1 / 6

Billie Holiday (Lady Day)

Billie Holiday (Lady Day). Report by: Jake Weems. (1915-1959). Early Life. She was born April 7, 1915. During Billie’s childhood she lived in Baltimore, Maryland. As a teenager she sang in jazz clubs, which was the beginning to her career.

gilon
Download Presentation

Billie Holiday (Lady Day)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Billie Holiday (Lady Day) Report by: Jake Weems (1915-1959)

  2. Early Life • She was born April 7, 1915. • During Billie’s childhood she lived in Baltimore, Maryland. • As a teenager she sang in jazz clubs, which was the beginning to her career. • When she was 18 John Hammond found her and took her to make her first record with a studio group.

  3. Adulthood • Holiday began working with Lester Young in 1936, who gave her the nick name “Lady Day”. • She made several hit records.

  4. Career • Her career was to sing. • She co-wrote many songs that all became hit records.

  5. What is she known for? • She is known for her songs. • She was most known for as the first African-American woman to perform with an all white orchestra. • Some of her famous songs include; “God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," "Fine and Mellow," and “Lady Sings the Blues."

  6. Work Cited • http://historyoftheharlemrenaissance.weebly.com/musicians.html • http://www.billieholiday.com/about/biography.htm • http://www.biography.com/people/billie-holiday-9341902

More Related