Before her 25th birthday, jazz singer Billie Holiday had already earned a
career’s worth of artistic accomplishments. After overcoming a shockingly
turbulent childhood, she broke through with a number of hit recordings alongside
legendary artists Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton, toured with the nationally
acclaimed Count Basie Orchestra and even appeared in a film alongside Duke
Ellington. She also broke racial barriers by touring with the Artie Shaw
Orchestra and becoming the first Black woman