Billie Holiday Interviewed on Peacock Alley TV Show (1956)

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The Billie Holiday Experience

The Billie Holiday Experience

8 жыл бұрын

November 8, 1956 was a very busy day for Billie Holiday. She was making the rounds on television and radio to promote her book and upcoming November 10th concert at Carnegie Hall, which would become a huge success. She appeared on Mike Wallace's Night Beat television program on ABC, Steve Allen's Tonight Show on NBC, and in this video, on Tex McCleary's Peacock Alley on NBC. Like with a lot of Holiday's television broadcasts in the 1950s, footage has been lost but audio has survived. This is a rarely heard interview in which Holiday talks about her upcoming concert, recites "Don't Explain," "Fine and Mellow" and "Yesterdays" in spoken word format and even talks about Elvis Presley. Enjoy!

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@waynespencer3036
@waynespencer3036 5 жыл бұрын
Listening to this on July 17, 2019. The 60th anniversary of Billie’s passing. Her voice and her legend will always be with us. We will love her forever.
@MrJoseoz
@MrJoseoz 3 жыл бұрын
That interviewer was so kind to her, warms my heart
@StephanieJeannot
@StephanieJeannot 5 жыл бұрын
I love hearing her speak
@sashachitownvillegas6850
@sashachitownvillegas6850 Жыл бұрын
such an honor to hear her speak she's got the cutest laugh RIP Lady Day🌹
@elizabethbaron9387
@elizabethbaron9387 8 ай бұрын
THE BEST JAZZ SINGER WHO EVER LIVED. I MISS YOU LADY DAY
@bigeman25
@bigeman25 7 жыл бұрын
Wow, I love hearing Billie just speaking. What a beautiful voice she had.
@jorgeluisantongutierrez3022
@jorgeluisantongutierrez3022 4 жыл бұрын
La cantante de jazz de los años 30 Billie holiday una.brillante intérprete para las nuevas generaciones del futuro. Jorge de peru
@Antoinette922
@Antoinette922 3 жыл бұрын
Andra Day nailed her speaking voice. I can't get over the similarity.
@marcthellend3383
@marcthellend3383 2 жыл бұрын
The sweetest woman of all times !!! Biilie Holiday the greatest jazz singer of all!!!!! I love her soooo much !!!!!!!
@grlevert
@grlevert 3 жыл бұрын
Her voice matches her singing. Enigmatic! She sings life. And she was a natural beauty, but I don’t think she knew it.
@lindatronsier1473
@lindatronsier1473 3 жыл бұрын
I recently saw the movie, The United States vs Billy Holiday. I am amazed at her courage and determination singing the song, Strange Fruit, even though she was jailed and tormented by the Federal Agent Anslinger who was an avid racist. Since watching the movie, I have been watching and listening to interviews of her and learning more about her. I admire her for her steadfastness and courage, an amazing woman.
@dddddadadad1796
@dddddadadad1796 Жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry you think that trash is an accurate portrayal of her life, in addition so sorry that’s what probably brought you here.
@mahagony74red53
@mahagony74red53 4 ай бұрын
No matter wut brought u here u came to learn more about Billie holiday an that's a great thing... although there was a few creative liberties sources close to Billie one being her god child was quoted in sayin he was happy that the record was finally gng to be set straight that the movie was as close to the truth as it gets...it was hard to pin down everything about Billie but wut will always be known about her was that she was an amazing woman with a strong passionate voice....and fyi it was closer to her book then the 1972 make starring Diana Ross...keep seeking knowledge wutever the subject matter 💜💜💜💜
@lulubelle320
@lulubelle320 5 жыл бұрын
How we love you Billie you voice is pure gold when you sing and when you talk, you are eternal :)
@alexoliver4222
@alexoliver4222 Жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 lulubelle How are you doing today
@krisgerty
@krisgerty 4 жыл бұрын
It cracks me up when she says "Yesterday" is the happiest song she knows. That's why we love her
@makurradoshi4498
@makurradoshi4498 5 жыл бұрын
LOVE when she recites fine and mellow 🖤🖤
@hianni8287
@hianni8287 5 жыл бұрын
She has the cutest laugh 🤭
@erinshirleyorey4444
@erinshirleyorey4444 3 жыл бұрын
I love listening to her talk. Her speaking voice is smooth like silk. Sadly, her life was so sad that she didn't know any different. Sad was her normal.
