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(1915-1959)

Who Was Billie Holiday?

Billie Holiday is considered one of the best jazz vocalists of all time, Holiday had a thriving career as a jazz singer for many years before she lost her battle with substance abuse.

Also known as Lady Day, her autobiography was made into the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues. In 2000, Holiday was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Early Life

Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Billie Holiday died fifty-five years ago today.

Billie Holiday died fifty-five years ago today.

Bonita Brisker that travels through the life, joys, struggles and musical career of Billie Holliday, the iconic American songstress.

Three prominent religious scholars were to get together for a discussion about their studies on the lives of Billie Holiday, Ralph Ellison and Langston Hughes.

This is a personal appreciation of the Blues and Jazz Poetry of Langston Hughes including a brief biography for the general reader.

Langston Hughes, Billie Holiday and Ralph Ellison are not known as being “religious” figures, they have, in a way, become “sacred” figures.

(Some sources say her birthplace was Baltimore, Maryland, and her birth certificate reportedly reads "Elinore Harris.")

Holiday spent much of her childhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, Sadie, was only a teenager when she had her.

Her father is widely believed to be Clarence Holiday, who eventually became a successful jazz musician, playing with the likes of Fletcher Henderson.

Unfortunately for Holiday, her father was an infrequent visitor in her life growing up.

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