name and took right to the name Bill. She liked the actress Billie Dove, so she decided to go from Bill to Billie Holiday.

Billie loved imitating popular songs by her favorite singer Bessie Smith. By age 14, she began to sing in a nightclub called Pod's and Terry's that paid her $18.00 a week. After years of singed, the club decided to change their name. It had become a hot spot that songwriters, producers, promoters and agents hung out. An agent named Joe Glaser heard Billie sing and signed her on the spot. After a short spur of prostitution, she finally made her professional debut as a singer. By the time she was twenty the jazz world seemed to be at Billie Holiday's feet. John Hammond signed her to Columbia records for her debut record along with Benny Goodman and his band.

Billie lived a very hard life going up. Her childhood was of poverty and unhappiness. By the age 10 she was well developed that the men viewed her different. She was later raped and sent to a Catholic home for girls. Billie

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