@dddddadadad1796
@dddddadadad1796 Жыл бұрын
Her life WASNT sad. It was a normal human life with ups and downs, and one thing that’s clear from those that were close to her, she ENJOYED her life and did as she pleased most of the time
@MetaMortis21
@MetaMortis21 4 ай бұрын
@@dddddadadad1796 getting beat up to the point that they had to tape up her ribs in order for her to be able to stand is not “normal”….getting hounded by the FBN, so much so that the head of the FBN kept going after her, even on her deathbed…this is not “normal”. Her life was sad, in my opinion. Who are you to tell someone what they feel? If the person thinks what the woman went through was sad she is entitled to say so, comment so and believe so.
@ruthfrank8106
@ruthfrank8106 4 жыл бұрын
It's sad how talented artists often end up being lost to drugs/alcohol Billie being no exception. Rip♥️
@sherriaris
@sherriaris 21 күн бұрын
I can hear the pain in her voice even while she's answering the questions from the interviewer.
@distanttwinkle3508
@distanttwinkle3508 6 жыл бұрын
Great audio, loved how the interviewer convinced her to recite her poetry. Very beautifully sad lyrics so real within her life.
@stephdrake2521
@stephdrake2521 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but I wonder if he did this for white singers ?
@HaliB75
@HaliB75 3 ай бұрын
@@stephdrake2521I agree it was very disrespectful. Telling her what to do.
@nightengale7163
@nightengale7163 3 жыл бұрын
If only she could have found a man to treat her right and truly love her.💔
@barryrosen405
@barryrosen405 6 жыл бұрын
life was sad for her as no man give the real heart to her to bad she got in to the drugs
@d3a1990
@d3a1990 6 жыл бұрын
Good interview! Thank you! I''d have loved to chat with Billie.
@clarkelaidlaw1678
@clarkelaidlaw1678 Жыл бұрын
She was just a shadow of he former self by the late forties.Here in 1956 she was very ill and gone in 1959.But those recordings in the 1930s with Lester Young,Teddy Wilson,Benny Goodman,Bunny Berrigan,Buck Clayton in the band are some of the finest jazz recordings ever.
@gjmf
@gjmf 5 жыл бұрын
Hush now, don't explain O know you raise Cain I'm glad you're back, don't explain Quiet, don't explain You mixed with some dame Skip that lipstick Don't explain You know that I love you And what love endures All my thoughts of you For I'm so completely yours Cry to hear folks chatter And I know you cheat But Right or wrong, don't matter When you're with me, sweet Hush now, don't explain You're my joy and pain My life's yours, love Don't explain
@feliciadalton4506
@feliciadalton4506 3 жыл бұрын
What an absolutely wonderful artist
@southsydesasha3125
@southsydesasha3125 6 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for posting! Billie!! I LOVE YOU!!!🌺🌹🌸 The one and only LADY DAY!! Respect and love
@carla50
@carla50 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! For this material!!
@gesco
@gesco 6 жыл бұрын
Love this. Thanks so much.
@gwenredding9760
@gwenredding9760 3 жыл бұрын
Yes I'm always scared and my knees shake. I know the feeling too
@donalddavis6689
@donalddavis6689 5 жыл бұрын
The Men's Was Punks That Took Her Money. I Love You - Billie Holiday. R.I.P.
@blackloveincense
@blackloveincense 8 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a find and blessing for us all. Where did you find this and how did you know this existed? Big thank you.
@ttbaby1342
@ttbaby1342 3 жыл бұрын
I love and miss her so much!! They treated her so Bad!! Left her in her jail cell too Died!!!🙏🏾🌷🕊️
@robindavis7023
@robindavis7023 5 жыл бұрын
At the 48 second mark, she looks so healthy and beautiful.
@milesandcoffee
@milesandcoffee 3 жыл бұрын
Those were taken in her younger days.
@fireupyourheartchildrenofgod
@fireupyourheartchildrenofgod 3 жыл бұрын
love you soo much😘💃😘❤️🔥❤️🐦👼🕊️❤️
@kingsburyxx
@kingsburyxx 6 жыл бұрын
Hi! I'm looking for some more info about this interview and it's origins. Where did you originally pull this from?
