The kind of flower that Jazz singer Billie Holiday wore on stage was a gardenia. Holiday complemented her show stopping stage performances with a standout trademark beauty look. She had white gardenias pinned in her hair. She was a great sight to see, standing in a spotlight with a spray of white blooms tucked behind her ear, glowing brightly against her gleaming black hair.

Eleanora Fagan, known professionally as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz and swing music singer with a career spanning 26 years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. She was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on July 17, 1959, New York City, New York.

She is significant because she was one of the greatest jazz singers from the 1930s to the ’50s. She had no formal musical training; but, with an instinctive sense of musical structure and a deep knowledge of jazz and blues, she developed a singing style that was deeply moving and individual.

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