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40 cent in the bank

All the while she was singing in Harlem nightclubs until that faithful night she ran into John Hammond, big time record producer. With in weeks she was in the studio. At the time she was going by the name Billie Holiday. She got this from her favorite on screen actress Billie Dove and her father's last name (Yanow).
             Within a month, Billie's first recording was with the famous Benny Goodman, which did not go so well (Gyurko). However it was very clear that she would be a star. Two years later she met up with a pick-up band led by Teddy Wilson and they immediately clicked. During 1935 -1942 she would record some of her finest records of her career. It was also at this time she would prove her self worthy of being part of the who's who of Jazz and Swing music. "Holiday hoped to combine Louis Armstrong's swing and Bessie Smith's sound -(Yanow). The result was her own fresh sound. She had a small voice and did not scat but her innovative, "behind-the-beat- phrasing, made her quite influential (Yanow). Throughout 1936, Billie toured with groups led by Jimmie Lunceford and Fletcher Henderson. She then returned to New York for several more sessions in the studio (Walker). In late January of 1937, she was recording several small numbers with a small group put together from one of Hammond's new discoveries Count Basie's Orchestra. Tenor- Lestor Young, who knew her briefly several years earlier, as well as Buck Clayton became very close to Billie. The three did much of their best work together and Billie bestowed the nickname of "Pres- on Young. And he dubbed her "the Lady Day- for her "Elegance- (Walker). She stayed with Basie's group for less then a year. A short while later she was hired by Artie Shaw's popular band. She began singing with the band in 1938 and it was one of the first instances of a black female appearing with an all white group. But even with the support of the entire band, promoters' and radio sponsors' comments got to Billie.


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