Billie Holiday

USA

English

Jazz, Blues

Love, social justice, personal pain

Multiple jazz albums

Part of Holy Trinity of jazz singers, communicated deep emotion with husky voice, Strange Fruit civil rights classic

None primarily

Posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement

Civil rights through music, jazz vocal influence

Jazz ensemble backing

Intimate emotional connection

Lead Vocalist

Co-wrote some songs including God Bless the Child

Self-taught street and club development

1933-1959