Billie Holiday
1915-04-07THE BIOGRAPHY
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. 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. Billie Holiday appeared in
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
Emperor Jones
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
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The Long Night of Lady Day
⭐ 9Billie on Billie
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
⭐ 0'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
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Strange Fruit
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
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Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
⭐ 10
New Orleans
⭐ 6.6
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
⭐ 8
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
⭐ 5.7
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
⭐ 6.6
It's Black Entertainment
⭐ 8
The Apollo
⭐ 6.4
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
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Billie
⭐ 6.886
⭐ 8
⭐ 5.8