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Billie Holiday

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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fine and Mellow", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing "Easy Living", "Good Morning Heartache", and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and was made famous with her 1939 recording. Early life and education Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her father, Clarence Halliday...

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Discography

  • Essentiel Jazz, Volume I, 1994
  • The Legacy 1933-1958, 1991
  • Lady Sings the Blues: Original Sessions 1937-1947, 1995
  • Happy Billie
  • Easy Living 1935-1939
  • Lady in Satin, 1999
  • God Bless the Child, 1996
  • Billie's Blues
  • The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances, 2001
  • That Ole Devil Called Love, 1985
  • Essentials, 1998
  • Jazz Masters, 100 Anos De Swing, 1996
  • Swing Brother Swing (Collectables), 2003
  • Easy Livin', 2003
  • The Masters (disc 1), 1997
  • Verve Silver Collection, 1984
  • Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Voice of Jazz, 2000
  • An Introduction to Billie Holiday: Her Best Recordings 1935-1942, 1993
  • The Man I Love / Night and Day, 1940
  • Midnite Jazz & Blues: Lady Day, 2000
  • Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Billie Holiday, 2000
  • First Issue: The Great American Song Book, 1994
  • The Collection, 1993
  • Remixed & Reimagined, 2007
  • You Better Go Now / No More, 1945
  • Lover Come Back to Me, 1990
  • A Musical Romance, 2002
  • Volume 6: 1938, 1994
  • Golden Hits
  • The Complete Billie Holiday, 2009
  • Miss Brown to You
  • Love Songs, 1996
  • Collection
  • Billie's Blues / Summertime, 1936
  • More Priceless Jazz, 1998
  • The Diva Series, 2003
  • Billie Holliday and Her Orchestra, 1988
  • Body and Soul
  • The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1944
  • 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday, 2002
  • Anthology (disc 1)
  • Cocktail Hour, 1999
  • Ballads, 1992
  • The Complete Decca Recordings, 1991
  • Billie's Best, 1992
  • Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944), 2001
  • Good Morning Heartache / No Good Man, 1946
  • Love for Sale
  • I'll Look Around / Baby I Don't Cry Over You, 1947
  • Verve Jazz Masters 47: Billie Holiday Sings Standards, 1995
  • I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / One Never Knows Does One, 1937
  • Masters of Jazz (disc 1)
  • Vol. 2 "Long Gone Blues"
  • Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) / That Ole Devil Called Love, 1944
  • Jazz, 2000
  • Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 1937-1946, 1998
  • As Time Goes By
  • Summer of '49
  • Songs for Distingué Lovers, 1957
  • The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 6: 1938
  • The Best of Billie Holiday: The Master Takes and Singles, 2008
  • God Bless the Child: The Very Best of Billie Holiday, 2006
  • The Essential Collection: Billie Holiday, 1995
  • Retrospective, 2006
  • Billie Holiday
  • Very Best of Billie Holiday, 2000
  • Fine and Mellow, 1979
  • You Go to My Head, 2002
  • God Bless the Child / Solitude, 1941
  • The Man I Love, 2002
  • Billie Holliday With Lester Young: Lady Day & Prez 1937-1941, 1994
  • Ultimate Legends
  • Long Gone Blues / Am I Blue?, 1947
  • The Essential Billie Holiday, 2002
  • Lady's Decca Days, Volume One, 1988
  • The Lady Sings the Blues
  • All of Me, 2003
  • Love Songs 2, 2003
  • Jazz & Blues, 1998
  • The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1945-1948
  • The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1940-1942, 1993
  • The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 1: 1933-1935, 1987
  • The Best of Billie Holiday, 2001
  • Lady Sings the Blues, 1956
  • Tenderly, 2004
  • The Ultimate Collection, 2008
  • Jazz Greats, Volume 1: Billie Holiday: All of Me, 1996
  • 1955-01: Cologne, Germany
  • The Classic Decade: 1935-1945, 2001
  • Anthology 1944-1959 (disc 2)
  • Spotlight on Billie Holiday
  • Lover Man, 1951
  • The Collection: Billie Holiday
  • Jazz Ladies: Billie's Blues (disc 1)
  • Guilty, 1999
  • The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959, 1993
  • Stay With Me, 1959
  • Priceless Jazz Collection
  • This Is Heaven / God Bless the Child, 1950
  • This Is Gold: Billie Holiday, 2005
  • Trav'Lin Light, Trav'Lin' All Alone, 1994
  • Lady's Decca Days, Volume Two, 1988
  • Coleção Folha clássicos do jazz, Volume 12, 2007
  • The Best of Billie Holiday (disc 1)
  • Just Jazz: The Original Authentic Recordings, 2005
  • All or Nothing at All, Volume 1, 1995
