Billie Holiday
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. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. She was a successful concert performer throughout the 1950s with two further sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall. Because of personal struggles and an altered voice, her final recordings were met with mixed reaction but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, ''Lady in Satin'', was released in 1958. Holiday died of heart failure on July 17, 1959, at age 44.
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". She was named one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR; and was ranked fourth on the ''Rolling Stone'' list of "200 Greatest Singers of All Time" (2023). Several films about her life have been released, most recently ''The United States vs. Billie Holiday'' (2021). Provided by Wikipedia
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Time-Life Records 1979
Time-Life Records 1979
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Beckenham, Kent : Proper Records, 2001
Beckenham, Kent : Proper Records, 2001
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Universal City, Calif. : MCA/Decca, 1944
Universal City, Calif. : MCA/Decca, 1944
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York : Verve : Polygram Records, 1985
New York : Verve : Polygram Records, 1985
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Santa Monica, CA : [New York?] : Hip-O Records ; Verve : Decca, 1935
Santa Monica, CA : [New York?] : Hip-O Records ; Verve : Decca, 1935
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Universal City, CA : MCA Records, 1988
Universal City, CA : MCA Records, 1988
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York, NY : Columbia, 1991
New York, NY : Columbia, 1991
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Winona, MN : Hal Leonard Pub., 1973
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“...Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959...”Winona, MN : Hal Leonard Pub., 1973
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York, NY : Columbia, 1987
New York, NY : Columbia, 1987
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
[United States] : MCA Records, Inc., 1991
[United States] : MCA Records, Inc., 1991
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York : Verve, 1994
New York : Verve, 1994
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1997
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1997
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1996
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1996
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York, N.Y. : Recording Industries Corporation, 1964
New York, N.Y. : Recording Industries Corporation, 1964
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York, NY : Columbia, 1973
New York, NY : Columbia, 1973
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1992
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1992
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York, NY : Super Majestic, 1973
New York, NY : Super Majestic, 1973
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1995
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1995
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
New York, N.Y. : Columbia, 1987
New York, N.Y. : Columbia, 1987
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by Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1991
Nanterre, France : Média 7, 1991
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