1944-1950 (first signed with Decca on August 7, 1944)
1925
Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" was released in 1939. The song, which addresses the lynching of African Americans, is considered one of her most powerful and impactful works. It was initially recorded for Commodore Records and has since become an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement.
Billie Holiday entered rehab multiple times throughout her life, with notable stints in the late 1940s and early 1950s. One of her most significant stays was in 1956 when she spent about a year in a rehabilitation facility. Despite her struggles with addiction and multiple attempts to get clean, she continued to face challenges until her passing in 1959.
True Value first released their Happy Holidays record series in 1981. The series featured various holiday-themed songs and became a nostalgic collection for many. It aimed to spread festive cheer during the holiday season.
Billie Holiday contributed to The Harlem Renaissance because....Billie Holiday became highly regarded in the jazz world for her soulful delivery of ballads. She had a unique sound (which is usually welcome with jazzfolks) She was a sad case though, a drug addict and unlucky in love. If you listen to God Bless The Child That's Got Its Own, you will hear one of her signature tunes In her day white people went up to Harlem to the nightspots regularly. Cab Calloway and the Cotton Club, etc. Racial tension during the civil rights era ended this. Ella Fitzgerald rose to fame during this period. I knew Buddy Tate (Count Basie's lead tenor sax player.) Buddy lived with Billie H. for a year but gave up on her.
1925
1929
The Count Basie Orchestra.
Billy Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on 15 April 1915 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of a 13-year old mother and unnamed father and born into poverty.
Billie Holiday changed the world because she was a singer, People say she was the best Jazz vocalist singer ever she also changed the world because she was a song writer to on May 16 (i forgot the year) she was arrested for possession of narcotics in her New York apartment
Billie Holiday changed the world because she was a singer, People say she was the best Jazz vocalist singer ever she also changed the world because she was a song writer to on May 16 (i forgot the year) she was arrested for possession of narcotics in her New York apartment
Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" was released in 1939. The song, which addresses the lynching of African Americans, is considered one of her most powerful and impactful works. It was initially recorded for Commodore Records and has since become an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement.
Christmas is the last holiday of the year.
No, it is not a legal holiday. New Year's Day, January 1st, is a holiday.
True Value first released their Happy Holidays record series in 1981. The series featured various holiday-themed songs and became a nostalgic collection for many. It aimed to spread festive cheer during the holiday season.
1943
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