Billie Holiday
American · 1915–1959
Jazz singer whose vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Wikipedia ↗“If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.”
English
Lady Sings the Blues ↗ (1956)
“You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.”
English
Lady Sings the Blues ↗ (1956)