Talk:Clarence Holiday

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Clarence Holliday was a solid, driving rhythm guitarist. He can be heard to best advantage on Fletcher Henderson's 1930 to 1934 recordings. To put him in perspective, you might compare his work with that of Freddy Green in the Count Basie Band. The Count's rhythm section is generally considdered the best, but Fletcher's compares very favorably thanks to Clarence.

The Billie Holiday page says he died in WWI, yet his page says he died in 1937 - which is correct?

Another discrepancy between this page and Billie Holiday's page: This page states that Clarence Holiday never married Billie's mother, yet Billie Holiday's page says that her parents married when she was three. Farseeker (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:35, 23 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Billie Holliday's autobiography 'Lady Sings The Blues' claimed that her parents had married when she was three years old. AlanD1956 (talk) 15:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism[edit]

Regarding the sentence I cut for possible plagiarism, here is another source that matches even more closely:

for he never married Billie's mother and, before Lady Day made it big, he was not too happy about having to admit that he had a grown-up daughter.

http://www.ask.com/music/Clarence-Holiday/87354

--Everything Else Is Taken (talk) 15:06, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It looks pretty clear to me that its been copied. Why not just change the wording? -- — Keithbob • Talk • 16:45, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like a lot was copied form here too. [1]-- — Keithbob • Talk • 21:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strange Fruit reference[edit]

The article states Billie Holiday recorded Strange Fruit two years after her father's death. Unless someone adds a link explaining the relationship, why is this here? She recorded a lot of songs two years after her father's death. So what? Was the song dedicated to him? If not, it's a non-sequitur.

I tried to rectify this problem with a sentence paraphrased from the article on Billie Holiday. The citation is copied from that article. I know the citation is adequate, but I don't know which edition is cited. Jwicklatz (talk) 05:47, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]