She didn't just sing the blues, she called her autobiography "Lady Sings The Blues"
... Delving into earlier drafts of Lady Sings the Blues and other .... 
from the sale of sheet musicdidn't like her singing, which didn't present... [DOC] [TLE] Billie Holiday's bio, 'Lady Sings the Blues,' may be full of lies, but it ... [PAR] Sep 18, 2006 ... Billie Holiday's autobiography, "Lady Sings the Blues," begins with ... And the 
way she spoke them is just like her singing.