Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Billie_HolidayBillie Holiday - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Billie_Holiday

   • Cached

   Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a ...

2. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

3. www.grunge.com › 379460The Tragic Death Of Billie Holiday - Grunge

   www.grunge.com › 379460

   • Cached

   Apr 10, 2021 · Billy Holiday is likely the most celebrated female jazz singer in American history, yet substance abuse and addiction would plague her until her death at only 44 years old. Born to teenage parents and named Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, Holiday grew up poor and suffered a rape at just 10 years old by a neighbor, according to Legacy.

   • Author: Amy Beeman

4. www.npr.org › 2020/12/03 › 940104383New Documentary 'Billie' Explores Mysteries Of Billie Holiday ...

   www.npr.org › 2020/12/03 › 940104383

   Dec 3, 2020 · Those now-deceased jazz voices include Count Basie, Charles Mingus, John Hammond, Jo Jones and Sylvia Syms. Before her death in 1978, Linda Lipnack Kuehl spent eight years trying to write the ...

   • Author: Elizabeth Blair

5. Videos

   • 

     15:28

     youtube.com

     Billie Holiday - The Tragic Life and Death of and the Curse of Gloomy Sunday

     Jun 18, 2019

     26.2K Views

   • 

     8:37

     youtube.com

     Billie Holiday Was Arrested on Her Deathbed

     Apr 30, 2021

     189.1K Views

   • 

     10:38

     youtube.com

     Billie Holiday Unplugged (An Unaired 1956 Interview)

     Apr 9, 2016

     262.9K Views

   View all

6. www.britannica.com › biography › Billie-HolidayBillie Holiday | Biography, Music, Movie, Death, & Facts

   www.britannica.com › biography › Billie-Holiday

   • Cached

   Apr 3, 2024 · Billie Holiday (born April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 17, 1959, New York City, New York) was an American jazz singer, one of the greatest from the 1930s to the ’50s. Eleanora (her preferred spelling) Harris was the daughter of Clarence Holiday, a professional musician who for a time played guitar with the Fletcher ...

   • Author: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

   • Why was Billie Holiday significant?

     Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz singers from the 1930s to the ’50s. She had no formal musical training, but, with an instinctive sense...
   • What was Billie Holiday best known for?

     As a singer, Holiday was known for her dramatic intensity, which could render the most banal lyric profound. Among the songs identified with her we...
   • How did Billie Holiday get famous?

     Holiday began her career singing in a Harlem nightclub and made her first recordings in 1933, with Benny Goodman and others. Two years later a seri...

7. www.pbs.org › newshour › artsIn a new Billie Holiday documentary, friends fill in the ...

   www.pbs.org › newshour › arts

   • Cached

   Arts Dec 16, 2020 10:48 PM EDT. In the opening performance of a new documentary, Billie Holiday is mesmerizing in full color. The original, decades-old footage has been colorized for emphasis ...

8. People also ask

   How old was Billy holiday when she died?

   • Billy Holiday is likely the most celebrated female jazz singer in American history, yet substance abuse and addiction would plague her until her death at only 44 years old. Born to teenage parents and named Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, Holiday grew up poor and suffered a rape at just 10 years old by a neighbor, according to Legacy.

   The Tragic Death Of Billie Holiday - Grunge

   www.grunge.com/379460/the-tragic-death-of-billie-holiday/

   See all results for this question

   Why is Billie Holiday in full color?

   • In the opening performance of a new documentary, Billie Holiday is mesmerizing in full color. The original, decades-old footage has been colorized for emphasis, like the way her eyebrow arches to punctuate a lyric as she sings.

   In a new Billie Holiday documentary, friends fill in the missing ... - PBS

   www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/in-a-new-billie-holiday-documentary-friends-fill-in-the-missing-notes

   See all results for this question

   Why did Billie Holiday die?

   • Holiday’s health began to fail because of drug and alcohol abuse, and she died in 1959. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Billie Holiday, one of the most famous American jazz singers from the 1930s to the ’50s.

   Billie Holiday | Biography, Music, Movie, Death, & Facts

   www.britannica.com/biography/Billie-Holiday

   See all results for this question

   What was Billie Holiday best known for?

   • How did Billie Holiday get famous? Billie Holiday (born April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 17, 1959, New York City, New York) was an American jazz singer, one of the greatest from the 1930s to the ’50s.

   Billie Holiday | Biography, Music, Movie, Death, & Facts

   www.britannica.com/biography/Billie-Holiday

   See all results for this question

9. www.miamitimesonline.com › lifestyles › arts_cultureRemembering Billie Holiday’s timeless legacy | Arts Culture ...

   www.miamitimesonline.com › lifestyles › arts_culture

   Apr 9, 2024 · Remembering Billie Holiday’s timeless legacy. Vincent L. Hall Black Press USA. Apr 9, 2024 Updated Apr 9, 2024. Billie Holiday’s enduring legacy and impact on American history, exemplified through her haunting rendition of “Strange Fruit,” continues to resonate with the ongoing struggle against racial injustice. (Library of Congress)

10. www.biography.com › musicians › billie-holidayBillie Holiday - Movie, Death & Strange Fruit - Biography

    www.biography.com › musicians › billie-holiday

    • Cached

    Apr 3, 2014 · Holiday married James Monroe in 1941. Already known to drink, Holiday picked up her new husband's habit of smoking opium. The marriage didn't last — they later divorced — but Holiday's ...