✎ | Eleanora Fagan (aka Lady Day) |
☆ | 04/07/1915 |
† | 07/17/1959 |
∞ | American jazz and swing singer, who made a huge contribution to jazz and vocal delivery in general. Her phrasing and tempo were particularly innovative. Many of her early albums and singles haven’t been documented officially. In 1939 she released her harrowing Strange Fruit, a poem about the racist lynchings taking place in the south of the US, accompanied by minimal moody music and Holiday’s intense performance |
♫ | Selection Billie Holiday Sings An Evening With Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Music For Torching Recital Solitude Velvet Mood Lady Sings The Blues Body And Soul Songs For Distingué Lovers Stay With Me All Or Nothing At All Lady In Satin Last Recording |
Jul 17 2024