1958 Marked - Up Manuscript BILLIE HOLIDAY London Newspaper Music Column
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:36776091 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Industry: Music | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
Original 8-page1958 typewritten manuscript, with editor's pencil marks and corrections.Thetext was written by Mike Nevard, music columnist for MelodyMaker magazine and London newspaper The DailyHerald, for publication shortly after the abrupt cancellationof Billie Holiday's scheduledconcert at Royal Festival Hall on June 8, 1958.
The text includes bits of info on Holiday's performanceswithother jazz greats and snippets from her autobiography LadySings the Blues, including the ir...onic account of her birth in Baltimore — "Mom and Popwere just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, shewas sixteen, and I was three."
Condition: This original manuscript is in very goodcondition. It is on a lightweight paper that has toned slightly withage. It has a horizontal center fold and rust stains from an oldpaperclip. Pleasesee thescans and feel free to ask any questions.
This is an original, authentic 1958 manuscript, nota reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to begenuine.
A footnote at the bottom of the last page notes thatLondon publishing company BarrieBooks would be issuing the first UK edition of Lady Sings the Blues, on Monday, June 9, 1958, the day after she was scheduled to appear at Royal Festival Hall.
Billie Holiday did get to Englandthe following year, for a brief television appearance onGranada TV’s popular variety show, "Chelsea at Nine, " just monthsbefore hertragic death on July 17, 1959.
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The text includes bits of info on Holiday's performanceswithother jazz greats and snippets from her autobiography LadySings the Blues, including the ir...onic account of her birth in Baltimore — "Mom and Popwere just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, shewas sixteen, and I was three."
Condition: This original manuscript is in very goodcondition. It is on a lightweight paper that has toned slightly withage. It has a horizontal center fold and rust stains from an oldpaperclip. Pleasesee thescans and feel free to ask any questions.
This is an original, authentic 1958 manuscript, nota reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to begenuine.
A footnote at the bottom of the last page notes thatLondon publishing company BarrieBooks would be issuing the first UK edition of Lady Sings the Blues, on Monday, June 9, 1958, the day after she was scheduled to appear at Royal Festival Hall.
Billie Holiday did get to Englandthe following year, for a brief television appearance onGranada TV’s popular variety show, "Chelsea at Nine, " just monthsbefore hertragic death on July 17, 1959.
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