Apollo Theater to Honor Billie Holiday on Her 100th Birthday — billboard.com

The Apollo Theater is planning events to commemorate the 100th birthday of blues singer Billie Holiday. The legendary American jazz vocalist was born on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia and died in 1959 in New York City at age 44. Audra McDonald Returning to Broadway in Billie Holiday Musical Holiday performed at least two dozen times at the Apollo. She will be inducted into its Walk of Fame on April 6.

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