![]() ![]() In his introduction to the 2006 edition of Lady Sings the Blues, music biographer David Ritz writes: "(Holiday's) voice, no matter how the Dufty/Holiday interviewing process went, is as real as rain." Despite some factual inaccuracies, according to Ritz, "in the mythopoetic sense, Holiday's memoir is as true and poignant as any tune she ever sang. ![]() Fact checking wasn't his concern." Since its publication, the book has been criticized for factual inaccuracies. Holiday writes candidly of sexual abuse, confinement to institutions, heroin addiction, and the struggles of being African American before the rise of the Civil Rights Movement.Īccording to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Dufty's aim was "to let Holiday tell her story her way. The life story of jazz singer Billie Holiday told in her own words. The book formed the basis of the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross. Lady Sings the Blues (1956) is an autobiography by jazz singer Billie Holiday, which was co-authored by William Dufty. ![]()
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