Why was Billie Holiday significant? What was Billie Holiday best known for? How did Billie Holiday get famous? Billie Holiday(born April 7, 1915,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 17, 1959,New York City, New York) was an Americanjazzsinger, one of the greatest from the 1930s to...
“Holiday is such a transformative figure,” Dufty says. “As we’ve fought to save American democracy this past year, we’ve relied on the indomitable spirit of Black women. And it’s important to me that Billie Holiday be seen in that context. Not simply that she was a strong...
In the dining room, evidence of the approaching Christmas holiday peeks out from piles of Billie Eilish merchandise (so much slime green!). The night before, Eilish garlanded the dark millwork with her old gold chains, and beside a set of Billie Eilish matryoshka dolls—a particularly ...