BILLIE HOLIDAY - BITTER CROP: THE HEARTACHE AND TRIUMPH OF BILLIE HOLIDAY'S LAST YEAR - HARDCOVER - BOOK THE FOUR TOPS

BILLIE HOLIDAY - BITTER CROP: THE HEARTACHE AND TRIUMPH OF BILLIE HOLIDAY'S LAST YEAR - HARDCOVER - BOOK THE FOUR TOPSA revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon A book written as only one artist could view another, with insight and sincere compassion. Sandra Cisneros, best selling author of Woman Without Shame In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexanderauthor of heralded lives of Sylvia Plath and J. D. Salingergives us an unconventional portrait of arguably Americas most eminent jazz

to her turbulent and volatile marriage to Ike Turner

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a long-player widely rated above any other waxing of that idyllic era

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Along with many originals 'Scott 2' features songs by Jacques Brel

2 Marvins Room / Buried Alive (Interlude) 8:15

The album's single

Its good-natured combination of doo-wop and early rock n' roll is infectious and charming