Billie Holiday had a very rough childhood that influenced her singing style. It influenced the way she sang because she expressed the roughness of her childhood through her voice.Holiday was forced to work to help support her family during the time of the depression which got her into singing for money.Holiday was forced to find a job to help support her mother at the time, Holiday went to the streets to find a job and one day walked into a club to audition for a role as a dancer. Holiday was turned down the role as the dancer after her obvious lack of talent and experience. Directly after the audition the pianist player that was playing in the club offered her a chance to audition as a singer for the band. During the audition everyone in the
