Lady Sings the Blues R | 2h 24min | Biography , Drama , Music | 12 October 1972 (USA) The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday .

Lady Sings The Blues (DVD) The essence of Billie Holiday, one of America's most loved and memorable blues singers, is captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force d ebut perfor mance by singer Diana Ross. Filled with the greatest songs of the incomp arable "Lady Day," this stunning film biography r eceived five Academy A ward. nominations, including Diana Ross for "Best Actress."

All of those thoughts were wiped out of my mind within the first three or four minutes of "Lady Sings the Blues", and I was left with a feeling of complete confidence in a dramatic performance. This was one of the great performances of 1972. And there is no building up to it.

That re-evaluation will likely intensify with The United States vs. Billie Holiday, the first Holiday biopic since Diana Ross played the late, great singer in 1972’s Lady Sings the Blues. (It...

Fated or not, there’s a fun-facty familial connection between Daniels's new film, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, and the classic 1972 biopic Lady Sings the Blues.

Amazon.com. Face it, when searching for female singers to portray the hard-knock life of troubled jazz legend Billie Holiday, Diana Ross's name shouldn't even have come to mind. But portray her she did, earning herself an Oscar nod in the process. The mother of all divas did Lady Day's legacy proud. This soundtrack (which includes dialogue from the 1972 film) ain't Holiday, but it ain't bad; Ross is in fine and flavorful voice.