. >> billie earl johnson. : charlie, who started out as a bodyguard for billie earl, says billie and "mr. john" tried to get him to shoot nancy howard. >> this [ bleep ] man, he tried to get me to kill that woman. >> did he really? 'cause he -- >> do you want the truth? >> yeah, i want the truth. >> you got that recorder on? yeah. >> i gotta have the truth. >> yeah, you're [ bleep ] right that son of a bitch tried to get me to kill that woman. >> reporter: now out of jail, charlie told us that sometimes john transferred money between bank accounts and sometimes john met charlie and billy and handed over packages of cash at a hamburger joint or gas station, and john was always pressing them to get the hit done. >> i mean he was, "hey, do you think you can get it done now? what's the chances?" you know, "where are y'all at?" billie would tell him, "you know, hey, we're -- we're about an hour away. we'll call you when we get close." "okay, well, call me when you've got confirmation." you know, "i want -- i want th

johnson's®. so much more™. will celebrate the life of lemdary jazz singer billie holiday on what would have been her 100th birthday theater's walk of fame here in new york and a number of new albums including a just cure rated centennial collection. it will be a lot of acclaim for the woman who didn't always see it in her own day. ♪ love is just like a faucet it turns off and on ♪ >> lady day as she was called never had a big hit record. but few singers from her time are still so present. >> there are certain people who have something that is an announcement from nature. >> reporter: jazz critic stanley crouch. >> she had a very small voice. very small. just about an octave maybe. >> in that limited range that she had, what did she do? >> it was the emotion. that's what it always is. she didn't have a big sound, and she didn't do a bunch of tricks but the feeling she would project was immense. ♪ god bless the child ♪ >> i mean she wasn't a trained musician in any sense. >> not at all. >> why do you think she could sing like that? >> because she could hear. she was a very very highly respected musician by other mus