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Life and career
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1.1
1915–1929: Childhood
1.2
1929–1935: Early career
1.3
1935–1938: Recordings with Teddy Wilson
1.4
1937–1938: Working for Count Basie and Artie Shaw
1.5
1939: "Strange Fruit" and Commodore Records
1.6
1940–1947: Commercial success
1.7
1947–1952: Legal issues and Carnegie Hall concert
1.8
1952–1959:
Lady Sings the Blues
2
Illness and death
3
Artistry
4
Legacy
5
Films and plays about Holiday
6
Discography
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6.1
Hit records
6.2
Studio LPs
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Filmography
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7.1
Theatrical films
7.2
Television appearances
8
See also
9
References
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9.1
Notes
9.2
Works cited
9.3
General references
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Billie Holiday
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American jazz singer (1915–1959)
This article is about the singer. For her self-titled 1954 album, see
Billie Holiday
(album)
. For the 1959 album originally titled
Billie Holiday
, see
Last Recording
.
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