Billie Holiday By JoeyCandappa 1915 Billie Holiday Is Born April 7, Born In Philadelphia, Penn. 1930 Holiday Appears In Various Harlem Clubs With Singer Laurence Jackson 1933 Holiday Cuts Her First Records At The Age Of 18 1936 Releases “Summertime” From “Porgy And Bess” Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysow1wXWyvE 1938 She Teams With Artie Shaw Becoming The First Black Woman To Work With A White Orchestra 1939 Debut Performance Of “Strange Fruit” At Café Society, New York’s First Integrated Nightclub Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk 1944 “Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)”, Written Specifically For Billie, Becomes Her Highest Charted Pop Hit To Date, Peaking At #16. Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBanjMmV6zQ 1948 Performs At Carnegie Hall To A Sold Out Crowd