Featured Playlist
- 26 Songs
- Billie Holiday · 1947
- Solitude · 1956
- Billie Holiday · 1947
- Lady in Satin · 1958
- Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944, Vol. 7 · 2001
- Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits · 1941
- Solitude · 1956
- The Sound of Jazz · 1939
- Lady Sings the Blues · 1956
- Gods of Jazz Vol. 1 - The Greatest Jazz Vocalists · 2007
Essential Albums
- 1958
- 1956
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- Swinging wit and bluesy sensuality from a pioneer of jazz vocals.
- The queen of slow-burn jazz singing stretches and impresses.
- Tender tributes to one of jazz's most influential singers.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
Singles & EPs
- 2020
Appears On
- Swing Republic
- Various Artists
More To Hear
- The soul singer opens up on songwriting.
About Billie Holiday
Born Eleanora Fagan, Billie Holiday took her stage name from actress Billie Dove and her father, musician Clarence Holiday. ∙ As a teenager in the early ’30s, Holiday honed her singing talents in Harlem nightclubs. ∙ Her recorded singing debut came on two songs released by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, one of which, “Riffin’ the Scotch,” became a 1934 hit. ∙ In the late ’30s, she sang for big bands led by Count Basie and Artie Shaw. ∙ Released in 1939, her iconic protest song “Strange Fruit” sold more than 1 million copies and became Holiday’s best-known work. ∙ On Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra’s chart-topping 1942 R&B hit “Trav’lin’ Light,” Holiday is credited as Lady Day because she was then under contract at another label. ∙ She had major pop crossover success after signing to Decca Records and releasing the 1945 hit “Lover Man.” ∙ In 2000, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
- HOMETOWN
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- BORN
- 7 de abril de 1915
- GENRE
- Jazz