HOLIDAY, BILLIE (LADYDAY
) (née ELEANORA FAGAN). Jazz singer ( in Baltimore, Maryland; in New York, New York). Her father, Clarence Holiday, was a professional jazzman. She obtained her musical education in the public schools of Baltimore, Maryland, but went to live in New York when she was about twelve. She began singing professionally at the age of fifteen in nightclubs in the Harlem community. In 1933 she made her recording debut with Benny Goodman through...