Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (English: Billie Holiday, formerly known as Eleanora Harris, April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959), an American jazz and swing singer, nicknamed "Lady Day". She is recognized as one of the most important jazz singers of the 20th century, along with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. Holiday was a groundbreaking jazz and pop singer. Film critic John Bush wrote that she "forever changed the art of American pop singing." Her vocal style was intensely inspired, pioneering a new way of manipulating words and rhythm, and also popularizing a more personal and intimate approach to singing. She created many albums along the way, and the response to each one was very warm, but even when she reached the peak of her life, she was still racially discriminated against, so she created "Strange Fruit" in 1939. This song was only performed on the day of the open cafe performance. She turned off all the lights and roared in the dark. This song also resonated with society. Holiday died of complications from cirrhosis of the liver in 1959. The 2021 American biographical drama film "The United States v. Billie Holiday" tells the story of Holiday's later life.