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Billie Holiday
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
6.3Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
8.7It's Black Entertainment
2002
6.4The Apollo
2019
6.9Billie
2020
9.0Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
7.7Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
5.6Emperor Jones
1933
6.6New Orleans
1947
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
9.0Strange Fruit
2002
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
8.0Billie Holiday: A Sensation
2015
6.8Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
10.0Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007