"She loved dogs. She always had a pet. One time we were working on 125th Street, at a place called the Apollo Bar, which was near to the Apollo Theatre. There was a bar in the front and a room in the back where they presented music groups. She came in there one night, I'll never forget it, because she came in with her boxer, it was just a beautiful dog. They let her come in with the dog and everything. She came in the back and she sat at a table and she had her dog sitting right next to her. It was great because I'm sure they wouldn't have allowed anyone else to bring a dog in there but they allowed her because she was Billie."

Billie Holiday & Dog Mister, NYC, ca. June 1946

Billie Holiday recibió a un reportero mientras cocinaba una chuleta para su perro Mister en su apartamento en Harlem, 1949.


Summertime -- Billie Holiday 1936
Summertime and the livin is easy
Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high
Oh your daddys rich and your ma is good lookin
So hush little baby, dont you cry
One of these mornings
Youre goin to rise up singing
Then youll spread your wings
And youll take the sky
But till that morning
Theres a nothin can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin by
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