How to pronounce “billie” in English

Billie was named after Billie Holiday,' Sam said.

Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, but she was raised in Baltimore.

Billie was 11 years old.

Billie was placed in protective custody at a reform school called the House of the Good Shepherd for Colored Girls.

Billie claimed Bessie Smith, along with Louis Armstrong, as one of her seminal influences.

Billie would later record one of Bessie Smith's famous songs, "'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do," to her own great acclaim.

Billie decided to stop turning tricks, and to place her bets on getting a job as an entertainer.

Billie's fortitude is amazing.

Billie Holiday was already established inside of New York by the time Lester Young got into Manhattan.

Billie quit and went back to New York to meet her destiny.

Billie Holiday's change is often accompanied by accusations of self-destruction, but I myself admire the genius of her later years.

When Billie Holiday turned 13, Sadie began working at a proper whorehouse called Florence's inside of New York City.

When Billie Holiday arrived, she discovered she was expected to work there as a prostitute.

And you said Billie, but a girl, right?'

Billie Holiday was the offspring of a one-night dalliance at a carnival between 16-year-old Clarence Holiday

In 1925 Billie was living with her mother in a Baltimore boarding house, when a much older man, who was also a boarder at the residence,

And so Billie Holiday's first brushes with the law as a prepubescent child results in her being locked up, even though she

The first name Billie is from Billie Dove, a famous actress from that time period known as The American Beauty.

One of Billie Holiday's first regular gigs was singing in Queens for $18 a week.

He and Billie would take tunes, and they would be completely unrecognizable.

It's never Billie Holiday's early material that's stolen from my collection.

So what happened with Billie Holiday is, she married Louis McKay right before she died, because they

Everything from the Beatles to Mozart to Billie Ellish, everyone.

She was a contemporary of Billie Holiday, but she's a little bit less well-known.

This was the world that Billie Holiday was born into in 1915.

There are no photos of Billie and her mother from this time period.

This next picture is a photo of Billie Holiday at approximately 16 or 17 years of age.

This is a picture of Billie Holiday's New York.

And he wrote a beautiful book on Billie Holiday.

Think Billie Eilish.

foundation, which Billie Jean King, who's a wonderful advocate in many areas, founded in the '70s.

and "Two Gardenias for Civil Rights-- Robin Carson's Portrait of Billie Holiday." Her research of Holiday includes interviews of people who knew Billie personally,

with a flower in her hair will invariably evoke Billie.

As a consequence, Billie intermittently did not live with her mother, and was instead shunted around various maternal relatives.

Her mother had to hire a lawyer in order to get Billie released.

After reform school, Billie began to run errands at a place called Alice Dean's.

At Alice Dean's, Billie Holiday heard Bessie Smith, the Empress of the blues.

I only can impress upon you in words that Billie Holiday, a very young teenager, was transported across state lines

Shortly after, Billie Holiday began playing with the Count Basie Band, which is one of my favorite bands.

it was also another contest between Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.

But unfortunately, Billie Holiday quit Count Basie's band-- or was fired for not wanting to sing blues tunes-- and she joined Artie Shaw's band.

Touring with Artie Shaw on a national level exposed Billie to virulent racism and Jim Crow conditions inside of the South, forcing her to defecate

All in all, Billie Holiday's life spanned 30 years.

While much to-do is made over the changes in Billie Holiday's voice over the decades, any classical vocal student can tell you that a voice, like an athlete,

So the next time you read an article on Billie Holiday's life, remember that she was a genius who battled virulent segregation, racism, sexism, rape,

I would say one of my favorite books on Billie Holiday is called "On Billie," and it's just a collection of oral histories,

And my father was in a band called "the Hill Billies."

And I said to Tom, pretend you're Billie Holiday.

a world where Mary J. Blige and Billie Holiday could exist.