Holiday. I am known, as one of America's most memorable and influential singers of all

time. I was born in Baltimore, in a run down apartment, in 1915. My mother had a very

unsteady, low paying job, and my father ran out on us when I was very young. I had no

choice but to try and find a way to make money for my mother and I. This led me to

become a singer and a well-known legend. I am influential, people say, because I

changed the style of jazz music, came from poverty to fame, and overcame a terrible drug

People say I'm influential because I changed the style of jazz music in an

interesting way. In 1935, after singing like most jazz singers in my time, I decided to

in two weeks. Hundreds of people were there to watch, anxious to hear how I was going

sing one time. I was asked practically every day, but it just wasn't the same. After my

performing with a flower behind my ear. I put more fun and interest into the jazz music

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