Billie Holiday: One of the most Influential Jazz Singers
Words: 472 Pages: 2 4566Billie Holiday is known as one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. With her soulful voice and prodigious jazz sound, Billie Holiday grew to have one of the most successful careers in jazz history. Born April 7th, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Eleanora Fagan was born to mother, Sarah Julia “Sadie Fagan, and the man who many believe to be her father, Clarence Holiday. Eleanora, or Billie as we’ve come to know her, spent most of her childhood […]