AS TIME GOES BY
U2 releases the Billie Holiday tribute song “Angel of Harlem”
“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” single inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Billie Holiday – The Complete Decca Recordings” wins a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
– Miki Howard stars as Billie Holiday in a club scene in “Malcolm X”
On September 18, 1994, the United States Postal Service honored Holiday by introducing a USPS-sponsored stamp
– Etta James receives first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for her “Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday” album – “The Complete Billie Holiday” wins a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
Time Magazine declares “Strange Fruit” the Song of the Century
– Ranked #6 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Women In Rock n’ Roll”
“Lady In Satin” album inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
– Billie Holiday is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Diana Ross is her presenter.
“Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday” wins a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
– “Strange Fruit” honored by the Library of Congress as one of the 50 songs that year to be added to the National Recording Registry
“Embraceable You” single inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
“Crazy He Calls Me” single inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
“Lady Day The Musical” opens for preview performances at Times Square’s Little Shubert Theatre starring multiple-Grammy Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater
– Kanye West samples Nina Simone’s version of “Strange Fruit”
April 6th, Billie is inducted into The Apollo Theater’s Walk of Fame
Two-time Grammy winner Cassandra Wilson presents the plaque as Lady Day joins other legends including Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown and Louis Armstrong.
Author John Szwed wins Jazz Journalists Association “2016 Jazz Book of the Year” for Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
