Holiday completes her final album, “Billie Holiday”, retitled “Last Recordings” with MGM

November 2, 1959 By No Comments

– Holiday gives her final performance in New York City.
– July 17, Holiday dies in New York City and is buried at Saint Raymond’s Cemetery in Bronx County, NY.

Norman Granz releases his last records with Billie, “Stay With Me” and “All or Nothing At All”Live recordings from her last Carnegie Hall appearance are released as “The Essential Billie Holiday”