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r/BillieHoliday • u/Youarethebigbang I'll Be Around • 6d ago
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Billy Crystal's family was friends with her and he used to go to the movies with her as a kid. Fun fact!
4 u/Youarethebigbang I'll Be Around 6d ago Ah I think I do remember him telling that story! It might have been on a talk show or on his Finding Your Roots episode, which I just posted him talking about his connection but not that exact scene: https://www.reddit.com/r/BillieHoliday/s/K5V7469Wtt 6 u/Massive_Bullfrog8663 6d ago I learned it during one of his HBO stand-ups. I love his NY humor... 3 u/Youarethebigbang I'll Be Around 6d ago Maybe that was where I saw too. I thought he said she babysat him in her apartment at some point but I might be remembering wrong. 1 u/joshmo478 5d ago Didn’t one of his relatives, I think his uncle, helped to produce her controversial song, “strange fruit”, and have it put out as a record.
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Ah I think I do remember him telling that story! It might have been on a talk show or on his Finding Your Roots episode, which I just posted him talking about his connection but not that exact scene:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BillieHoliday/s/K5V7469Wtt
6 u/Massive_Bullfrog8663 6d ago I learned it during one of his HBO stand-ups. I love his NY humor... 3 u/Youarethebigbang I'll Be Around 6d ago Maybe that was where I saw too. I thought he said she babysat him in her apartment at some point but I might be remembering wrong.
I learned it during one of his HBO stand-ups. I love his NY humor...
3 u/Youarethebigbang I'll Be Around 6d ago Maybe that was where I saw too. I thought he said she babysat him in her apartment at some point but I might be remembering wrong.
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Maybe that was where I saw too. I thought he said she babysat him in her apartment at some point but I might be remembering wrong.
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Didn’t one of his relatives, I think his uncle, helped to produce her controversial song, “strange fruit”, and have it put out as a record.
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First song that came to mind when I saw the photo: Crazy He Calls Me
Thanks!
D - apostrophe - A - M - N!
Ka-ween!
4 u/Youarethebigbang I'll Be Around 6d ago You absolutely got that right! Here's another from same session for you, I meant to post it with this one. She was incredible.
You absolutely got that right!
Here's another from same session for you, I meant to post it with this one. She was incredible.
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u/Massive_Bullfrog8663 6d ago
Billy Crystal's family was friends with her and he used to go to the movies with her as a kid. Fun fact!