Mar292024

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough, Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1915 – New York City, NY, July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Solitude
1550219
2I'll Be Seeing You
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3Strange Fruit
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4Blue Moon
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5All Of Me
1123919
6Easy Living
1004432
7God Bless The Child
749245
8Crazy He Calls Me
744108
9You Go To My Head
601868
10Summertime
497595

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