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3. Apr. 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...
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.
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.
Billie Holiday, geboren als Elionora Harris und ursprünglich Eleanora Fagan [2] genannt, (* 7. April 1915 in Philadelphia; [3] † 17. Juli 1959 in New York City) zählt mit Ella Fitzgerald und Sarah Vaughan zu den bedeutendsten US-amerikanischen Jazzsängerinnen .
Apr 07. Billie Holiday is Born April 7, Born in Philadelphia, Penn. 1930. Holiday appears in various Harlem clubs with singer Laurence Jackson. 1933. Nov 02. Holiday cuts her first records at the age of 18. - Hammond organizes her first commercial recording session with Benny Goodman. 1935. Signed to Brunswick Records by John Hammond.
3. Apr. 2014 · (1915-1959) Who Was Billie Holiday? 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...
The last decade of Holiday’s life was a roller-coaster ride of comebacks, arrests, heartache, and a heroin habit she couldn’t shake. By 1950, due to Holiday’s drinking, drug use, and extreme lifestyle, her health began to deteriorate. Even so, she was more in demand than ever. In 1954, Holiday toured Europe.
