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| Origin = Baltimore, Maryland, United States
| Instrument = Vocals
| Genre = Jazz blues
Torch songs
Ballads
Vocal jazz
Swing | Occupation = Jazz singer, Composer | Years_active = 1933-1959 | Label = Columbia Records (1933-1942, 1958)
Commodore Records (1939, 1944)
Decca Records (1944-1950)
Verve Records (1952-1959) | Associated_acts = Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan | URL = [http://www.cmgww.com/music/holiday/ Billie Holiday Official Site] }}
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Nicknamed Lady Day by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz, and pop singers' critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." Her vocal style — strongly inspired by instrumentalists — pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing.
She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues."
Torch songs
Ballads
Vocal jazz
Swing | Occupation = Jazz singer, Composer | Years_active = 1933-1959 | Label = Columbia Records (1933-1942, 1958)
Commodore Records (1939, 1944)
Decca Records (1944-1950)
Verve Records (1952-1959) | Associated_acts = Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan | URL = [http://www.cmgww.com/music/holiday/ Billie Holiday Official Site] }}
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Nicknamed Lady Day by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz, and pop singers' critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." Her vocal style — strongly inspired by instrumentalists — pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing.
She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues."
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