Awards & Winners

Billie Holiday

Date of Birth 07-April-1915
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Billy Holliday, Eleanora Fagan Gough, Elinore Harris, billie_holiday, Lady Day, Eleanora Fagan
Profession Singer, Composer, Musician, Songwriter, Actor
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fine and Mellow", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing "Easy Living", "Good Morning Heartache", and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and was made famous with her 1939 recording. Music critic Robert Christgau called her "uncoverable, possibly the greatest singer of the century".

Awards by Billie Holiday

Check all the awards nominated and won by Billie Holiday.

2009


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : You're My Thrill / Crazy He Calls Me
(Award for 'Crazy He Calls Me')

2004


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : As Time Goes By / Embraceable You

1999


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Lady in Satin

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals God Bless The Child

1988


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)

1977


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Fine and Mellow / Strange Fruit
(For Strange Fruit)

1975


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : God Bless the Child

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female The Essential Billie Holiday