Billie Holiday

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 four feature films and many television shows.

Known For

Emperor Jones

29 September, 1933

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

1 January, 2005

The Long Night of Lady Day

25 January, 1984

Billie on Billie

20 January, 2002

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

4 December, 2006

'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

3 January, 1951

Strange Fruit

20 May, 2002

Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit

5 November, 2007

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

25 October, 2005

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

1 March, 1990

New Orleans

18 April, 1947

Billie Holiday: A Sensation

7 April, 2015

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

6 August, 1975

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

12 September, 1935

It's Black Entertainment

8 February, 2002

The Apollo

24 April, 2019

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

10 May, 2013

Billie

30 September, 2020

Jazz

2001

This Is Pop

2021