The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 1: 1933-1935

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Your Mother’s Son‐in‐Law
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1933-11-27)
recording of:
Your Mothers Son-In-Law (on 1933-11-27)
composer:
Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
2:46
2Riffin’ the Scotch
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1933-12-18)
2:36
3I Wished on the Moon
recording of:
I Wished on the Moon (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:08
4What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1935-07-02)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-02)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1935-07-02)
arranger:
Teddy Wilson
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1935-07-02)
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.
53:02
5Miss Brown to You
recording of:
Miss Brown to You (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
3:04
6A Sunbonnet Blue
recording of:
A Sunbonnet Blue (on 1935-07-02)
writer:
Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
2:53
7What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl
recording of:
What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl (on 1935-07-31)
writer:
John Jacob Loeb
3:00
8I’m Painting the Town Red
recording of:
I’m Painting the Town Red (on 1935-07-31)
lyricist:
Charles Newman (Charles Chas Newman, early 20th century songwriter) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
composer:
Sam H. Stept
3:02
9It’s Too Hot for Words
recording of:
It’s Too Hot for Words (on 1935-07-31)
writer:
Teddy Powell, Walter Samuels and Leonard Whitcup
2:50
10Twenty‐Four Hours a Day
recording of:
Twenty-Four Hours a Day (on 1935-10-25)
writer:
James F. Hanley and Arthur Swanstrom
3:04
11Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
recording of:
Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town (on 1935-10-25)
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
composer:
Bernie Hanighen
2:47
12Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
recording of:
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (from “To Beat the Band”) (on 1935-10-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
3:16
13If You Were Mine
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-10-25)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1935-10-25)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-10-25)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1935-10-25)
trombone:
Benny Morton (on 1935-10-25)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-10-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-10-25)
recording of:
If You Were Mine (from “To Beat the Band”) (on 1935-10-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
3:14
14These ’n’ That ’n’ Those
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1935-12-03)
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1935-12-03)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (bassist) (on 1935-12-03)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1935-12-03)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-12-03)
trumpet:
Richard Clarke (US jazz trumpeter, active 1930s) (on 1935-12-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-12-03)
recording of:
These ’n’ That ’n’ Those (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Milton Pascal
composer:
Edgar Fairchild
3:16
15You Let Me Down
recording of:
You Let Me Down (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:55
16Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
recording of:
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:55