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Billie holiday Quote by Frank Sinatra

“With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US…” quote by Frank Sinatra — Download Open image

“With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.”

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Billie Holiday's voice was the voice of living intensity of soul in the true sense of that greatly abused word.

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