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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Episode 3 of 6

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Neneh Cherry continues the story of the influential Billie Holiday.

30 minutes

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Thu 7 Jul 201602:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Cassandra Wilson

    YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

    • BLUE LIGHT TIL DAWN.
    • BLUE NOTE.
    • CDP07777-8135722.

  • Billie Holiday

    YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

    • LADY IN SATIN.
    • CBS.
    • 450883-2.

  • Billie Holiday

    Back in Your Own Backyard

    • Moanin' Low.
    • Living Era.
    • AJS-282.

  • Jill Scott

    GETTIN' IN THE WAY

    • INDEPENDENT WOMAN.
    • SONY MUSIC TV/COLUMBIA.
    • STVCD-117.

  • Macy Gray

    I've committed murder

    • ON HOW LIFE IS.
    • EPIC.
    • 4944-232.

  • Cassandra Wilson

    32-20

    • New Moon Daughter.
    • Blue Note.
    • CDP-8371832.

  • Billie Holiday

    Now Or Never

    • Billie Holiday: From The Original Decca Masters.
    • n/a.
    • GBEEJ0202299.

  • Aretha Franklin

    It Hurts Like Hell

    • The Greatest Movies Collection CD2.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 2309915L.

  • Billie Holiday

    YOU'VE CHANGED

    • LADY IN SATIN.
    • CBS.
    • 450883-2.

  • Adriana Calcanhotto

    Mentiras

    • Senhas.
    • Columbia.
    • 2-4642802.

  • Billie Holiday

    Gloomy Sunday

    • The Definitive Billie.
    • Verve.
    • 549-081-2.

  • Meshell Ndegeocello

    Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart

    • PEACE BEYOND PASSION.
    • MAVERICK.
    • 9362-460332.

  • Oscar Peterson

    Yesterdays

    • The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings Of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953).
    • Mosaic Records.
    • MD7-241.

  • Billie Holiday

    YESTERDAYS

    • FRITZ THE CAT/HEAVY TRAFFIC.
    • 24745-2.

  • Billie Holiday

    FOR ALL WE KNOW

    • LADY DAY.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • MOODCD-52.

  • Fertile Ground

    Like Poetry

    • Seasons Change.
    • Counterpoint Records.
    • CRCD017.

  • Grinderman

    Palaces Of Montezuma

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MUTE.
    • 1.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • POLYDOR.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 6 May 201000:00
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  • Thu 7 Oct 201000:00
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  • Thu 17 Mar 201100:00
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  • Thu 29 Jan 201502:00
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  • Thu 26 Nov 201502:00
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  • Thu 7 Jul 201602:00
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