I have 6 questions and I hope you can please help me!
-I know why she had the stage name "billie" but why did she choose "Holiday"?
-Did she live anywhere else but where she was born and where she died? (new york)
-How many records did she make?
-What was the cause of her death?
-did she ever marry or have kids?
please help! I can't find this info anywhere.
2007-03-19 17:16:27 · 4 answers · asked by hideko 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I do believe there's info on wikipedia and google on her.
Last name came from Clarence Holiday, her probable father.
She also lived in Baltimore.
She died from from cirrhosis of the liver.
She did not have kids.
She did get married.
2007-03-19 17:31:42 · answer #1 · answered by lady_mickey_02 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billie Holiday is the 3th in a line of feminine jazz singers that started with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith again within the 20s. Billie is credited as the primary feminine singer to PHRASE melody strains in a process very similar to the horn avid gamers of her generation. She additionally recorded the primary fashionable radio music to confront head at the racism of her time. It's referred to as "Strange Fruit." Hope this is helping. Good good fortune and exceptional desires.
2016-09-05 09:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by emmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out web-sites about her:
http://victordw.tripod.com/billieholiday.html
Good luck.
2007-03-19 17:23:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing on google??
I"m shocked.
I just googled her, there's tons of info there. Give it a try.
2007-03-19 17:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