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Profile: CD-DVD by Billie Holiday is released
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NPR Morning Edition
05-31-2005
Profile: CD-DVD by Billie Holiday is released
Host: STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
It was 90 years ago that the jazz singer Billie Holiday was born.
(Soundbite from "Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection")
Ms. BILLIE HOLIDAY: (Singing) Ooh, what a little moonlight can do. Ooh, what a little moonlight can do to you.
INSKEEP: A n...
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