Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, remains an iconic figure in the world of jazz and swing music. Known affectionately as "Lady Day," a nickname given ...
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Billie Holiday refused to stop singing “Strange Fruit.” The US government targeted her for years.
The Federal Bureau of Narcotics relentlessly pursued singer Billie Holiday in a chase largely fueled by commissioner Harry ...
On July 17, 1958, exactly one year before she died, Billie Holiday performed on the television show “Art Ford’s Jazz Party.” Ford, like most jazz lovers, was a Holiday devotee, and he almost sounds ...
Miss Holiday, who became a singer more out of desperation than desire, was one of the most influential jazz musicians of her time. By The New York Times An appreciation of one of the most innovative ...
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