Devin Greenlaw 3/2/13 2nd Period Love the Holiday (Billie Holiday Report) Born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915 in Philadelphia‚ PA; the amazing jazz vocalist never imagined she was going to become one of the biggest jazz musicians of all time. Rose Primarily in Baltimore‚ MD with her mother‚ Sady Fagan‚ who gave birth to Billie at the age of nineteen. Billie was raised primarily with her mother. Her father‚ believed to be Clarence Holiday who was a successful jazz musician himself‚ wasn’t
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selling to groceries and then directly to individual customers. The first store in North Carolina was located in a rented building on South Main Street in Winston-Salem in what is now called historic Old Salem. The Krispy Kreme logo was designed by Benny Dinkins‚ a local architect. By the 1960s‚ Krispy Kreme was known throughout the southeastern United States‚ and it began to expand into other areas. In 1976‚ Krispy-Kreme Doughnut Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of Beatrice Foods of Chicago
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Billie was born to the name‚ Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915. She was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Fell’s Point section of Baltimore. Her mother‚ was just 13 at the time of her birth; her father‚ was 15. Holidays’ teenage parents‚ Sadie Harris (aka Fagan) and probable father‚ Clarence Holiday‚ never married‚ and they did not live together for a long time. Clarence‚ a banjo and guitar player worked with Fletcher Henderson’s band in the early 30s. He remains a shady figure who left his family
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I.Invasion of American Popular Music After World War I‚ American popular music -- blues‚ jazz‚ and Tin Pan Alley songs -- swept Britain‚ much as British music invaded the United States in the 1960s. American songs such as "Chicago" and "Manhattan" were consistently among the most popular tunes in Britain in the 1920s. As a result of the invasion of American popular music‚ Britain was influenced by such culture. The Beatles and other British rock groups helped create in the 1960s a milieu that
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Annotation 9: 1200 C.E. Social Structure of the Byzantine Empire (Theme 5) The Byzantine Empire consisted of three different classes. The upper class included aristocrats‚ government officials‚ senior military officers‚ and large landowners. The middle class included merchants and owners of medium-sized landed properties. The lower class included people working under those of the upper class and the clergy. It was possible to move up the ladder to a different class through military service or
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The Short term significance of the Yom Kippur War of 1973? The Yom Kippur War took place in 1973 between Israel and the Arabs furthermore the 2 superpowers played subtle roles in this event . Israel won the war however with a higher cost then any previous wars . While the war did not conclude in an Arab military victory‚ both the Egyptian and Syrian armies had regained their honour and prestige(1). The War of Yom Kippur suprised the world in the means that it showed that the Arabs were a force to
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What does globalization mean for China’s Economic Development? Jianyong Yue - 24th May 2012 The dominant view now-a-days is that China has benefited hugely from globalisation‚ evident in its high GDP growth. Chinese companies are getting bigger and stronger. As a result‚ China is rapidly industrialising itself into an economic superpower. I challenge this prevalent view on the ground that globalisation has produced a double effect‚ not merely positive effects for the Chinese economy. On
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Movie Title: Dazed and Confused List and describe 4 characters that are important to the movie: Randall "Pink" FloydFloyd is the stud senior quarterback who realizes he doesn’t want to be just a quarterback for the rest of his life and questions his role in the social pack. He can’t stand Coach Conrad and the pledge sheet he’s making all the players sign. He’s going out with Simone‚ but he’d like to hook up with Jodi. He seems to belong to all cliques. | Mitch KramerMitch is going to be a freshman
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Eleanora Fagan‚ a popular American jazz singer and songwriter‚ is one of the most influential and powerful vocal jazz singers. Also known as Billie Holiday‚ Eleanora Fagan is best known for capturing the attention of her audience with her amazing vocal and delivery skills. Her extraordinary manipulation of phrasing‚ tempo‚ and improvisation skills‚ make her an influential pioneer in American jazz music. Although she received some formal education from known artists such as Bessie Smith‚ and influence
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According to the 20 Ways the World Could End Swept Away by Corey S. Powell‚ there was a 200-foot-wide comet fragment that hit the Earth before. That’s a huge size if you ask me. I’m not good in measurements‚ but I certainly think that it’s very big. Benny Paiser‚ an anthropologist-cum-pessimist‚ said that impacts have disrupted human civilization a lot of times
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