Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind the Making of “Lady Sings the Blues”

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Berry Gordy

Jay Weston took interest in Ross playing Holiday after seeing Ross in Look Magazine, revealing she wanted to play Holiday in a movie. But Berry Gordy, her manager and founder of Motown, wasn’t having it. He didn’t think she should play a black junkie singer. He rejected the idea twice.

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