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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
5.6Emperor Jones
1933
6.3Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
8.7It's Black Entertainment
2002
6.8Billie
2020
6.7New Orleans
1947
7.7Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
6.4The Apollo
2019
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
6.8Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
9.0Strange Fruit
2002
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
2.0The Magic Voices of Pop
2021
10.0Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
9.0Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
8.0Billie Holiday: A Sensation
2015