Billie Holiday

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blues singer human jazz singer recording artist songwriter vocalist

Billie Holiday was a pioneering American jazz and blues singer renowned for her emotive voice, distinctive phrasing, and profound influence on generations of vocalists.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Billie Holiday canonical	165
Eleanora Fagan	4
Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee	2
Billie Holiday discography	1
Billie Holiday – "Solitude"	1
Lady Day	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blues singer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz singer ⓘ recording artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1959 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1930 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Billie Holiday ⓘ surface form: Lady Day
associatedAct	Artie Shaw ⓘ Benny Goodman ⓘ Count Basie ⓘ Lester Young ⓘ Teddy Wilson ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1915-04-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1959-07-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ
familyName	Fagan ⓘ
fullName	Billie Holiday self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eleanora Fagan
gender	female ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ torch song ⓘ
givenName	Eleanora ⓘ
influenced	Amy Winehouse ⓘ Diana Ross ⓘ Etta James ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Nina Simone ⓘ
instrument	voice ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive phrasing ⓘ emotive vocal delivery ⓘ influence on generations of vocalists ⓘ
notableWork	Fine and Mellow ⓘ Gloomy Sunday ⓘ God Bless the Child ⓘ Lover Man ⓘ Strange Fruit ⓘ The Very Thought of You ⓘ
occupation	singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
posthumousRecognition	induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame ⓘ induction into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ Commodore Records ⓘ Decca Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ
stageName	Billie Holiday self-link ⓘ
subjectOf	biography "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ

Referenced by (174)

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Mariah Carey → influencedBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Harlem Renaissance → notablePerson → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters → notablePersonFeatured → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableInductee → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Apollo Theater → hostedPerformanceBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Count Basie → associatedAct → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Decca Records → notableArtistRecorded → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Verve Records → notableArtist → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Billie Holiday → fullName → Billie Holiday self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eleanora Fagan

Billie Holiday → alsoKnownAs → Billie Holiday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady Day

Billie Holiday → stageName → Billie Holiday self-link ⓘ

Hammond → discovered → Billie Holiday ⓘ

subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.

Etta James → influencedBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

As Time Goes By → recordedBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Bessie Smith → influenced → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Jill Scott → influencedBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

My Funny Valentine → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → coveredBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

You Took Advantage of Me → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Dee Dee Bridgewater → influencedBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

You Are My Lucky Star → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Embraceable You → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Great American Songbook → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Lester Young → collaboratedWith → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Lester Young → nicknameGivenBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Night and Day → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Just One of Those Things → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Ain't Misbehavin' → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Ain't Misbehavin' → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

But Not for Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Count → associatedAct → Billie Holiday ⓘ

subject surface form: Count Basie

Mood Indigo → coveredBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Sophisticated Lady → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Prelude to a Kiss → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Solitude → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Solitude → hasNotableRecording → Billie Holiday ⓘ

this entity surface form: Billie Holiday – "Solitude"

Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" → features → Billie Holiday ⓘ

subject surface form: Jazz (TV series)

DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Just for a Thrill → notableRecordingBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Audra McDonald → characterPortrayed → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Angel of Harlem → tributeTo → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Angel of Harlem → inspiredBy → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Angel of Harlem → hasReference → Billie Holiday ⓘ

After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Jo Jones → recordedWith → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Ben Webster → workedWith → Billie Holiday ⓘ

Ben Webster → associatedAct → Billie Holiday ⓘ