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Events on Wednesday 7 April 1915 2
1915 – 1959Billie HolidayJazz singerLady Day — the American jazz singer whose phrasing changed popular singing, and whose Strange Fruit became a landmark of protest music.
1915Billie Holiday born in PhiladelphiaEleanora FaganGrows up in poverty in Baltimore.