Billie Holiday at a Glance
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 ? July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Nicknamed Lady Day(see "Jazz royalty" regarding similar nicknames) by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style ? strongly inspired by instrumentalists ? pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing.
Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever."allmusic ((( Billie Holiday > Biography )))
She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", and "Lady Sings the Blues".
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confetta wrote...
Excellent!
Was just WAITING for Lady Day to Land on Squidoo!
Thanks for making this great lense : ) I have added
it to my lensroll(s) and will mark her as a favorite ; )
~confetta
Posted November 04, 2007
