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Billie Holiday Analysis

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1.The song “After the Ball” talks about an upper-middle class man who attended a ball and lost his love. Written and released by Charles K. Harris in 1891, only people wealthy enough had the ability to attend balls. Middle class people as well as the upper class also had the opportunity of going to a ball. The conflict in the story is in the man losing his sweetheart after seeing her kiss another man who actually turned out to be her brother. Though the woman he loved tried to explain, the man did not listen. In the 19th century a person’s behavior was very temperate, talking, commenting or asking people something very personal was not as accepted as it is nowadays. We clearly see it in the lyrics “Many a heart is aching, if you could read …show more content…

7. Billie Holiday, known as the Queen of Jazz, recorded her version of Jacques Charles’ “My Man” in a jazz and blues version rather than keeping it a ballad. She was a risk taker and one of the most influential women of the time. Her career, lasting over 30 years, whilst women became to stand out more in society, shook the music industry with her amazing performances and unordinary, unique, and outstanding improvisation. By singing “It cost me a lot, but there 's one thing that I 've got” (Holiday, My Man) the women shows her strength, readiness to not give up and continue to fight for what she believes belongs …show more content…

11. “Love For Sale” performed by Ella Fitzgerald was considered as a scandalous song and viewed as in bad taste since the lyrics and mood of a song depicted a streetwalker who was selling her love. Because of the scandalous lyrics, the song was banned in many states and sometimes only the instrumental would be played. Later, when “Love For Sale” was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and a couple of other artists, the daring song became popular together with its lyrics. Due to the acceptance of such topics, personality as the song portrayed in the future, the songs is popular nowadays. The woman singing clearly indicates she wants love, weather it’s “Old love, new love, every love but true love” (Ella Fitzgerald, Love For Sale). 12. “Why Was I Born”, performed by Ella Fitzgerald, was originally written in 1929 by Helen Morgan. Ella Fitzgerald is well known for covering songs in an amazing and unique way. This particular song is a very sentimental and touching one, mostly talking about losing love. The song was sung in the torch genre, and is considered best sung by its writer. Since 1929 was the beginning of the Great Depression, an extremely hard time for Americans, it might explain why lyrics say “Why was

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