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Sarah Julia Fagan and Clarence holiday is Eleanora Fagan parents in 1915
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Holiday was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the birth name Eleanora Fagan Gough
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Holiday appears in clubs with singer Laurence Jackson
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Billie made several hit songs when she was alive
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At the age of 18, Billie cuts her record and is discovered by talent agent John Hammond, who organizes her first commercial recording session with Benny Goodman
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Signed to Brunswick Records by John Hammond and starts collaborating with Teddy Wilson. Billie stats alongside Duke Ellington in the "Symphony in Black"
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Releases "Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess"
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Receives the nickname "Lady Day" from sax player Lester Young and teams with the Count Basie Orchestra
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Became the very first black women to work with a white orchestra known as the Artie Shaw
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Billie records her first major session at Commodore and performs "Strange Fruit" at Cafe Society, New York's first integrated nightclub
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Billie co-writes and records the legendary "God Bless The Child" and she signs with decca records
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She married 3 different people, Jimmy Monroe, Joe Guy, and Louis McKay.
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"Lover Man(Oh where can you be)", was written specifically for Bille, it becomes her highest charted Pop hit to date, peaking at #16. Billie Holiday writes and records "Don't Explain" is given the Esquire Magzine Gold Award for Best Leading Female Volcalist
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Is given the Esguire Magazine Silver Award dor best leading female vocalist
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is given the Esquire Magazine Silver Award for best leading female vocalist and headlines.
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She died to a drug overdose in 1959
