Picture from www.allmusic.com	Name - Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough) (1915 – 1959)
	Instrument - Voice
	Overview The stage name “Billie Holiday” is the only way to look up Eleanora Gough in most books or websites. It’s as if no one wants to acknowledge her harsh youth. Billie Holiday’s passion for singing was influenced by the "Empress of the Blues", Bessie Smith but it was fueled by the struggling blues of her life, which tragically ended at age 44.
	Songs Strange Fruit He's Funny That Way Willow Weep for Me

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