Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing.Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

Apr 07, 2022 · Jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone made jazz into a major global phenomenon.

Jun 08, 2006 · With Hammond’s support, Holiday spent much of the 1930s working with a range of great jazz musicians, including Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, and most importantly ...

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer. She is considered by some to be the greatest jazz singer of all time. Holiday is also known by her nickname Lady Day.

A magic song from a magic voicelyricsStrange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruitBlood on the leaves and blood at the rootBlack bodies swinging in the sou...

Biography of Billie Holiday (excerpt) Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American jazz singer. Billie Holiday had a difficult childhood, which greatly affected her life and career.

Aug 06, 2021 · Billie concludes that how Crows who are known to be associated with death, feast on the remains of the bodies left hanging on the trees. As well as making the comparison to plants when they die on how the dead plants will rot like dead bodies. In conclusion, Billie Holiday’s song of Strange Fruit is considered to be the very first protest song.