959). American jazz singer and songwriter. Recordings include: Strange Fruit (1939), Good Morning Heartache (1946) and the album Lady in Satin (1958).
Billie Holiday had a difficult start to life and despite her beautiful voice and success she struggled with drugs and drink and died aged 44, reputedly with $0.70 in the bank. Her song ‘Good Morning Heartache’ was a starting point and seemed to sum up her life. So I used a broken heart in early ideas and introduced a spotlight in one to suggest a performer. But using the word ‘Billie’ I was able to introduce a crack which suggested the way her life started to break and led to the final solution.
1.5 hours
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to ‘Good Morning Heartache’.