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Billie Holiday
The First Verve Sessions
On Verve Records VE22503
DOUBLE LP/GATE FOLD COVER
Condition: Cover is VG+. Records are VG+
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ABOUT:
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner , Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become , notably "", "", "", and "". She also became famous for singing "", "", and "", a which became one of her standards and was made famous with her 1939 recording. Music critic called her ", possibly the greatest singer of the century".