Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

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Who was born first?

• Billie Holiday and Memphis Slim were born the same year
• Billie Holiday and Ewan MacColl were born the same year
• Billie Holiday and Édith Piaf were born the same year
• Billie Holiday and Willie Dixon were born the same year
• Billie Holiday and Vítězslava Kaprálová were born the same year

Timeline

1. Billie Holiday (this page)April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959
2. Édith PiafDecember 19, 1915 – October 10, 1963
3. Ewan MacCollJanuary 25, 1915 – October 22, 1989
4. Memphis SlimSeptember 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988
5. Vítězslava KaprálováJanuary 24, 1915 – June 16, 1940
6. Willie DixonJuly 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992

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