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​ Billie Holiday was born in Baltimore in1915. Billie had one of the most hardest childhoods at the time. She was raped at age 11. Relatives usually abused her when she was in her care. She worked as a maid then later became a teenage prostitute. At only 16 she got married and had a child with a 18 year old guy. In 1929 she moved to New York to start a better life. In 1930 to keep her mother from evicted she sang her heart out by singing "Body and Soul." in a bar. The audience was in tears. Holiday usually sang in bars and restaurants and people would listen to her amazing voice. Four years later she made her first record with Benny Goodman. In 1936 she recorded with painist Teddy Wilson. She also worker with Lester Young. Some records that came out were "What a Little Moonlight Can Do." AND "Miss Brown to You." She died in 1959. She will be remembered as one of the most talented jazz artist.

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