Billie Holiday

 

Artist:  Billie Holiday
Birth Name:  Eleanora Fagan
Born:  April 7, 1915.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died;  July 17, 1959. (Aged 44),  New York City, New York, USA 
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Standards, Jazz Blues, Blues, R&B
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Instruments: Vocals

Billie Holiday was an American Jazz Singer and Songwriter.  Nicknamed "Lady Day".  She had a seminal influence on Jazz and Pop Singing.  Her Vocals style strongly inspired by Jazz instrumentalist.  Billie Holiday one of the best vocalists of the century and easily the equal of Ella Fitzgerald or Frank Sinatra.

Title:  Great Women Of Song (2023) 

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Standards, Jazz Blues, Blues, R&B

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Blue Moon (3:28)

 2.  I'll Be Seeing You (3:32)

 3.  Solitude (3:28)

 4.  Crazy He Calls Me (3:05)

 5.  Good Morning Heartche (3:08)

 6.  Strange Fruit (3:13)

Side B:

 1.  As Time Goes By (3:12)

 2.  April In Paris (3:06)

 3.  Autumn In New York (3:44)

 4.  You Go To My Head (2:55)

 5.  Love Man (3:18)

 6.  Lady Sings The Blues (3:44)

Great Women Of Song  is the essential collection of Billie Holiday, released on September 29, 2023 by Verve Records.  For Fans of Billie Holiday, and Music Collectors.