Billie Holiday

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Singer and actress Pauline Black chooses a jazz legend, the singer Billie Holiday. Pauline Black, lead singer with The Selecter, nominates Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. Pauline played Billie in an award-winning stage role in 1990. Matthew Parris and Pauline Black are joined by Julia Blackburn, whose book 'With Billie' was based on the observations of people who knew her. Producer: Miles Warde First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.