Nichelle Gainer is the author of the Vintage Black Glamour books, she has contributed to many major magazines and websites, including InStyle, Essence and Glamour. She has been featured in The New York Times, the Washington Post, BBC News, the Guardian and NPR. Born and raised in New Jersey, she lives in New York.

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• Lady DayContents6 foreword by Whoopi Goldberg8 introduction by Nichelle Gainer, editor12 BODY30 Corinne Bailey Rae; The Way You Look Tonight40 Beverly Bond; I’ve Got A Date With A Dream48 BITTER CROP66 Nile Rodgers; Willow Weep For Me78 BILLIE’S BLUES88 Beth Gibbons; Fine And Mellow97 Chrishaunda Lee Perez; It Had To Be You114 Laretta Houston; Me, Myself And I116 DON’T EXPLAIN127 Yvette Noel-Schure; On The Sunny Side Of The Street134 Julia Blackburn; The Very Thought Of You150 Rebecca Ferguson; You’re My Thrill156 & SOUL164 Bozoma Saint John; What A Little Moonlight Can Do172 Mary Coughlan; Good Morning Heartache183 Madeleine Peyroux; Blue Like The Sun198 Lorraine Feather; God Bless The Child200 FOR ALL WE KNOW202 Sources204 Photo credits

Nichelle Gainer is the author of the Vintage Black Glamour books, she has contributed to many major magazines and websites, including InStyle, Essence and Glamour. She has been featured in The New York Times, the Washington Post, BBC News, the Guardian and NPR. Born and raised in New Jersey, she lives in New York.

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• Lady DayContents6 foreword by Whoopi Goldberg8 introduction by Nichelle Gainer, editor12 BODY30 Corinne Bailey Rae; The Way You Look Tonight40 Beverly Bond; I’ve Got A Date With A Dream48 BITTER CROP66 Nile Rodgers; Willow Weep For Me78 BILLIE’S BLUES88 Beth Gibbons; Fine And Mellow97 Chrishaunda Lee Perez; It Had To Be You114 Laretta Houston; Me, Myself And I116 DON’T EXPLAIN127 Yvette Noel-Schure; On The Sunny Side Of The Street134 Julia Blackburn; The Very Thought Of You150 Rebecca Ferguson; You’re My Thrill156 & SOUL164 Bozoma Saint John; What A Little Moonlight Can Do172 Mary Coughlan; Good Morning Heartache183 Madeleine Peyroux; Blue Like The Sun198 Lorraine Feather; God Bless The Child200 FOR ALL WE KNOW202 Sources204 Photo credits