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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. Holiday was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
Top Tracks
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(In My) Solitude
Greatest Hits of Billie Holiday
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Autumn In New York
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959
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Crazy He Calls Me
God Bless The Child
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I'm a Fool to Want You
Lady In Satin
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Easy Living (with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)
The Essential Billie Holiday
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Blue Moon
Solitude
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Don't Explain (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959
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Strange Fruit
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959
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Body And Soul
Body and Soul
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Willow Weep For Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
At Newport
