Cover image: Detail of 1947 photo of Billie Holiday by William P. Gottleib
Image in the public domain

The other day, I came across a beautiful recording of "April in Paris" by Billie Holiday on YouTube.

Screenshot from YouTube

This inspired me to do a quick Internet search on "Billie Holiday in Paris."

Here's what turned up on Page 1 on Google:

Facebook 

A magnificent shot of Billie at Orly Airport was taken by Jean-Pierre Leloir in 1958.  See it HERE.

A photo of her singing at the Mars Club (photographer not mentioned) can be found HERE.

Polka Factory

Jean-Pierre Leloir photographed Billie during her November 20, 1958 concert at the Mars Club.  View the image HERE.

SetList.fm

This Website provides a short list of songs that Billie performed at the Olympia Theater on November 12, 1968 and at Paris Television Studios on November 18, 1958.  Links to recordings of these songs are provided.

Image of program cover for Olympia Theater performance
from Page 41 of Olympia Bruno Coquatrix - 50 Ans de Music Hall
© Entrée to Black Paris

Reddit

Find a color photo of Billie singing at the Mars Club in 1958 HERE.

Les Echos

On April 7, 2015, this French newspaper published a fascinating article on the backstory of Billie's 1958 tour in Italy and France. It mentions "the rare photos taken by the excellent Jean-Pierre Leloir (translated from French)."

The backstory was extensively researched by Philippe Broussard and published as a 230-page book entitled Vivre cent jours en un (Live 100 Days in One) by Stock.

Amazon.fr

Another book turned up independently on Page 1 of my search.

Billie Holiday et Paris: Chronique de la Vie de Billie Holiday à Paris en 1954 et 1958 (English translation: Billie Holiday and Paris: Chronicle of Billie Holiday's Life in Paris in 1954 and 1958) can be found HERE.

Billie Holiday et Paris book cover
Image from Amazon.fr

The book described in the Les Echos article can be found HERE.

Vivre cent jours en un book cover
Image from Amazon.fr

New Yorker

A 2017 article by Richard Brody sings the praises of photographer Jean-Pierre Leloir.  A color photo of Billie at the Mars Club in 1958 is the second image (2/10) programmed on the slider at the top of the article.

Happy reading and listening!