Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album)
| Lady Sings the Blues | ||||
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| Released | December 1956 | |||
| Recorded | September 3, 1954, Los Angeles, Capitol Studios June 6–7, 1956, New York City, Fine Sound Studios | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:17 | |||
| Label | Clef | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of the same name.