tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5269118489591824579..comments2024-03-28T06:25:55.731-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Saturday Night Music: Billie Holidaypattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65846582045291800452013-03-10T14:01:38.844-04:002013-03-10T14:01:38.844-04:00I don't think I have ever seen ROCKET GIBRALTO...I don't think I have ever seen ROCKET GIBRALTOR.<br />She was a real train wreck all right but I could listen to her and Nina Simone all day. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-3886074619609531092013-03-10T11:40:10.891-04:002013-03-10T11:40:10.891-04:00What really turned me on to Billie Holiday was the...What really turned me on to Billie Holiday was the movie <b>Rocket Gibraltar</b>, where the dying Burt Lancaster played her records constantly.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27681328131614860552013-03-10T08:53:35.585-04:002013-03-10T08:53:35.585-04:00Patti - What an amazing voice!!! So much talent......Patti - What an amazing voice!!! So much talent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72177622589863865912013-03-09T21:16:44.747-05:002013-03-09T21:16:44.747-05:00Holy smoke. I think of this as her signature song....Holy smoke. I think of this as her signature song. But then again, she made just about every song her "signature song." Thanks.<br /><br />I think I remember this right. I was coming home from school one day and heard on the car radio that she had been hospitalized, and there was all this trouble with a drug arrest and so on. It was 1959. A month or two later she had died.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.com