Billie Holiday vs Ella Fitzgerald

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Poll: Who do you like better?
Billie Holiday:
66%
 66%  [8]
Ella Fitzgerald:
33%
 33%  [4]
Total Votes : 12

RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
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  • #1
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 02:44
  • Post subject: Billie Holiday vs Ella Fitzgerald
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Ok once and for all, I want to see who has a soul on this site or not (of course this is hyperbole).

Vote accordingly and then post your vote please.

Bonus points for some kind of reason why.
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  • #2
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 02:56
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I'm not a big fan of either but I respect them well enough. I remember loving Ella's work with Louis Armstrong so Ell gets my vote. But in that vain (although she made her mark a little bit later), my pic is Nina Simone followed by Ette James.
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  • #3
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 02:59
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Billie Holiday had a better voice and sang better material. One of the GOAT singers. I don't dislike Ella Fitzgerald though. Need to check out more from her.
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  • #4
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 03:09
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ChadMiles Profile
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  • #5
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 03:51
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This was a difficult vote but went with Ella. Her Cole Porter songbook recordings alone give her the edge, and I was just listening to some of her Duke Ellington recordings last night. But Billie Holiday is amazing too.
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  • #6
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 05:17
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Billie Holiday performing Strange Fruit was possibly the bravest and boldest moment in music history and gets a pretty easy vote from me.
Jameth Profile United States
  • #7
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 05:55
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When Billie recorded “Strange Fruit”, Ella was recording junk like “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” and “The Muffin Man” with Chick Webb. Ella was a gifted singer, but Billie was a flat out genius improviser. Billie, no contest.
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Yann
  • #8
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 09:31
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God that was closed. I went for life affirming Ella rather than beautiful despair Billie (although in a sense life-affirming too, I know). I love both.
RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
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  • #9
  • Posted: 09/20/2020 23:56
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Ok, BEA does have a soul. 🤣

EDIT: fantastic analysis.

Last edited by RoundTheBend on 09/21/2020 01:25; edited 2 times in total
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  • #10
  • Posted: 09/21/2020 00:04
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RoundTheBend wrote:
Ok, BEA does have a soul. :lol:


I'm still not seeing it. 😜
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