The Famous Billie Holiday Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. Though her career was relatively short and often erratic, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since. Billie Holiday was a true artist of her day (Billie Holiday). Holiday is remembered for her masterpieces (Billie Holiday). Recognized as the most influential jazz and blues singer of the twentieth century (Paul Finkelman). She was discovered by John Hammond (Billie Holiday). For twenty years Billie Holiday revolutionized the art of jazz singing (Amy Alexander). Holiday was discovered by John Hammond in 1933 singing at Monett’s (Paul Finkelman). She became one of the first female African American vocalist to work with a white orchestra (BIO). She established a deeply personal performance style that won millions of fans around the globe (Amy Alexander). In 1935 her fame grew (Paul Finkelman). …show more content…
By mid-forties she recorded a collection of songs that became classics (Amy Alexander). In 1933, she made her first recordings (Amy Alexander). During the holiday she signs with Decca Records in 1943 (Billie Holiday). Begins collaboration with Teddy Wilson in 1935 (Billie Holiday). Holiday began working with Lester Young in 1936(Billie Holiday). Holiday toured with Count Basie orchestra in 1937 (BIO). In 1935 her fame grew (Paul Finkelman). In 1940, she officially became a solo singer (Amy Alexander). She established a deeply personal performance style that won millions of fans around the globe (Amy Alexander). was able to sing the blues because she had lived the blues (Amy Alexander). Appeared with idol Louis in the 1947 film New Orleans (BIO). Performs at Carnegie Hall to a sold out crowd in 1949 (Billie