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Billie Holiday
"Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was 18, she was 16 and I was three." So begins the autobiography of one of the world's greatest, and saddest, jazz singers - Billie Holiday. Tonight
Magenta De Vine finds out about her life from friends like Maya Angelou , and a whole new generation of fans, like singer Pauline Black.

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Magenta de Vine
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Maya Angelou
Singer:
Pauline Black.
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