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Lived 79 years in US. People called her the queen of jazz -
As a teenager, he used to dance and sing in he streets of Harlen in US.
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There was an amateur night at the Apollo Theater where she participated and triumphed as a singer. -
At that time there was a lot of racism against African Americans and they didn't make much mone from music.
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She and her manager demanded more money for her music and her helped oher musicians and singers figh for equaliy
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His musical repertoire includes: swing, blues, bossa nova, gospel and calupso
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She won 14 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the U.S. -
She was declared the first lady of song and considered the most important and influential singer in the history of jazz.