Billie Holiday
Born: 1915-04-07
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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 four feature films and many television shows.
Filmography
The Magic Voices of Pop
Billie
The Apollo
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Strange Fruit
It's Black Entertainment
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Billie on Billie
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
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The Long Night of Lady Day
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
New Orleans
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Emperor Jones