Grammy[edit]
Hall of Fame[edit]
Singer Billie Holiday was posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance."[1]
| Year Recorded | Title | Genre | Label | Year inducted | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | "(In My) Solitude" | Jazz (single) | Okeh (Columbia) | 2021 | This induction ties Billie Holiday with Ella Fitzgerald for having the most entries in the Grammy Hall of Fame by a female artist[2] |
| 1937 | "My Man" | Jazz (single) | Brunswick (Columbia) | 2018 | |
| 1956 | Lady Sings the Blues | Jazz (album) | Clef (Verve) | 2016 | |
| 1949 | "Crazy He Calls Me" | Jazz (single) | Decca | 2010 | |
| 1944 | "Embraceable You" | Jazz (single) | Commodore | 2005 | |
| 1958 | Lady in Satin | Jazz (album) | Columbia | 2000 | |
| 1945 | "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" | Jazz (single) | Decca | 1989 | |
| 1939 | "Strange Fruit" | Jazz (single) | Commodore | 1978 | Listed also in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2002 |
| 1941 | "God Bless the Child" | Jazz (single) | Okeh (Columbia) | 1976 |
Best Album Album[edit]
The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979.
| Year | Title | Label | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday | Columbia 1933–1944 | Winner |
| 1994 | The Complete Billie Holiday | Verve 1945–1959 | Winner |
| 1992 | Billie Holiday — The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve 1944–1950 | Winner |
| 1980 | Billie Holiday — Giants of Jazz | Time-Life | Winner |
Other honors[edit]
| Year | Award | Honors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame[3] | Inducted | Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York |
| 2000 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Inducted | Category: "Early Influence" |
| 1997 | ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame[4] | Inducted | |
| 1947 | Esquire Magazine Gold Award | Best Leading Female Vocalist | Jazz award |
| 1946 | Esquire Magazine Silver Award | Best Leading Female Vocalist | Jazz award |
| 1945 | Esquire Magazine Silver Award | Best Leading Female Vocalist | Jazz award |
| 1944 | Esquire Magazine Gold Award | Best Leading Female Vocalist | Jazz award |
Tributes[edit]
- 1972, Diana Ross portrayed Holiday in the film Lady Sings the Blues, which is loosely based on the 1956 autobiography of the same name. The film earned Ross a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- Singer Miki Howard released the Holiday tribute album, Miki Sings Billie: A Tribute to Billie Holiday in 1993. Miki Howard also portrayed Lady Day in a club scene in the 1992 motion picture " Malcolm X " starring Denzel Washington.
- Paula Jai Parker portrayed Holiday in a Season 7 episode of the TV series Touched by an Angel, entitled "God Bless the Child," the title derived from a song which Holiday had written and performed.[5]
- Jazz pianist Mal Waldron performed as Holiday's accompanist and released several tribute albums including:
- Left Alone (Bethlehem, 1959)
- Blues for Lady Day (Black Lion, 1972)
- Left Alone '86 with Jackie McLean (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
- No More Tears (For Lady Day) (Timeless, 1989)
- Billie Hollidy, Croatian National Theatre in Split by A.Ostojić & Ksenia Prohaska (2006)[6]
- Argentinean comic artists Carlos Sampayo and José Antonio Muñoz made a graphic novel on her life, titled Billie Holiday (Fantagraphics Books, 1991; Spanish edition: Ojo de Pez, Buenos Aires, 2007).
- Holiday is the primary character in the play and later the film Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill; the role was originated by Reenie Upchurch in 1986 and was played by Audra McDonald on Broadway (she received a Tony Award for her performance) and in the film.
Honors[edit]
- 1987, Billie Holiday was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 1993, R&B singer Miki Howard released an album dedicated to Holiday titled Miki Sings Billie.
- 1994, the United States Postal Service introduced a Billie Holiday postage stamp.
- 1999, Holiday ranked No. 6 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock n' Roll.
- 2000, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 2011, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[7]
Over the years, there have been many tributes to Billie Holiday, including "The Day Lady Died", a 1959 poem by Frank O'Hara, and Langston Hughes' poem "Song for Billie Holiday".
- In 1970 Frank Sinatra recorded the song Lady Day as a tribute.[8]
- In 1988 the group U2 released "Angel of Harlem" in her honor.
- "My Only Friend" by The Magnetic Fields is a tribute to Billie Holiday.
- Arthur Phillips features Holiday's 1953 concert in New York in his novel The Song is You (2009).
References[edit]
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". GRAMMY.org. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". GRAMMY.org. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Webcast Schedule". Jazzatlincolncentrer.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ^ [1] Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Touched by an Angel: God Bless the Child Episode Summary on Archived 2009-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Tv.com (2008-06-25). Retrieved on 2010-11-13.
- ^ "Anton Arsen Ostojić / Ksenija Prohaska: LADY SINGS THE BLUES / HNK Split, 11. 02. 2006". Arhiva.hnk-split.hr. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ "Holiday, Billie". National Women’s Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Biography". Fasinatra.com. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
