Billie Holiday Autographs
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Holiday was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. Holiday signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Her collaboration with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. However, by the late 1940s, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, Holiday performed a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall.\nShe was a successful concert performer throughout the 1950s, with two further sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall. Because of personal struggles and an altered voice, Holiday's final recordings were met with mixed reaction, but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin, was released in 1958. Holiday died of heart failure on July 17, 1959, at age 44.
Holiday won four Grammy Awards, all of them posthumously, for Best Historical Album. She was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2000, Holiday was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence; their website states that "Billie Holiday changed jazz forever". She was named one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR and was ranked fourth on the Rolling Stone list of "200 Greatest Singers of All Time" (2023). Several films about Holiday's life have been released, most recently The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021).
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Current items with a signature of Billie Holiday
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Traded items with a signature of Billie Holiday
The most expensive item with a signature of Billie Holiday (Billie HOLIDAY: Early Signed Photograph, ca. 1938) was sold in December 2025 for $6,685.00 while the cheapest item (Billie Holiday – Music Art Card 1/1 PaintOholic Signed ONE OF A KIND) found a new owner for $1.98 in June 2026. The month with the most items sold (4) was June 2026 with an average selling price of $38.49 for an autographed item of Billie Holiday. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $4,002.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.95 was February 2025. In average, an autographed item from Billie Holiday is worth $45.00.
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