Lady Sings The Blues, lobbycard, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, 1972. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images) Before the movie, there was the book; but before the book was the album the started it all.

Forty years ago today Berry Gordy's Lady Sings the Blues rolled into theaters. The biopic about legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday's life, starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams, instantly ...

According to the movie, the two eventually became lovers ... Worried about offending Motown head Berry Gordy, who co-produced Lady Sings the Blues, Daniels reached out for permission.

theGRIO REPORT - When African-American baby boomers wax nostalgic about a time when 'black movies were good,' they most likely have 1972's 'Lady Sings the Blues' in mind. When African-American ...

We all share the same fate.

Billie Holiday's autobiography, "Lady Sings the Blues," begins with one of the great all-time leads: "Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen ...

The movie sees music as transforming. It really lifts these kids out of their quagmire and gives them a shot. It gives them their chance in the world. Are you personally a fan of the blues?

An actress and entertainer featured in the 1980 movie “The Blues Brothers ... films such as “The Ten Commandments” and “Lady ...

Born Elinore Harris, Billie Holiday had a difficult teen and young adulthood period, which included working in brothels, both as a cleaning woman and a prostitute, and being raped. Through this ...