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Billie Holiday Billie Holiday was born April, 7 1915 in Baltimore, Maryland. When she was a little girl she was placed in care with her grandparents when her mom went to New York to work and her dad left to tour with his jazz band. Billie's relatives neglected her. With little help from the grown-ups around her, Billie started working. She ran errands for her neighbors. She loved listening to her idol Louis Armstrong. At age 14 she was arrested for prostitution. Billie attempted to be a dancer in a Harlem nightclub but she was turned down by the owner. Billie Holiday was a jazz vocalist, a composer, and a recording artist. Billie Holidays jazz career lasted three decades. Billie Holidays last appearance was in phoenix theatre New York City May, 25 1959. She died July 17 1959 of lung a heart failure. Some songs of hers are Lover man, I cover the waterfront, You drive me and crazy. The links we used are [|www.allaboutjazz.com] www.Pbskids.org/jazz