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Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan, New York City, April 7, 1915 – New York City, 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 seminal 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. Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever. |
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Ella Fitzgerald |
USA, Newport News - Virginia |
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Nina Simone |
USA, North Carolina |
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Sarah Vaughan |
USA, Newark - New Jersey |
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Dinah Washington |
USA, Tuscaloosa - Alabama |
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Anita O'Day |
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Madeleine Peyroux |
USA, Athens - Georgia |
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Bessie Smith |
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Chet Baker |
USA, Yale - Oklahoma |
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Louis Armstrong |
USA, New Orleans - Louisiana |
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Carmen McRae |
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
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Julie London |
USA, Santa Rosa - California |
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Peggy Lee |
USA, Jamestown - North Dakota |
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Lena Horne |
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Etta James |
USA, Los Angeles - California |
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Blossom Dearie |
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Nat King Cole |
USA, Montgomery - Alabama |
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Betty Carter |
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Abbey Lincoln |
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Cassandra Wilson |
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Duke Ellington |
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Charlie Parker |
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Shirley Horn |
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Nancy Wilson |
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Melody Gardot |
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Mildred Bailey |
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June Christy |
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Rosemary Clooney |
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Mel Tormé |
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Helen Humes |
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