Philip Russom Sings/Plays "God Bless the Child"

God Bless the Child = In her autobiographical book "Lady Sings the Blues" (1956), Billie Holiday explained the origin of her hit song "God Bless the Child." She was very close to her mother, although the two argued a lot, especially over money. After one such argument, Billie stormed out shouting ironically "God bless the child that's got his own money!" And the rest is history. The song that ensued is "God Bless the Child" (1941) with words by Billie Holiday and music by Arthur Herzog.