Billie Holiday (1915-1959) is considered to be one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. Her autobiography was made into the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues. She was discovered by John Hammond around 1933 when she was signing in a Harlem jazz club, and continued to perform until her death in 1959.
. "Holiday, Billie." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, accessed Jan 20, 2017, www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/A2228483
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2000
DVDs
Jazz Episode 5: Swing: Pure Pleasure / directed by Ken Burns. Library call number: DVD DOCU JAZ 5
Jazz Episode 6: Swing: The Velocity of Celebration / directed by Ken Burns. Library call number: DVD DOCU JAZ 6
See also Jazz, Episodes 7-9 / directed by Ken Burns
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism by 
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