“I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know.”

— Billie Holiday

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About Billie Holiday

Musician • American

Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, was a seminal American jazz and swing music singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed 'Lady Day' by her friend and music partner Lester Young, she was a...

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