[78-L] Your Mother's Son-In-Law - BG and Billie Holiday on Columbia Blue Shellac

[Jeff Sultanof]

I also found it very interesting that when Teddy Wilson was asked in an
interview about his series of records on Brunswick, he initially did not
discuss Holiday. When pressed in a subtle way to name his favorite singers
on his records, he didn't mention Holiday at that point either. I wish I
could remember who the interviewer was at this point, but I remember this
being quite striking.

Jeff Sultanof


>
> Point here being that the success of "race records" with even young
> white buyers was making it abundantly clear that even in spite of
> the rigid segragation of "polite" society...there was a musical market
> for Black music and performers...! Thus Holiday could record
> with Artie Shaw...and then an integrated band nominally led by
> Teddy Wilson...! Note that Holiday's unique talents were only vaguely
> related to her race (her unique timing seems to have been learned
> from listening to Armstrong records...?!)...nevertheless she attracted
> a small group of fans who would buy each of her records as they
> were released...thus guaranteeing the sale of 1000 copies,
> and an overall profit...!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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