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

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   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.

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     Billie Holiday – Singing Truth to Power (The Story of “Strange Fruit”)

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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 is considered one of the best jazz vocalists of all time, Holiday had a thriving career as a jazz singer for many years before she lost her battle with substance abuse.

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

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   Jul 13, 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 ...

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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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     The extraordinary power of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’, evoking the horror of racial lynching

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     Program: Jazz Legends: Billie Holiday

     Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Billie Holiday could never fake a performance. As a singer, she had little in the way of technical facility, with a thin, almost raspy tone and a scant one-and ...

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     In 1947 Louis Armstrong movie ‘New Orleans,’ the music was the star

     “Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans,” sings Billie Holiday while looking lovingly at Louis Armstrong in a Storyville casino. It’s a scene from the 1947 film “New Orleans.”

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7. 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.

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   Classic Mood Experience The best masterpieces ever recorded in the music history.Join our YT: http://www.youtube.com/user/classicmoodexpiTunes: https://itune...

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9. www.youtube.com › playlistBILLIE HOLIDAY - OFFICIAL PLAYLIST - YouTube

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   Dec 2, 2020 · Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop! Hear the best vocals of the amazing BILLIE HOLIDAY in one OFFICIAL playlist! Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/...

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

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    Jun 8, 2006 · Learn about the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, who sang with emotion and expression about hard times and injustice. Explore her biography, achievements, challenges and songs, from "Strange Fruit" to "Lady Day".

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    Who was Billie Holiday?

    • Learn more about the life and career of jazz singer Billie Holiday. In 1933 Holiday made her first recordings, with Benny Goodman and others. Two years later a series of recordings with Teddy Wilson and members of Count Basie ’s band brought her wider recognition and launched her career as the leading jazz singer of her time.

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    Was Billie Holiday a good singer?

    • Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. Though her career was relatively short and often erratic, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since. Born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, Billie Holiday spent much of her young life in Baltimore, Maryland.

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    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.

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    How did Billie Holiday get her name?

    • She followed her mother, who had moved to New York City in the late 1920s, and worked in a house of prostitution in Harlem for a time. Around 1930, Holiday began singing in local clubs and renamed herself "Billie" after the film star Billie Dove. READ MORE: 7 Things You May Not Know About Billie Holiday

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