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Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing. Billie holidays chaotic life reportedly began in baltimore on april 7, 1915 a few reports say 1912 when she was born eleanora fagan gough. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. This cd has a pretty good selection of billies songs. Mar 07, 2020 billie holiday 30 essentials of billie holiday 2014. Almost 2 months prior to her death, on may 31, 1959, holiday was taken to metropolitan hospital in new york suffering from liver and heart disease. In long gone blues, billie holidays lover leaves her.
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