  • A Profile of Billie Holiday, 1996
  • Blue Billie, 1993
  • Strange Fruit
  • The Very Best, 2001
  • 16 Most Requested Songs, 1993
  • Greatest Hits, 1995
  • Anthology 1944-1959 (disc 1)
  • Volume 4: 1937, 1992
  • I Loves You Porgy
  • The Billie Holiday Collection, 1988
  • V-Disc: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas, 1998
  • Verve Jazz Masters 12, 1994
  • ICON: Love Songs, 2001
  • The Billie Holiday Songbook
  • All or Nothing at All, Volume 2, 1995
  • The Lady Sings, 2001
  • The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1949-1951
  • 1953-56 Radio and TV Broadcasts, 1993
  • Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years, 1991
  • The Essential Billie Holiday: Live at Carnegie Hall, 1995
  • The Complete 1933-1944 Studio Recordings Master Takes, Volume 3: 1937-1938, 2004
  • Love Me or Leave Me, 1995
  • Forever Gold
  • Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday, 2001
  • 1952-1955, 1992
  • There Is No Greater Love / Solitude, 1947
  • Greatest Hits, Volume 2
  • My Greatest Songs
  • You're My Thrill / Crazy He Calls Me, 1949
  • A Portrait of Billie Holiday, 1997
  • Loveless Love
  • Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits, 1996
  • Holiday Romance, 1986
  • Day In, Day Out
  • The Revival of the Jazz, 1991
  • The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 7: 1938-1939
  • Lady Day & Pres 1937-1941, 1995
  • Volume 5: 1937-1938, 1992
  • Lady Day
  • Billie Holiday, Volume II, 1983
  • Jazz Masters, 100 ans de Jazz: Billie Holiday
  • Complete Edition, Volume 3: 1934-1937, 1992
  • The Essence of Billie Holiday, 2006
  • The Complete Commodore Recordings, 1997
  • I'm in a Low-Down Groove Mood / Gloomy Sunday, 1941
  • Golden Legends, 1999
  • The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert, 1989
  • The Legend of Billie Holliday, 1999
  • Me, Myself and I
  • Jazz & Blues Collection, Volume 14, 1995
  • Solitude: Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 2, 1993
  • Billie's Lovesongs
  • A Fine Romance
  • Singin' Her Greatest Songs, 2007
  • Me, Myself and I / Without Your Love, 1937
  • Midnite Jazz & Blues: Angel of Harlem, 2000
  • Always, 1995
  • Live at the Carnegie Hall
  • Timeless Classics, 2003
  • American Legends
  • Fine & Mellow
  • The Essential Hits, 2004
  • Me Myself and I, 1995
  • I Giganti Jazz & Pop
  • Fine and Mellow / Strange Fruit, 1939
  • The Incomparable, Volume 4
  • The Masters
  • My Man (1935-1937)
  • Jazz Ballads 12, 2004
  • This Is Jazz 32: Billie Holiday Sings Standards, 1998
  • The Quintessence: New York - Los Angeles 1934 - 1946, 1997
  • Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944), 2009
  • Midnite Jazz & Blues: Easy to Love, 2001
  • Giants of Jazz
  • Volume 2: 1936-1937, 1991
  • The Billie Holiday Story
  • Holiday for Lovers, 2002
  • From the Original Decca Masters, 1986
  • The Great Billie Holiday, 2000
  • Volume 1: 1933-1936, 1991
  • Lady Day: The Very Best of Billie Holiday, 1997
  • Billie Holiday (disc 1), 2005
  • The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes, 2005
  • A Night With Ray Ellis & His Orchestra, 2008
  • Compact Jazz: Billie Holiday, 1987
  • Billie Holiday Live, 1990
  • God Bless the Blues, 1998
  • Timeless Treasures (disc 105)
  • Ultimate Billie Holiday, 1997
  • The Commodore Master Takes, 2000
  • A Fine Romance 1
  • Blue Moon, 2003
  • God Bless the Child: The Millenium Versions, 2001
  • Storyville Masters of Jazz, Volume 3: Billie Holiday, 1994
  • Memories of Lady Day
  • Don't Explain / What Is This Thing Called Love?, 1946

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On Apr 8, 2011. 8:17am
Christopher Lynch said

Think of superb jazz singers and the extraordinary, spell-binding "Lady Day", springs immediately to mind.
Billie's rendition of "Lover Man" is my personal favourite of that sad ballad, while - to me - her most meaningful piece is "Strange Fruit."
Speaking of "Lover Man", there is an exquisite instrumental version of this on a fairly rare album titled "What's New", by Bill Evans with Jeremy Steig. (Highly recommended for jazz flute aficionados.)

On Dec 21, 2011. 7:53am
Christopher Lynch said

Delighted to see the one and only beautiful Billie on 'the front page' again.
Sure there are almost countless female 'jazz singers' around today. They're musically slick, photogenic and subsequently highly marketable - particularly to part-time jazz listeners - yet the majority of them lack that elusive 'soul' so essential for true greatness. Billie's life was fraught with sadness, but its this factor that made the difference in her recordings. Billie lived through what she sang.

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