Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)

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

Annotation

℗ «Originally Recorded 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 & Released 1976, 1977, 1978, 1991, 2001, Originally Released 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1963, 1964»
℗ «2001 Sony Music Entertainmen»

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(As of 2021-11-29).

  • South America: 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (fk)
  • Northern Europe: 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (sj)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
  • Oceania: 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf)
  • Polynesia: 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (ck) 🇳🇺 Niue (nu) 🇹🇰 Tokelau (tk)
Annotation last modified on 2021-11-29 06:41 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Romance in the Dark (take 1)
recording of:
Romance in the Dark (on 1941-03-21)
composer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Bud Green
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra2:15
2All of Me
recording of:
All of Me (on 1941-03-21)
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
Billie Holiday3:01
3I’m in a Low Down Groove
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
I'm in a Low Down Groove (on 1941-05-09)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:08
4God Bless the Child (take 1)
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)
Billie Holiday2:55
5Am I Blue?
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (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 (pianist, composer and bandleader, aka Eddie Heywood Jr.) (on 1941-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
Am I Blue? (on 1941-05-09)
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) 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
Billie Holiday2:50
6Solitude (take 1)
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.
Billie Holiday3:14
7Jim (take 1)
recording of:
Jim (on 1941-08-07)
lyricist:
Nelson Shawn
composer:
Edward Ross and Caesar Petrillo
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:08
8I Cover the Waterfront
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1941-08-07)
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!)
Billie Holiday2:56
9Love Me or Leave Me
recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1941-04-11)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:20
10Gloomy Sunday (take 1)
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
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra43:11
11Wherever You Are (take 1)
recording of:
Wherever You Are (on 1942-02-10)
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:00
12Mandy Is Two (take 1)
recording of:
Mandy Is Two (on 1942-02-10)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Fulton McGrath
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:00
13It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (take 1)
recording of:
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (on 1942-02-10)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Mayhew (in 1936)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:02
14Until the Real Thing Comes Along (take 1)
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)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:09
15Saddest Tale
recording of:
Saddest Tale (on 1935-03-12)
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & Billie Holiday2:53
16No Regrets (take 2)
recording of:
No Regrets (on 1936-07-10)
writer:
Roy Ingraham and Harry Tobias
Billie Holiday2:35
17The Way You Look Tonight (take 1)
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)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:07
18Who Loves You? (take 3)
recording of:
Who Loves You? (on 1936-10-21)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
J. Fred Coots
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:14
19Pennies From Heaven (take 2)
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven (on 1936-11-19)
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.
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:13
20That’s Life I Guess (take 2)
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Peter de Rose
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:19
21They Can’t Take That Away From Me (take 2)
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”) (on 1937-04-01)
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)
Billie Holiday2:54
22Don’t Know If I’m Comin’ or Goin’ (take 2)
recording of:
Don't Know If I’m Comin’ or Goin’ (on 1937-04-01)
writer:
Lupin Fien and Lee Wainer
Billie Holiday2:45
23I’ll Get By (as Long as I Have You) (take 2)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:06
24Mean to Me (take 2)
recording of:
Mean to Me (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra3:06
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