The Complete Masters 1933–1959

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: 1933–1936
▼ CD 2: 1936–1937
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1Did I Remember?
recording of:
Did I Remember (on 1936-07-10)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1936)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1936)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (on 1936-05-26)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:53
2No Regrets
recording of:
No Regrets (on 1936-07-10)
writer:
Roy Ingraham and Harry Tobias
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:38
3Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1936-07-10)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:57
4Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:41
5A Fine Romance
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-09-29)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:54
6I Can’t Pretend
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
I Can’t Pretend (on 1936-09-29)
writer:
W. Edward Breuder (aka Eddy Breuder), Paul Rusincky and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:07
7One, Two, Button Your Shoe
recording of:
One, Two, Button Your Shoe (from “Pennies From Heaven”) (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:52
8Let’s Call a Heart a Heart
recording of:
Let’s Call a Heart a Heart (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:03
9Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love (on 1936-10-21)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:14
10With Thee I Swing
recording of:
With Thee I Swing (on 1936-10-21)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Basil Adlam and Alex Hyde
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:19
11The Way You Look Tonight
clarinet:
Vido Musso (on 1936-10-21)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1936-10-21)
drums (drum set):
Gene Krupa (on 1936-10-21)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-10-21)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-10-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1936-10-21)
trumpet:
Irving Randolph (on 1936-10-21)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-10-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charly Records (in 1936)
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-10-21)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
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
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra4.53:02
12Who Loves You?
recording of:
Who Loves You? (on 1936-10-21)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
J. Fred Coots
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:16
13Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven (on 1936-10-21)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:18
14That’s Life I Guess
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Peter de Rose
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:12
15I Can’t Give You Anything but Love (Baby)
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1936-11-19)
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)
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:29
16One Never Knows, Does One?
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-01-12) and Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-12)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-01-12)
instruments:
Edgar Sampson (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)
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One? (on 1937-01-12)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:05
17I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-12)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1937-01-12)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (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
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:59
18If My Heart Could Only Talk
recording of:
If My Heart Could Only Talk (on 1937-01-12)
lyricist:
Leonard Whitcup
composer:
Teddy Powell and Walter G. Samuels
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:07
19Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
recording of:
Please Keep Me in Your Dreams (on 1937-01-12)
lyricist:
Tot Seymour
composer:
Vee Lawnhurst
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:19
20He Ain’t Got Rhythm
recording of:
He Ain’t Got Rhythm (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:52
21This Year’s Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:11
22Why Was I Born?
recording of:
Why Was I Born? (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:53
23I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:57
▶ CD 3: 1937
▶ CD 4: 1937–1938
▶ CD 5: 1938–1939
▶ CD 6: 1939–1940
▶ CD 7: 1940–1942
▶ CD 8: 1944–1946
▶ CD 9: 1946–1949
▶ CD 10: 1949–1952
▶ CD 11: 1952–1955
▶ CD 12: 1955–1956
▶ CD 13: 1956–1957
▶ CD 14: 1957-1958
▶ CD 15: 1958–1959