Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
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Holliday, Billie, 1915-1959
Fagan, Eleanora, 1915-1959
Holiday, Eleanora, 1915-1959
McKay, Eleanora, 1915-1959
Holiday, Billy, 1915-1959
Lady Day, 1915-1959
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found: Lady sings the blues, 1956:(Billie Holiday with William Dufty)
found: James, B. Billie Holiday, 1984:p. 16 (name originally Eleanora Holiday) p. 63-64 (hospitalized 5/31/59 under her married name Eleanora McKay)
found: Metropolitan Opera House jam session, p1991:container (Billy Holiday)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Holiday, Billie (Fagan, Eleanora; Lady Day); b. Apr. 7, 1915; d. July 17, 1959, New York; singer, daughter of Clarence Holiday)
found: Wikipedia, March 31, 2016(Eleanora Fagan (Apr. 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 17, 1959, New York City, New York), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years; nicknamed "Lady Day" was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills; after a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs around Harlem; throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday booked mainstream success with labels such as Columbia Records and Decca Records; by the late 1940s, however, Holiday was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, Holiday performed a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. However, due to her drug and alcohol problems, her reputation deteriorated; Holiday died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1959) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
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1980-06-25: new
2019-08-23: revised
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