Holiday, Billie. (1915–1959)

"Fred Robbins' One-Nite Stand" - Original 1940's Program

Original concert program from a performance of the great jazz vocalist as part of disc jockey Fred Robbins' "One-Nite Stand" concert series, undated, ca. 1947-8. Holiday appeared at the Saturday midnight concert with Bobby Tucker, Denzil Best, John Levey and Reme Palmeri. The program features several photographs of Holiday including two on the cover and back cover, a typewritten description of the program, and a text about DJ and promoter Robbins. Interestingly, Holiday's name is not printed on the cover where her photograph is left to tell the story.

Billboard reported on the "One-Nite Stand" concerts on August 21, 1948: "Ernie Anderson, one-nighter concert and Carnegie Pops promoter, currently is lining up jazz and Western talent for fall and winter one-night stands staged thru disk jockey tie-ins here. Anderson claims the shows will start in early October and will be produced in conjunction with deejays Fred Robbins and Dave Miller, at both Carnegie and Town Hall." Other acts to appear on the series included Louis Armstrong and Sarah Vaughan (in the 1947 season). (15138)

Program, unsigned Jazz