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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner, Lester Young , Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.
Linda Lipnack Kuehl (January 24, 1940 – February 6, 1978) [1] was an American arts journalist, based in New York City. Intending to write a biography of Billie Holiday, she interviewed friends, fellow performers, and key figures in Holiday's life, but died before its completion. [2]
Bobby Tucker (born Robert Nathaniel Tucker; January 8, 1923 – April 12, 2007) [1] was a pianist and arranger during the jazz era from the 1940s into the 1960s. He is most famous for being Billie Holiday's accompanist from 1946 to 1949 and Billy Eckstine's from 1950 to 1993.
Billie Holiday’s poor planning. For Holiday, she fell on hard times later in life. Although the 44-year-old died with little money, her recording royalties, images, and publishing rights were ...
The author of a new biography on coming to understand the truth behind the legendary singer's public persona.
McKee's tragic portrayal of jazz legend Billie Holiday in the one-woman drama with music, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, won critical acclaim, standing ovations, and a 1987 Drama Desk Award nomination (Outstanding Actress in a Musical). [16] She reprised the role of Julie on Broadway in the 1994 revival of Show Boat directed by Hal Prince ...
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Among those vocals, Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson made fourteen sides together in 1935 alone. [9] From 1939 to 1942, he recorded for Columbia Records . He also left his residency with Goodman's band and formed his own fifteen-piece big band in 1939, but it only lasted around a year due to the lack of individuality in his band. [ 10 ]