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

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   Learn about the life and career of Billie Holiday, an American jazz and swing singer who influenced pop music and won four Grammy Awards. Read about her turbulent childhood, musical achievements, legal troubles, drug abuse, and death.

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     Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]

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

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

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Billie Holiday was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. She had a thriving career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction.

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

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   Aug 17, 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.

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   • 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...
   • 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...
   • 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...

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6. billieholiday.com › bioBio - The Official Website of Billie Holiday

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Billie Holiday, the jazz singer who reinvented modern singing and performance. Explore her discography, collaborations, songs, awards and cultural impact.

7. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersAbout Billie Holiday's life and career | American Masters | PBS

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   Jun 8, 2006 · Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke...

8. billieholiday.comThe Official Billie Holiday Website

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   The official site for the legendary Billie Holiday. Learn about Billie's story and the timeless songs.

9. nmaahc.si.edu › billie-holidayBillie Holiday | National Museum of African American History ...

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   Learn about the life and legacy of Billie Holiday, a pioneer of jazz and a voice of protest against racial injustice. Explore objects related to her career, personal struggles, and legacy at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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    Was Billie Holiday a good singer?

    • Though her career was relatively short and often erratic, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since. Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life.

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    What was Billie Holiday famous for?

    • Holiday became the first African American woman to work with an all-white band. One of her most famous songs, “Strange Fruit” was based on a horrific and detailed account of a lynching in the South. Many scholars now consider it one of the first protest songs of the Civil Rights Movement. Photograph of Billie Holiday by Robin Carson, ca. 1940.

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    When did Billie Holiday become a saxophonist?

    • About 1940 she began to perform exclusively in cabarets and in concert. Her recordings between 1936 and 1942 marked her peak years. During that period she was often associated with saxophonist Lester Young, who gave her the nickname “Lady Day.” Billie Holiday, 1947.

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    How many Grammy Awards did Billie Holiday win?

    • Holiday won four Grammy Awards, all of them posthumously, for Best Historical Album. She was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence; their website states that "Billie Holiday changed jazz forever". [ 2]

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