Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.

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Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, including "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain" and "Lady Sings the Blues." She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including "Easy Living" and "Strange Fruit." Billie Holiday also sang her own version of "Blue Moon" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart which also appears in Fallout: New Vegas as an in-game track.

In Fallout media[]

Fallout 3[]

The songs "Crazy He Calls Me" and "Easy Living," performed by Holiday, are used in Fallout 3 and played on Galaxy News Radio.

Fallout 4[]

"Crazy He Calls Me" and "Easy Living" reappeared in Fallout 4 and are played on Diamond City Radio.

Billie Holiday is mentioned by name in th Creation Club Galaxy News Radio terminal entries, where Phil Goodman quotes the song "Easy Living."^[1]

Fallout 76[]

In Fallout 76, "Crazy He Calls Me" reappeared, where it plays on Appalachia Radio.

Other[]

While it does not appear in the Fallout TV series itself, the song "Solitude" performed by Holiday was included on the Spotify playlist "Fallout Radio" promoting the series.^[2]

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