Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday is one of the most famous jazz singers of all time. She was born Eleanora Fagan Gough in 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland, but changed her name to Billie after her favorite film star, Billie Dove, and Holiday, which was her father's last name. As a child and in the beginning stages of her career, she endured many hardships but made her first recording in 1933 at the age of eighteen. She quickly rose to stardom, and six years later she introduced the world to two of her best-known...See more
Billie Holiday is one of the most famous jazz singers of all time. She was born Eleanora Fagan Gough in 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland, but changed her name to Billie after her favorite film star, Billie Dove, and Holiday, which was her father's last name. As a child and in the beginning stages of her career, she endured many hardships but made her first recording in 1933 at the age of eighteen. She quickly rose to stardom, and six years later she introduced the world to two of her best-known songs: "Strange Fruit" and "God Bless the Child." Billie Holiday's star burned brightly, but too briefly. She died in New York City at the age of forty-four. See less
Billie Holiday's Featured Books
Billie Holiday book reviews
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Lady Sings the Blues
Good Read
If you loved Lady Day, you will enjoy this book. However, it doesn't really delve extensively into her drug abuse, and untimely death, but all in all it was a good read. Read More
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God Bless the Child
Okay Read
The book doesn't tell a story. But the drawings are excellent. This book is the words to Billie Holiday's song: God Bless The Child.
I enjoyed the story the drawings told...beautiful. Read More