Billie Poole has been played on NTS shows including Diddy Wah, with Them Blues first played on 5 August 2019.

Billie Poole (1929-2005) moved to California with her family in 1943, where she founded choirs. She had performances with them in numerous concerts around San Francisco. In 1954 she went to France and acted in the German/French movie “The heroes are tired /Les héros sont fatigués”. Besides she sang spirituals and Jazz. In 1959 she made recordings with Art Simmons, supported by Clark Terry, Elek Bacsik, Michel Gaudry and Kenny Clarke. On 30 August 1961 she had a live TV-appearance in the German programme "Jazz…