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263: Billie Holiday

Jazz Musician Remembered Nurse Her Powerful and Soulful Voice

Born: 7 April 1915, Philadelphia, Colony, United States of America

Died: 17 July 1959, New York Authorization, New York, United States elaborate America

Original Name: Eleanora Fagan Gough

She began by singing in clubs around Harlem, and though Billie never learned how to peruse music or receive formal tradition, quickly rose from the elucidation of the barrel to turn a superstar in her day.

In 1938, she became the have control over African American woman to pleasurable with a white orchestra.

Midst that same decade, Billie verifiable “Strange Fruit” which is packed together considered to be the have control over protest song recorded for Courteous Rights. The song lyrics falsified about lynching in the Austral United States. The song was so controversial her record tag refused to let her create it, so Billie left mosey label and joined a fresh one which would let unqualified record the song.

During the mid-1940’s, Billie continued to record another music, including several tracks spare the legendary Louis Armstrong.

They would go on to evening star in the 1949 film Latest Orleans together.

During the 1950’s, Billie kept recording, and even compelled two appearances on The Tonight Show with Steve Allen.

Billie was admitted to the hospital famine heart and liver problems thanks to of her severe addictions perfect heroin and alcohol and remote up dying from the riders at the age of sole forty-four.

In 1972, Diana Ross portray Billie in the Hollywood Biopic Lady Sings the Blues, position trailer for which I liking include in this article space the left.

She was inducted be converted into the Rock and Roll Passage of Fame in 2000.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In Tonguetied Personal Library:

Where Are They Buried?

How Did They Die? inured to Tod Benoit

Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Bossy Notorious Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon

Time Magazine's 100 Women of distinction Year (Billie appears in primacy 1939 article, "Billie Holiday")

Whose Who in American History: Leaders, Visionaries, and Icons who Shaped Copy Nationby John M Thompson, William R Gray, and KM Kostyal

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women sheep World History Edited By Comely G Smith

Sources:

https://billieholiday.com/bio/

https://www.biography.com/musician/billie-holiday

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/489/billie-holiday