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Billie Holiday, geboren als Elionora Harris und ursprünglich Eleanora Fagan 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 .
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 had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing.
29. Apr. 2021 · Billie Holiday: Wenn der Aufstieg in den Abgrund führt Der Starkult wird ebenso durch Triumphe befeuert wie durch tragische Wendungen. Das gilt exemplarisch für die Karriere der Jazzsängerin...
11. Nov. 2021 · Eine Frau, die das Leben in vollen Zügen gelebt hat, witzig, aber auch mit Hang zum Masochismus und endlos traurig: Als kleines Kind vergewaltigt, als Erwachsene körperlich und finanziell von...
21. Juli 2023 · Billie Holiday, birth name Elinore Harris, byname Lady Day, (born April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 17, 1959, New York City, New York), American jazz singer, one of the greatest from the 1930s to the ’50s.
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- 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...
