In September of 1958, Billie Holiday performed at Detroit’s Flame Show Bar located on John R Street or Paradise Valley’s “street of music”. Known as “Little Las Vegas,” the upscale entertainment venue hosted big acts like Dinah Washington and B.B. King, while also helping to start the careers of local talents like Jackie Wilson and LaVern Baker. This bar tab, likely from 1958, is signed “Lady Day,” Holiday’s nickname from her friend and music partner, Lester Young.

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