Do you know who Billie Holiday is?

"More Than You Know" is a popular song, with music written by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu. The song was published in 1929. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Great Day where it was sung by Mayo Methot. read more

The Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 0-02-864613-4. Griffin, Farah Jasmine (2001). If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-684-86808-3. Holiday, Billie; Dufty, William (1957). Lady Sings the Blues. New York: Doubleday. read more

Here, to mark her birthday, are 20 things you may not know about the girl who grew up in poverty and became the legend known as Lady Day. She Had a Brutal Childhood Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia on April 7, 1915, Billy Holiday spent her early years in Baltimore, living in abject poverty. read more

The Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 0-02-864613-4. Griffin, Farah Jasmine (2001). If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-684-86808-3. Holiday, Billie; Dufty, William (1957). Lady Sings the Blues. New York: Doubleday. read more