Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1That's Life I Guess
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-11-19)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass [string bass]:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-11-19)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-11-19)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1936-11-19)
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Peter de Rose
3:11
2I Can't Give You Anything but Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:29
3I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-12)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Edgar Sampson (on 1937-01-12)
double bass [string bass]:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-01-12)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-01-12)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-12)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1937-01-12)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1937-01-12)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-01-12)
performer:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1937-01-12)
recording of:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (on 1937-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1937)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:58
4He Ain't Got Rhythm
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-25)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1937-01-25)
double bass [string bass]:
Walter Page (on 1937-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-01-25)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-01-25)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-25)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-01-25)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-01-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-01-25)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-01-25)
recording of:
He Ain’t Got Rhythm (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:52
5This Year's Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
53:11
6Why Was I Born?
recording of:
Why Was I Born?
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
2:53
7I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
42:57
8The Mood That I'm In
recording of:
The Mood That I'm In
writer:
Al Sherman (jazz trombone) and Abner Silver
3:02
9You Showed Me the Way
recording of:
You Showed Me the Way
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald, Bud Green, Teddy McRae and Chick Webb
3:01
10My Last Affair
3:11
11Moanin' Low
recording of:
Moanin’ Low (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
3:06
12Where Is the Sun?
recording of:
Where Is the Sun? (on 1937-04-01)
writer:
Lee David and John Redmond (singer, songwriter)
2:48
13Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
2:39
14They Can't Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:05
15Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin'
recording of:
Don't Know If I’m Comin’ or Goin’
writer:
Lupin Fien and Lee Wainer
2:48
16I'll Get By
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
3:10
17Mean to Me
recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
43:09
18Foolin' Myself
recording of:
Foolin’ Myself (on 1937-06-01)
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
publisher:
Chappell Music Co. Inc.
53:03
19Easy Living
recording of:
Easy Living
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
3:05
20I'll Never Be the Same
recording of:
I’ll Never Be the Same
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
43:02
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