Word: motown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even Motown's Berry Gordy delved into sensationalism with "Lady Sings The Blues" (1972), a film loosely based on Holiday's 1956 autobiography of the same title. In the movie, Diana Ross (who sings the songs in the film herself, blasphemy of the highest degree as it further robs the audience of the true essence of Lady Day) portrays Billie as a strung-out heroin addict who throws her talent away even though she has the support of a loving husband (Billy Dee Williams) and thousands of appreciative fans...