Friday Night is Music: 100 Years of Billie Holiday
Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night presents a special concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Billie Holiday. With a stellar line up of singers including the legendary American soul singer Madeline Bell; Gloria Onitiri (The Bodyguard) and Rebecca Ferguson (X Factor) together with the 60 piece Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra augmented to include a big band and conducted by Mike Dixon.
The concert features music from across Billie Holiday's extraordinary career including What A Little Moonlight Can Do, Them There Eyes, That Ole Devil Called Love, Blue Moon, Strange Fruit, God Bless the Child and many more.