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What happened in 1935 during Billie Holiday's career?
In 1935, Billie Holiday had a small role as a woman abused by her lover in Duke Ellington's musical short film Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life.
What happened with Billie Holiday's career in 1936?
Billie Holiday's tunes included I Must Have That Man, Travelin' All Alone, I Can't Get Started, and Summertime, a hit for Holiday in 1936.
What happened with Billie Holiday in 1937?
In late 1937, Billie Holiday had a brief stint as a big-band vocalist with Count Basie.
What happened in 1938 that was important for Billie Holiday?
In 1938, Billie Holiday's single I'm Gonna Lock My Heart ranked sixth as the most-played song in September of that year.
What songs by Billie Holiday were recorded with Teddy Wilson?
Their first collaboration included What a Little Moonlight Can Do and Miss Brown to You.
Are there any other interesting aspects about the article on Recordings with Teddy Wilson?
Billie Holiday began recording under her own name a year later for Vocalion in sessions produced by Hammond and Bernie Hanighen.

Question: Why wasn't Holiday given any royalties?
Self-contained rewrite: Why wasn't Billie Holiday given any royalties?