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  3. Clarence Halliday ( Baltimore, July 23, 1898 – Dallas, March 1, 1937), also known as Clarence Holiday, was an American musician. He was the father of the singer Billie Holiday. [1] Early life. In Baltimore he attended a boys' school with the banjo player Elmer Snowden.

  4. Feb 26, 2021 · According to Biography.com, Billie (born Eleanora Fagan) was born in Philadelphia (some reports name her birthplace as Baltimore) to a teen named Sadie Fagan. Billie's father, who is believed to be jazz musician Clarence Holiday, was not in the picture.

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  5. Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, in Baltimore, Maryland. (She borrowed the name "Billie" from one of her favorite movie actresses, Billie Dove.) Born to an unwed teenage mother, Sadie Fagan, Holiday's childhood was one of poverty. Her father, Clarence Holiday (later a jazz guitarist) married Sadie three years later.

  6. Feb 12, 2023 · Clarence Holiday is a part of US Black heritage. Clarence Halliday (23 July 1895 – 1 March 1937), also known as Clarence Holiday, was an American musician. He was the father of jazz legend Billie Holiday. Clarence Earnest Halliday was born in 1895. [1] He was the son of Nelson Holiday and Mary Johnson.

    • Male
    • July 23, 1895
    • Fannie Lee (Taylor) Holiday
    • February 23, 1937
  7. Holiday said her father, Clarence Holiday, was denied medical treatment for a fatal lung disorder because of racial prejudice, and that singing "Strange Fruit" reminded her of the incident.

  8. Apr 3, 2014 · Her father is widely believed to be Clarence Holiday, who eventually became a successful jazz musician, playing with the likes of Fletcher Henderson. Unfortunately for Holiday, her father was...

  9. Feb 25, 2023 · Clarence Holiday was an American jazz musician and the father of Billie Holiday. He played rhythm guitar and banjo in various bands and died in 1937 from a lung disorder after being exposed to mustard gas in World War I.