@barryrosen405
@barryrosen405 6 жыл бұрын
so sad how the men did not care about her just the money she made
@cattillman7705
@cattillman7705 3 жыл бұрын
Story of my life in reverse smh. Nobody cares about me. Just my mind/music/poetry/profit. Im just a dollar sign to females. Niggaz. Police. The army. Nigga im not even treated fucking human. I cant take life anymore. Its torture. I swear to GOD Annie i almost committed suicide today I swear to fucking GOD. I NEED TO GET AWAY FROM EVERYBODY. ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY. GOD IF I DIED TODAY WOULD I HAVE GONE TO HELL? SURELY NOT RIGHT? BECAUSE I NEVER ASKED FOR ANY OF THIS. INCLUDING THE ATTEMPTS ON MY LIFE FROM MY MOMMA. HER NIGGA. THEY KIDS. ROOMATES WHO WERE WITH POLICE. THEM 2 OTHER NIGGAZ. MY OWN FAM IN MILWAUKEE. THE KIRBY HOE THE JOHNSON BROAD. NIGGA EVERYBODY WANTS ME DEAD. PLEASE ANNIE TALK TO GOD FOR ME.
@csmtcqueen
@csmtcqueen 3 жыл бұрын
Nice dodge on the Elvis Presley question. She basically did a "no comment".
@elizabethbaron9387
@elizabethbaron9387 8 ай бұрын
what did she say ? was it " You give me word advance on that one?" Did I hear correctly?
@csmtcqueen
@csmtcqueen 8 ай бұрын
@@elizabethbaron9387 In her own way, she was not impressed by his talents.
@Gardosunron
@Gardosunron 4 жыл бұрын
The interviewer is a goof. But still this is a rare diamond.
@Thomas11611
@Thomas11611 4 ай бұрын
I struggle to find any video interviews of her.. did they have any of her back then?
@barryrosen405
@barryrosen405 6 жыл бұрын
all this was so sad how her life was with people that just like to take from her she was still young when she died
@luvmyrecords
@luvmyrecords 3 жыл бұрын
In this case, and for the series, was "Peacock Alley" just a made-up TV location, or were the broadcasts made inside the Waldorf=Astoria's own Peacock Alley lounge?
@billie44
@billie44 8 жыл бұрын
She had a lot going on in56, McKay took all that money and split.She went down after he left her.
@southsydesasha3125
@southsydesasha3125 7 жыл бұрын
michael morgan 😩😰
@barryrosen405
@barryrosen405 6 жыл бұрын
all the men did not care just her money
@sayitloudblcknproud
@sayitloudblcknproud 4 жыл бұрын
Nothing like the man in the movie at all. :-(
@ruthfrank8106
@ruthfrank8106 4 жыл бұрын
@@sayitloudblcknproud exactly McKay was portrayed as her rock!
@billie44
@billie44 3 жыл бұрын
@@ruthfrank8106 McKay was a consult in the movie He got paid for that too
@shea086
@shea086 3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why the interviewer goes on about Hungary and the Hungarians. Trying to use Billie like that. What about Billie and the way she and her people were abused. Unbelievable.
@nathanielrossi9659
@nathanielrossi9659 3 жыл бұрын
" how you feel about Elvis Presley? " hehehe
@barrychambers4047
@barrychambers4047 3 жыл бұрын
She was a poor scared babe all of her short life.
@tanisharobinson154
@tanisharobinson154 4 жыл бұрын
What music to break u...
@cattillman7705
@cattillman7705 3 жыл бұрын
@ 4:25 Annie looks PISSED!!!!!!!!
@elizabethbaron9387
@elizabethbaron9387 8 ай бұрын
How do you know? You watched this interview? I am trying to find on the web and theres nothing.
@galemiller7422
@galemiller7422 4 жыл бұрын
I love hearing Billie Holiday!❣️ but I don't like the way this guy is talking to her? he's telling her what to do? Not asking! don't sing? Talk the song? Sure the guys dead now! but what a jerk! Bossing her around like she's a wind-up toy? she! was a human being! Died a terrible death because of racism? I will never understand that? and I am white! And Shocked at the behavior of my race! 🙏🙏🏿
@anndavis2920
@anndavis2920 4 жыл бұрын
Thsnk you. I was angry about that too
@moniquebrooksroberts112
@moniquebrooksroberts112 3 жыл бұрын
YES!!! It's infuriating hearing him speak to her like this. The audacity of white men, telling her how to perform her own songs!!!
