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Billie Holiday Hi, I am Eleanor Fagan Gough, or most of you know me as Lady Day or Billie Holiday. I am known, as one of America's most memorable and influential singers of all time. I was born in Baltimore, in a run down apartment, in 1915. My mother had a very unsteady, low paying job, and my father ran out on us when I was very young. I had no choice but to try and …

…thousands of people lives. I sang my heart out and many still say that was my best performance ever. People say I sang like an angel. I did so much to change jazz music's style, I came from poverty to fame, and I over-came a drug addiction and still kept going. Jazz is still around today, but is not as nearly as popular as it used to be. Many say it just died with me.