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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer (1915–1959)
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Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Holiday was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
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Can't say I often listen to jazz, but I have several songs I love a lot, and one of them is Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday. Unusual rhythm, expressive storytelling, and the deep voice of the singer; it's about a person who is depressed because their lover passed away. The song even contains words about the darkest scenario: "Angels have no thoughts, Of ever returning you, Would they be angry, If I thought of joining you". To me, Gloomy Sunday is a little beautiful movie, charming and delicate, like velvet inside a lacquered coffin - an unusual, rare form of beauty.
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