Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
7 April 1915
Born on the same birth date (7 April 1915): Henry Kuttner • Stanley Adams (actor)
Born on the same birth day (7 April): Babatunde Olatunji • Cornelia Frances • Edoardo Mangiarotti • Eduard Eelma • Franco Di Santo • Gary Wilkinson (snooker player) • Gilles Valiquette • Hans van Hemert • John McGraw • Jon Stead • KC Concepcion • Leonid Shcherbakov • Oshik Levi • R. G. Armstrong • Roger Lemelin • Vanessa Olivarez
Born in the same month (April 1915): Anthony Quinn • Arnold Alexander Hall • Daniel Johnson Sr. • Elizabeth Catlett • Garrett Hardin • Henry H. Barschall • Henry Kuttner • Joseph Wolpe • Louis Archambault • Martin Clemens • O. W. Fischer • Regina Ghazaryan • Robert Speck (politician)