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Billie's Bounce

Bobby Enriquez, with Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, and Poncho Sanchez –The Prodigious Piano of Bobby Enriquez (1981)


All the Ghosts

John Fordham in The Guardian said: "This fine album... is the truest to her distinctive muse, with its debts to Janis Ian, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits, as much as to Billie Holiday or Nina Simone....Herbert's earlier jazz following perhaps won't find many familiar landmarks... but as an idiosyncratic singer-songwriter album, All the Ghosts will be on the year-end hitlists whatever its genre".

Avondale, Harare

The first official marriage ceremony in Zimbabwe took place on Avondale farm in 1894 when the Count de la Panouse was married to Fanny Pearson (Countess Billie) by Lt Col. Marshall Hole, the Chief Magistrate of Salisbury.

Babes in Arms

A studio cast recording starring Gregg Edelman as Val, Judy Blazer as Billie, Jason Graae as Gus, Donna Kane as Dolores, Judy Kaye as Baby Rose, Adam Grupper as Peter, with JQ and the Bandits as the Quartet and featuring the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra was released by New World Records in 1990.

Billie

Billie Piper, a British singer and actress, who first recorded under the name Billie.

Billie Awards

Nominations for the first annual Billie Awards included Bend It Like Beckham and Million Dollar Baby in the Entertainment category.

Billie Love

In 1989 she moved to the Isle of Wight and began the third part of a career as a collector of rare photographs specialising in late Victorian and Edwardian life, and with her partner Anna Shepherd she created the Billie Love Historical Collection and published several books including How to Become A Child, published by The Billie Love Historical Collection (1996; ISBN 0951841017).

Billie Orr

Billie Orr is married and has a son who is a pilot in the United States Navy.

Billie Poole

Lucille „Billie“ Poole (21 March 1929 in Edwardsville, Illinois - 21 May 2005) was an American Jazz and Blues singer.

Billie-Eve

The album is named after her daughter and was recorded in New York with the cooperation of musicians like Craig Ross (guitarist of Lenny Kravitz), the rapper Saul Williams, Matthieu Chedid and Gail Ann Dorsey, bass player of David Bowie.

BNP Paribas Showdown

The tribute featured a speech by former president Bill Clinton, and appearances by figure skaters Sarah Hughes and Nancy Kerrigan, race car driver Janet Guthrie, Billie Jean King's long time double's partner Rosie Casals and other prominent women in sports.

Bobby Riggs

She phoned him one last time, the night before his death and, according to Billie Jean herself in an HBO documentary about her, the last thing she told Riggs was "I love you." (Interview with Billie Jean King, USA US Open telecast, August 28, 2006)

Electribe 101

Electribal Memories (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1990 UK #26 - reissued as The Best of Electribe 101 featuring Billie Ray Martin in 2002.

Forever Charmed

While Piper and Leo look for some kind of solution to make her sisters alive again, Billie (Kaley Cuoco) goes to Magic School where she confronts Dumain (Anthony Cistaro), revealing Christy is dead.

Free Acres, New Jersey

Among the early residents of Free Acres were author Thorne Smith and his wife Celia, and actor James Cagney and his wife, Billie.

Honkytonk U

The beginning shows Toby Keith as a child working at his grandmother's nightclub, called Billie's night club in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1972.

Jakten på Billie Jo

The show followed three American actresses who auditioned for the role as "Billie Jo" in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider.

Jessica Cutler

After the Spitzer story broke, the Post published an article alleging that Cutler was "among the inner circle of a Manhattan call-girl ring that counted Eliot Spitzer as a client...," and that she "...appeared as a "model" on alleged madam Kristin "Billie" Davis' Web site."

Joyce Patricia Brown

She gave false names including "Ann Smith" and "Billie Boggs" (after Bill Boggs, a former local television talk show host in New York City), later claiming in court that she gave the false names to try to hide herself from her sisters.

Judy Holliday

Her success in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday as "Billie Dawn" led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

In 1946, she returned to Broadway as the scatterbrained Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday.

Katerina Mikailenko

Katerina Mikailenko is an American actress, model, and dancer best known for her numerous guest appearances on various network television shows and for her memorable role as Wilhelmina "Billie" Lewis in the 2013 psychological thriller The Employer starring Malcolm McDowell.

Loretta Devine

Billie Holiday, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, then Little Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 1991

Matthew Cooperman

Includes a Residency Fellowshipat the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the E. Marvin Lewis Award from WeberStudies, the Wick Chapbook Prize from Kent State, the Billie Murray Denny Poetry Prize,the Jovanovich Prize from the University of Colorado, and five Pushcart nominations.

Météo+

A slightly rebellious but amiable young man in his first job out of college, he is always seen wearing his trademark Kangol cap and refers to most of his colleagues by nicknames such as Big Boss (Ted), Big Bern (Bernard), Beemer (BM) or Billie the Kid (Billie Jean).

Radio Radio Radio

They had briefly performed live with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day as their second guitar player, but Billie Joe decided to stay with Green Day rather than become a full member of Rancid.

Recycled Garbage

Billie Ray Martin's 2002 release consists of twelve remixes, some previously unreleased, of four tracks that appeared in their original form on her 2001 album 18 Carat Garbage.

Renée Houston

Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Katherina Houston Gribbin, she toured music halls and revue with her sister Billie Houston as the Houston Sisters.

Sara Schaefer

Schaefer was raised in Midlothian, Virginia, the daughter of Billie Knight (née Hehl) and William Linwood "Bill" Schaefer.

Sonia Fowler

Sonia herself briefly leaves Walford in 1997, following her brother Billie (Devon Anderson)'s kidnapping, but returns to visit her family, eventually moving back permanently to live with her sister Bianca (Patsy Palmer), in 1998.

Thank ABBA for the Music

"Thank ABBA for the Music" is a medley of songs originally released by disco-pop group ABBA, performed by Tina Cousins, Billie, Steps, Cleopatra and B*Witched.

The Best Awful There Is

It is also said to fictionalize the story of her relationship with the gay agent Bryan Lourd, father of her daughter, Billie Lourd.

The Bigbugs

The names of the characters based by Jazz Musicians like: Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie), Louis (Louis Armstrong), Ella (Ella Fitzgerald), Billie (Billie Holiday) and Chick (Chick Korea).

The Legend of Billie Jean

Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater), a Corpus Christi, Texas high school girl, rides with her younger brother, Binx (Christian Slater), on a Honda Elite to a local lake to enjoy a day of swimming and relaxation.

Wilhelmina Holladay

Holladay, known as "Billie", graduated with a degree in art history from Elmira College in 1944 and also studied art at the University of Paris.

Will Belcourt

He has had the opportunity to share the stage with many great artists such as Buffy Sainte Marie, Shane Yellowbird, Tom Jackson, Digging Roots, Dwight Yoakam, Big Sugar, Billie Joe Green, Star Nayea and Donny Peraunteau.

Women of Manhattan

Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, the cast featured Nancy Mette as Billie, J. Smith-Cameron as Rhonda, Jayne Haynes as Judy, Keith Szarabajka and Tom Wright.


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