Billie Holiday

Person1915-1959

Billie Holiday's albums, compilations, singles and EPs, live albums, and videos discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

Eleanora McKay née Eleonora Fagan·

United States· Philadelphia

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American jazz singer and songwriter, born April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died July 17, 1959, New York City, New York, USA. Daughter of jazz guitarist Clarence Holiday. Godmother of Mala Waldron and Lorraine Feather. She made her debut circa 1930 singing in various nightclubs in Harlem. In early 1933, the producer John Hammond heard her sing and was impressed by her talent. In 1935 he signed her to Brunswick Record Corporation Records. She made her first recordings with Benny Goodman. Also in 1935 she made her first appearance in a movie, with more roles in the 1940's. From 1939 she started recording songs with notable jazz artists of that time. In the 1950's, her voice was deteriorating as a result of unhappy relationships, heroin use and excessive drinking. In May 1959 she collapsed and was taken to the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City for treatment of liver and heart disease. She was arrested for heroin possession while she lay dying. She was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (Early Influence).

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Distinctive Song Stylings

Lover Man

Solitude

Billie Holiday Sings

Billie Holiday Sings

An Evening With Billie Holiday

Billie and Stan

Billie Holiday

Music For Torching With Billie Holiday

Lady Sings The Blues

Solitude

Velvet Mood

Jazz Recital

Body And Soul

The Blues Are Brewin'

Lady In Satin

A Flag for Lady Day

Stay With Me

Lover Man

Last Recording / Billie Holiday

All Or Nothing At All

1953-56 Radio & TV Broadcasts Volume 2

Little Moonlight

My Man

Songs & Conversations

I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone

Billie Holiday At Storyville

In Rehearsal

New Orleans Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Summer Of '49

The voice

Broadcast Performances Vol. 4

Love Me or Leave Me

On The Sentimental Side

Billie Holiday: Star Power

Body & Soul

Les Plus Beaux Moments Jazz

The Love Songs

Lady Day

The Man I Love

At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival 1957

Live In Cologne 1954

Billie Holiday - Swing Brother, Swing