Billie Holiday Quiz - 39 Trivia Questions!
Celebrate the hauntingly beautiful voice of Billie Holiday, the jazz and blues legend known for her emotionally charged performances and timeless songs like 'Strange Fruit.'
Which song by U2 was written as an homage to Billie Holiday?
Which singer made a secret visit to Billie Holiday's hospital bedside in June 1959?
In which 1935 film did Billie Holiday sing Saddest Tale?
What was the title of Billie Holiday's last album, released in 1958?
What was the name of the man who raped Eleanora Holiday in 1926?
In which US city was jazz singer Eleanora Fagan born in 1915?
Which jazz critic wrote the sleeve notes for Billie Holiday's 1961 album 'Summertime'?
In which US city was singer Billie Holiday arrested for drug possession in 1949?
In which US city is there a statue of Billie Holiday?
Which tenor saxophonist was the accompanist of Billie Holiday?
What was the title of the only major film starring Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday?
Who was the first female singer to top Billboard's annual college poll of 'Girl Singers' in 1947?
Who was the first white bandleader to employ a black female vocalist?
What was the name of singer Billie Holiday's dog when she was released from jail in 1948?
Who was the mother of the blues singer Eleanora Holiday?
Who was the band leader for the last recording of Billie Holiday?
Which instrument did Skip Layton and Murray McEachern play in the Monty Kelly Big Band?
Which famous singer was influenced by the performance of 'Madame Butterfly' on 52nd Street in New York in the 1950's?
Which record label did Billie Holiday record for?
What was the title of Diana Ross's 1972 film starring as 'Bernadette Holiday'?
Which magazine first published the US Hot 100 charts in 1940, a precursor to the 'Hot 100'?
With which band did singer Billie Holiday perform in the late 1930s and early 1940s?
Who was the pianist with Billie Holiday and Al Dunn?
What was the title of Billie Holiday's first solo hit?
What was the title of the 1949 hit record by Billie Holiday?
What drug caused the death of singer Billie Holiday in 1959?
What was the title of Judy Garland's first Broadway show in 1948?
Which song by Abel Meeropol was recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939?
Who had a hit in 1944 with the song 'I'll Be Seeing You'?
What was Billie Holiday's first solo album, recorded in 1954 in Basel, Switzerland?
What was the name of the Catholic reform school where Sadie Hawkins was sent when she was nine years old?
Who duetted with Billie Holiday on the hit 'What a Little Moonlight Can Do'?
What was the only number one hit for Billie Holiday in the UK in 1937?
Which jazz singer was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915?
Who was the estranged husband of singer Billie Holiday?
Billie Holiday is the central character in which musical?
What was the title of singer Billie Holiday's first hit?
Who was the announcer at Billie Holiday's 1956 concert at the New York Times?
Who duetted with Billie Holiday on the 1942 hit 'Trav'lin' Light'?