Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
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1I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
recording of:
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
lyricist:
Clarence Gaskill
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
2:51
2The Very Thought of You
recording of:
The Very Thought of You (on 1938-09-15)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:47
3I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:48
4Long Gone Blues
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-03-21)
recording of:
Long Gone Blues (on 1939-03-21)
writer:
Billie Holiday
3:06
5Sugar
cover recording of:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby o’ Mine)
composer:
Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP)
2:47
6Some Other Spring
recording of:
Some Other Spring (on 1939-07-05)
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
3:03
7Them There Eyes
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-29) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-08-29)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1949-08-29)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-08-29)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-29)
reeds:
Eddie Barefield (on 1949-08-29)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1949-08-29) and Freddie Williams (on 1949-08-29)
trombone:
Mort Bullman (on 1949-08-29) and Henderson Chambers (on 1949-08-29)
trumpet:
Tony Faso (on 1949-08-29), Bernie Privin (on 1949-08-29) and Dick Vance (on 1949-08-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-29)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-08-29)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-08-29)
recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1949-08-29)
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
42:50
8The Man I Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-12-13)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry Edison (on 1939-12-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-12-13)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
The Man I Love (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
43:06
9Body and Soul
recording of:
Body and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:59
10Swing, Brother, Swing
recording of:
Swing, Brother, Swing
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr., Raymond Lewis and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
2:57
11Night and Day
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-12-13)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass and double bass [string bass]:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry Edison (on 1939-12-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
43:00
12Let's Do It
alto saxophone:
Eddie Barefield (on 1941-03-21) and Leslie Johnakins (on 1941-03-21)
double bass:
Ted Sturgis (on 1941-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1941-03-21)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1941-03-21)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1941-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1941-03-21)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1941-03-21)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-03-21)
recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical) (on 1941-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
2:57
13God Bless the Child
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1941-05-09), Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1941-05-09)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (bassist) (on 1941-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Herbert Cowans (jazz drummer) (on 1941-05-09)
guitar:
Paul Chapman (US jazz guitar player and singer) (on 1941-05-09)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1941-05-09)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
2:57
14Solitude
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1941-05-09), Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1941-05-09)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur (bassist) (on 1941-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Herbert Cowens (jazz drummer) (on 1941-05-09)
guitar:
Paul Chapman (US jazz guitar player and singer) (on 1941-05-09)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (pianist, composer and bandleader, aka Eddie Heywood Jr.) (on 1941-05-09) and Eddie Heywood (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
(In My) Solitude (on 1941-05-09)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
3:15
15I Cover the Waterfront
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
2:57
16Gloomy Sunday
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1941-08-07)
clarinet:
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1941-08-07)
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1941-08-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1941-08-07)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-07)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1941-08-07)
tenor saxophone:
Irving "Babe" Russin (on 1941-08-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1941-08-07)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-08-07)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1941-08-07)
recording of:
Gloomy Sunday (on 1941-08-07)
lyricist:
Jávor László (Hungarian poet)
composer:
Rezső Seress
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
translated version of:
Szomorú vasárnap
43:13
17Until the Real Thing Comes Along
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1942-02-10)
clarinet:
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1942-02-10)
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1942-02-10)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1942-02-10)
guitar:
Eugene Fields (on 1942-02-10)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1942-02-10)
tenor saxophone:
Irving "Babe" Russin (on 1942-02-10)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1942-02-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1942-02-10)
recording of:
Until the Real Thing Comes Along (on 1942-02-10)
lyricist and composer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:10
18All of Me
recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部
3:50