@jahlaune
@jahlaune 6 жыл бұрын
she's painted white geez I love her tho
@sayitloudblcknproud
@sayitloudblcknproud 4 жыл бұрын
Billie Holiday was VERY light skinned. At times when she's darker it's because she got some sun or her managers made her wear darker makeup to blacken her up.
@ttbaby1342
@ttbaby1342 3 жыл бұрын
She kept those Gloves on didn't want no one too see all those track's in her ARM!!!🤔😲
@elizabethbaron9387
@elizabethbaron9387 8 ай бұрын
Please....another person who watched the interview. where is it?
@LXrozc0
@LXrozc0 3 жыл бұрын
Did he say "cringe"
@jonldn
@jonldn 3 жыл бұрын
If you mean at 08.50. He says. “Got me crying”
@charliehustle9779
@charliehustle9779 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, he did. But it’s not like a new word or not a historically legitimate word. I know some may think it’s slang or just something trendy but it’s not.
@HaliB75
@HaliB75 3 ай бұрын
Why does he keep asking her to close her eyes? She can do what she wants with her body. Sexism was real in the 50s. She can recite the lyrics the way she wants. ❤ Geez! “Just talk the words.” He’s so damn bossy!
@kendrabrevard1976
@kendrabrevard1976 3 жыл бұрын
her voice sounds like she needs some tea
@stephdrake2521
@stephdrake2521 4 жыл бұрын
White master says close your eyes 👀... you better Billy .... a shame ....I wonder if he asked white singers to do this as well.....interesting......... it’s like the interview is saying now we have made it so hard for these people how in the hell can she captivate an audience and have so much talent.
@truquarian
@truquarian 4 жыл бұрын
Funny just as I'm listening to this and reading the comments, I'm thinking, "Damn dude sounds domineering af!" Then I see your comment. Maybe it's the contrast between his tone and hers, but he definitely seemed to take a "do as I say" approach to the interview...
@MrsTiffanyMartinez
@MrsTiffanyMartinez 2 жыл бұрын
11:55 (smdh) he asked 😒 Billie if you were stuck on a desert island, which records could you listen to forever? Billie says a few of her favorites like Pops aka Satchmo, Nat King, Count Basie etc. Then he says: "we could imprison you & you'd stay warm." 😒 You can tell he was trying to set her off. Then 👑Queen giggles a lil like, the *only* reason why I'm not showing you the *REAL BILLIE HOLIDAY* tuh-day is because I just spent a year and a day in jail when I should have been TREATED the same as others in the business with addiction *Judy Garland* so yea, *tee hee* 😒. I'll see you dem streets! Billie was a bad ass! She beat two grown men for disrespecting her and putting their cigarette 🚬 out on her fur coat. She could handle herself when necessary. At 106 in the spirit world, Billie is still loved and adored by many. No one remembers this interviewer.
@dddddadadad1796
@dddddadadad1796 Жыл бұрын
You sound so simple
@xxbrowngirlxx6164
@xxbrowngirlxx6164 6 жыл бұрын
Why is she called a badass
@stephdrake2521
@stephdrake2521 4 жыл бұрын
Do your own research ... stop trying to steal other folks words. She’s worth the research.
@phillybaddass2496
@phillybaddass2496 3 жыл бұрын
How old are you? Just curious from your comment...
@grlevert
@grlevert 3 жыл бұрын
She had a potty mouth...
@jackstan6546
@jackstan6546 3 жыл бұрын
The paltry flame frequently rhyme because jaw complimentarily kick including a free felony. careless, tacky transmission
@tomasbradee2122
@tomasbradee2122 2 жыл бұрын
So drunk. Wish she made a song expilicity describing her alcoholic use and another song re: heroin and finally a tune re: smokin herb. Bet that herb song is the most pleasant!
@LeighRichards27
@LeighRichards27 Жыл бұрын
Shes not drunk you fucking moron! PS. youve obviously been smoking something judging by the incomprehensible drivel youve somehow managed to type
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