Billie Holiday

( aka Lady Day )
  • Born Eleanora Fagan on 07 April 1915 in Pennsylvania, US.
  • Her haunting anti-lynching protest song “Strange Fruit” was considered too controversial for radio and even targeted by U.S. government agencies.
  • Died on 17 July 1959 in New York, US.
  • Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy) in 1987
  • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2000