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Billie Holiday Bio Details
Full name
Eleanora Fagan
Also known as
Eleanora Holiday
Lady Day
Gender
Female
Age
44
Date of birth
Birth place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death:
17 Jul 1959
Place of death
New York City, New York, USA
Cause of death
Heart Failure
Occupations
Created her stage name by combining the Christian name of her favourite actress, Billie Dove, with the surname of her father.
Discovered by Music Producer John Hammond when she was 18 and singing in a Harlem jazz club. He said of her, "She was the first girl singer I'd come across who actually sang like an improvising jazz genius." She released her first track in 1933 and released 38 charting singles during her career.
Appeared in the film New Orleans with Louis Armstrong in 1947.
Awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987 almost 30 years after her death.
Never learned how to read music.
Battled with substance and alcohol absue throughout her life. She was first arrested in 1947 for narcotics possession and spent just over a year in federal prison as a result. Even at the time of her death she had been placed under arrest while ill in bed for illegal posession of narcotics.
Considered one of the best Jazz singers of all time. Following her death, more than 3000 people turned out at her funeral.
Trivia
Billie Holiday Family
View Billie Holiday's Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy
Billie Holiday's parents:
Billie Holiday's father was Carence Holiday Billie Holiday's mother was Sadie Gough Billie Holiday's step-father is Philip Gough
Billie Holiday's current partners:
Billie Holiday's husband was Louis McKay Billie Holiday's "husband" was Joe Guy Billie Holiday's husband was James Monroe
Billie Holiday FameChain Links
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Other people in this association:
Sir Mick Jagger 1998
Paul McCartney 1988
Michael Jackson 1997
Grammy Award Winners 1987 - The 29th
Other people in this association:
Prince 1987
Barbra Streisand 1987
Paul Simon 1987
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