Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills, which made up for her limited range and lack of formal music education.

Links to Peel
Peel would often play Billie Holiday tracks on his shows and even named a record label after her song called Strange Fruit. In 1999, he nominated her song Trav'lin Light", which was a duo with Paul Whiteman, as his Peelenium 1942.

Peelenium

 * Peelenium 1942: Trav'lin Light

Shows Played

 * 1983
 * 22 March 1983: The Way You Look Tonight
 * 12 September 1983: Gloomy Sunday
 * 1985
 * 03 April 1985 (Muriel Gray): 'Strange Fruit (LP-The Billie Holiday Songbook)' (Verve)
 * 28 October 1985: That Ole Devil Called Love (7") MCA
 * 1987
 * 01 September 1987: When A Woman Loves A Man
 * 1996
 * 28 December 1996: 'Yesterdays (Compilation CD-Fritz the Cat & Heavy Traffic)' (ZYX) (JP: 'I think she could have infused even Spice Girls songs with a touch of melancholy.')
 * Billie Holiday-Strange fruit- HD
 * 03 June 1999 (Radio Eins): Strange Fruit
 * 15 July 1999: 'A Sailboat In The Moonlight'
 * 25 August 1999: Trav'lin Light Peelenium 1942
 * 2001
 * 23 October 2001: These Foolish Things (LP – Lady Day: The Best Of Billy Holiday) Columbia
 * 24 October 2001: A Fine Romance (Compilation LP – Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday) Columbia