Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, was an influential American jazz and swing singer known as Lady Day. Renowned for her unique vocal phrasing and emotional delivery, she helped shape the direction of jazz singing, drawing inspiration from jazz instrumentalists. Holiday rose to fame in the 1930s with hits like What a Little Moonlight Can Do and continued to find success through the 1940s, recording for major labels and performing to sold-out audiences, including several iconic concerts at Carnegie Hall. Despite personal struggles and legal troubles later in life, she continued to record and perform, releasing her final album Lady in Satin in 1958. Holiday passed away in 1959 at the age of 44. Her legacy endures with numerous honors, including four posthumous Grammy Awards and inductions into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. Holiday is widely recognized as one of the greatest vocalists in music history.