Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

LC control no.	n 50033023
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML420.H58 Biography
Personal name heading	Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Holliday, Billie, 1915-1959 Fagan, Eleanora, 1915-1959 Holiday, Eleanora, 1915-1959 McKay, Eleanora, 1915-1959 Holiday, Billy, 1915-1959 Lady Day, 1915-1959
Associated country	United States
Located	Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date	1915-04-07
Death date	1959-07-17
Place of birth	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Music Jazz Blues (Music)
Profession or occupation	Blues musicians Jazz singers
Found in	Lady sings the blues, 1956: (Billie Holiday with William Dufty) James, B. Billie Holiday, 1984: p. 16 (name originally Eleanora Holiday) p. 63-64 (hospitalized 5/31/59 under her married name Eleanora McKay) Metropolitan Opera House jam session, p1991: container (Billy Holiday) New Grove dict. of jazz (Holiday, Billie (Fagan, Eleanora; Lady Day); b. Apr. 7, 1915; d. July 17, 1959, New York; singer, daughter of Clarence Holiday) Wikipedia, March 31, 2016 (Eleanora Fagan (Apr. 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 17, 1959, New York City, New York), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years; nicknamed "Lady Day" was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills; after a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs around Harlem; throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday booked mainstream success with labels such as Columbia Records and Decca Records; by the late 1940s, however, Holiday was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, Holiday performed a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. However, due to her drug and alcohol problems, her reputation deteriorated; Holiday died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1959) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday>
Associated language	eng