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Cat. No. 2917E: BILLIE HOLIDAY ~ THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY. COLUMBIA 467029 2.

Cat. No. 2917E: BILLIE HOLIDAY ~ THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY. COLUMBIA 467029 2.

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BILLIE HOLIDAY (BORN ELEANORA FAGAN) MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO JAZZ MUSIC AND POP SINGING. HER VOCAL STYLE, STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY JAZZ INSTRUMENTALISTS, INSPIRED A NEW WAY OF MANIPULATING PHRASING AND TEMPO. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER VOCAL DELIVERY AND IMPROVISATIONAL SKILLS.

THROUGHOUT THE 1930s AND 1940s, BILLIE HAD MAINSTREAM SUCCESS ON LABELS SUCH AS COLUMBIA AND DECCA. BY THE LATE 1940s, HOWEVER, SHE WAS BESET WITH LEGAL TROUBLES AND DRUG ABUSE. AFTER A SHORT PRISON SENTENCE, SHE PERFORMED A SOLD-OUT CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL. BILLIE WAS A SUCCESSFUL CONCERT PERFORMER THROUGHOUT THE 1950s, WITH TWO FURTHER SOLD-OUT SHOWS AT CARNEGIE HALL. HER FINAL ALBUM LADY IN SATIN WAS RELEASED IN 1958.  BILLIE DIED OF HEART FAILURE ON JULY 17, 1959, AT AGE 44. BILLIE WON FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS, ALL OF THEM POSTHUMOUSLY.

TRACK LISTING: The Man I Love / Summertime / It's Like Reaching For The Moon / A Fine Romance / I'll Get By / My Man / St. Louis Blues / Solitude / Georgia On My Mind / Night And Day / I Cover The Waterfront / All Of Me / God Bless The Child / Gloomy Sunday / Them There Eyes / For Heaven's Sake / You Don't Know What Love Is / I'm A Fool To Want You.

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