The Billie Holiday Songbook

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

Annotation

℗ & © «1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.»
℗ «A Verve Label Group release»

Countries excluded (Deezer + Spotify + iTunes)

(As of 2021-11-28).

  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
Annotation last modified on 2021-11-28 07:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Good Morning Heartache
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-06-07)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-06-07)
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Lenny McBrowne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-06-07)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-06-07)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1956-06-07)
trombone:
Charlie Shavers (on 1956-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-06-07)
recording of:
Good Morning Heartache (on 1956-06-07)
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (songwriter)
composer:
Dan Fisher (U.S. songwriter ("Good Morning Heartache"), author, producer) and Irene Higginbotham
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp., Lindabet Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
43:31
2My Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-07-27)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-07-27)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1952-07-27) and Gus Johnson (drums) (on 1952-07-27)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1952-07-27)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-07-27)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1952-07-27)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1952-07-27)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
42:39
3Billie’s Blues
bass:
Carson Smith (on 1956-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1956-11-10)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-11-10)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1956-11-10)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1956-11-10)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1956-11-10)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-11-10)
recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1956-11-10)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
3:29
4What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-04-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1954-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1954-04-14)
electric guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1954-04-14)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1954-04-14)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1954-04-14)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-04-14)
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1954-04-14)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
3.653:14
5Don’t Explain
bass:
Carson Smith (on 1956-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1956-11-10)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-11-10)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1956-11-10)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-11-10)
recording of:
Don’t Explain (on 1956-11-10)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
2:38
6Lady Sings the Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-06-06)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-06-06)
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Lenny McBrowne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-06-06)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-06-06)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-06-06)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1956-06-06)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1956-06-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-06-06)
recorded at:
Fine Sound Studios (1953–1956; fka WMGM Studios until 1953) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues (on 1956-06-06)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
43:48
7Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (live from Seven Ages of Jazz Festival /1958)
double bass [bass]:
Milt Hinton (on 1958-09-26)
drums (drum set):
Don Lamond (on 1958-09-26)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1958-09-26)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1958-09-26) and Coleman Hawkins (on 1958-09-26)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1958-09-26)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Oakdale Music Theater (1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Oakdale Music Theater in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States (on 1958-09-26)
live recording of:
Lover Man (on 1958-09-26)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
33:00
8God Bless the Child
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-06-07)
bass and double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-07)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Lenny McBrowne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-06-07)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-06-07)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1956-06-07)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1956-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-06-07)
recorded at:
Fine Sound Studios (1953–1956; fka WMGM Studios until 1953) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1956-06-07)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
4:00
9Fine and Mellow
bass:
Carson Smith (on 1956-11-10)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1956-11-10)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-11-10)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1956-11-10)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1956-11-10)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1956-11-10)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-11-10)
recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1956-11-10)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:28
10I Cried for You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-04-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1954-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1954-04-14)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1954-04-14)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1954-04-14)
recording of:
I Cried for You (on 1954-04-14)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
2:30
11Strange Fruit
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone and saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-04-20)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-04-20)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-04-20) and Stan Payne (on 1939-04-20)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-04-20)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1939, inducted: 2002) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 21)
recording of:
Strange Fruit (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
33:05
12Stormy Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-09-03)
alto saxophone:
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1954-09-03)
double bass [bass]:
Red Callender (on 1954-09-03)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1954-09-03)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1954-09-03)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1954-09-03)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1954-09-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-09-03)
recording of:
Stormy Blues (on 1954-09-03)
writer:
Billie Holiday
43:27
13Trav’lin’ Light
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-06-07)
bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-07)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-06-06, on 1956-06-07)
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Lenny McBrowne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-06-06, on 1956-06-07)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-06-06, on 1956-06-07)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-06-06, on 1956-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1956-06-06, on 1956-06-07)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1956-06-06, on 1956-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-06-06)
recording of:
Trav’lin’ Light (on 1956-06-06)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Mundy (in 1942) and Trummy Young (in 1942)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., Commander Publishing, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
23:10
14I Cover the Waterfront
bass:
Carson Smith (on 1956-11-10)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1956-11-10)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-11-10)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1956-11-10)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1956-11-10)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1956-11-10)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-11-10)
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1956-11-10)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
3:47