Biography:

Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough, Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1915 – New York City, NY, July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.

Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing.

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Other songs:

• A Sailboat In The Moonlight
• All Of Me
• Blue Moon
• Eazy Living
• Georgia On My Mind
• Gloomy Sunday
• God Bless The Child
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love
• I'll Be Seeing You
• Love Me Or Leave Me
• Stormy Weather
• Strange Fruit
• Them There Eyes
• They Can't Take That Away From Me
• Willow Weep For Me
• Aint Misbehavin
• Am I Blue
• Body And Soul
• Crazy He Calls Me
• Do Your Duty
• Dont Explain
• Easy Living
• Good Morning Heartache
• I Fall In Love Too Easily
• Ill Be Seeing You
• Im Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key
• It Had To Be You
• Lover Man
• No Regrets
• Pennies From Heaven
• Summertime
• That Ole Devil Called Love
• The Man I Love
• Without Your Love
• You Dont Know What Love Is

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