Billie Holiday

Summer Of 1959 – July 17th Legendary Jazz/Soul Singer BILLIE HOLIDAY Passes Away At 43

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Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history

17 July 2026

On 17 July 1959 jazz/soul legend BILLIE HOLIDAY died in a New York City hospital from cirrhosis of the liver after years of alcohol abuse, aged 43, while under arrest for heroin possession, with Police officers stationed at the door to her room.

In the final years of her life, she had been progressively swindled out of her earnings. The singer who had recorded classics such as God Bless The Child and the civil rights anthem Strange Fruit died with just $0.70 in the bank.

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CAT POWER Honors BILLIE HOLIDAY With Grace

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16 December 2021

Artist: CAT POWER (born Chan Marshall)
Who: American singer-songwriter
Active: Since 1992 – 10 studio albums

New album: COVERS
Release: 14 Jan 2022 – Order info here

Tracklist

01 “Bad Religion” (Frank Ocean)
02 “Unhate”
03 “Pa Pa Power” (Dead Man’s Bones)
04 “A Pair of Brown Eyes” (The Pogues)
05 “Against the Wind” (Bob Seger)
06 “Endless Sea” (Iggy Pop)
07 “These Days” (Jackson Browne)
08 “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky
Tonk Angels” (Kitty Wells)
09 “I Had a Dream Joe” (Nick Cave)
10 “Here Comes a Regular” (The Replacements)
11 “I’ll Be Seeing You” (Billie Holiday)

Cat Power joins the long queue of artists recording and releasing
a covers album/EP/single. After sharing a Pogues and Frank Ocean
cover, we get her version of a heartfelt song by jazz/soul heroine
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)

Power‘s version of I’ll Be Seeing You is graceful and sensitive.

Enjoy here…

The original…

CAT POWER: Website