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All About Billie Holiday
Born: Philadelphia, PA, 1915
Years Active: 1935-1959
Influenced by: Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith
Genre: World & Reggae
Biography: The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed ...
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11/04/09
Listening, Party For Two: Billie Holiday With Lester Young My boss readily admits that s...
NPR
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08/21/09
Review: Kim Nalley a joyful Billie Holiday You don't need those gardenias in her hair to...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
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08/20/09
Hip-notized by a Male Billie Holiday (Column) Discovering the first collection of duets ...
PopMatters
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07/29/09
'Yesterdays — An Evening with Billie Holiday' At Hartford Stage Vanessa Rubin stars in t...
The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT
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07/18/09
Billie Holiday statue rededicated in Baltimore A Baltimore statue of Billie Holiday now ...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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07/17/09
Billie Holiday statue finally gets finishing touches When Baltimore sculptor James Earl ...
The Baltimore Sun - Baltimore MD
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07/17/09
On July 17, 1959, influential jazz vocalist Billie Holiday died in New York at age 44 To...
The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT
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05/18/09
GCU's “Biographies from the Court”: Mrs. Gould Welcomes Billie Holiday Hear Billie Holid...
Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ
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05/15/09
Lily Frost hot for Lady Day Lily Frost's latest album is as much an homage to Billie Hol...
JAM! Showbiz
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04/16/09
It's the good life for Tony Bennett If I find a song I really like, I try to do a defini...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI
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04/09/09
Billie Holiday's 'Fine And Mellow' One of the most memorable performances of the night w...
NPR
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02/09/09
The Chronicle's Bay Area Musical History Tour Louis Armstrong dropped by to hear Charlie...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
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07/17/09
Billie Holiday Statue Rededicated In Baltimore (AP) A Baltimore statue of Billie Holiday...
TheShowBuzz
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12/08/08
Best protest songs: No. 1, “Strange Fruit” - Billie Holiday A work of awe-inspiring beau...
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