Billie Holiday
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Billie Holiday
Hi, I am Eleanor Fagan Gough, or most of you know me as Lady Day or Billie
Holiday. I am known, as one of America's most memorable and influential singers of all
time. I was born in Baltimore, in a run down apartment, in 1915. My mother had a very
unsteady, low paying job, and my father ran out on us when I was very young. I had no
choice but to try and
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thousands of people lives. I sang my heart out and many still say that was my best performance ever. People say I sang like an angel. I did so much to change jazz music's style, I came from poverty to fame, and I over-came a drug addiction and still kept going. Jazz is still around today, but is not as nearly as popular as it used to be. Many say it just died with me.
thousands of people lives. I sang my heart out and many still say that was my best performance ever. People say I sang like an angel. I did so much to change jazz music's style, I came from poverty to fame, and I over-came a drug addiction and still kept going. Jazz is still around today, but is not as nearly as popular as it used to be. Many say it just died with me.