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Billie Holiday
Biography: Billy Holiday by M Dee Dubroff Eleanora Fagan, aka Lady Day, aka Billy Holiday was born in Philadelphia, PA, on April 7, 1915, to thirteen-year-old Sadie Fagan and fifteen-year-old Clarence Holiday, a jazz guitarist for Fletcher Henderson's band. She had a troubled childhood spen... More> Song analysis: Strange Fruit, by Billie Holiday by Carol Rucker “Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root” When you hear the first few lines of Billie Holiday's recording of “Strange Fruit,” you may not realize it's a song about lynching . Yet from the... More>
	The cursed song that drives people to suicide by Terrence Aym Sometimes it takes just once: a person listens to this melancholy song and commits suicide hours or days later. The notorious song, "Gloomy Sunday," has gone down on record as the suicide song, and for good reason. "Gloomy Sunday" drives people mad.... More> Short stories: Friendship stories for children by caren banke BILLY Billy and his mother were preparing for their move to his grandparents' ranch in Billings. At five years Billy only knew what a house was; he had never seen a ranch. And he only knew his grandparents through pictures he had seen, but he had ne... More>
Movie reviews: Midnight Express by Spencer Hawken It's 1970 and Billy Hayes and his girlfriend Susan are returning to the United States after a relaxing holiday in Turkey. While Susan is distressed at the news headlines which explain that Janis Joplin has died, Billy is concerned about something el... More> Short stories: A thankful family by J. Lee Kenser It's 2 am and Janie is sitting at the table drinking her coffee waiting for Billy to get home from work. All these late nights were making her feel exhausted with him gone all the time but, it would be worth it when they finally can get into the new... More>
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