- Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years
| Born: | 07 April 1915 Comment | | When did Billie Holiday die? / Died | 17 July 1959 | | How many years did Billie Holiday live? / Lived | 44 years | | Zodiac sign: | Aries |
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Billie Holiday facts
- Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing
- Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo
- She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills, which made up for her limited range and lack of formal music education
- There were other jazz singers with equal talent, but Holiday had a voice that captured the attention of her audience
- After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by the producer John Hammond, who commended her voice
- She signed a recording contract with Brunswick Records in 1935
- Collaborations with Teddy Wilson yielded the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which become a jazz standard
- Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia Records and Decca Records
- By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse
- After a short prison sentence, she performed a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall, but her reputation deteriorated because of her drug and alcohol problems
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