The Complete Masters 1933–1959

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

Tracklist

1CD: 1933–1936
2CD: 1936–1937
3CD: 1937
4CD: 1937–1938
5CD: 1938–1939
6CD: 1939–1940
7CD: 1940–1942
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1I’m All for You
recording of:
I’m All for You (on 1940-09-12)
writer:
Jerome Jerry Bresler and Lena Wynn
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:11
2I Hear Music
recording of:
I Hear Music (Dancing on a Dime) (on 1940-09-12)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing France
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:42
3It’s the Same Old Story
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:12
4Practice Makes Perfect
recording of:
Practice Makes Perfect (on 1940-09-12)
composer:
Ernest Gold and Don Roberts (Jazz guitarist)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:37
5St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1940-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Billie Holiday with Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra2:55
6Loveless Love
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Benny Carter (on 1940-10-15)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1940-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1940-10-15)
guitar:
Ulysses Livingston (on 1940-10-15)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1940-10-15)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1940-10-15)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1940-10-15)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-10-15)
recording of:
Loveless Love (on 1940-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
Billie Holiday with Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra3:17
7Let’s Do It
alto saxophone:
Eddie Barefield (on 1941-03-21) and Leslie Johnakins (on 1941-03-21)
double bass:
Ted Sturgis (on 1941-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1941-03-21)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1941-03-21)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1941-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1941-03-21)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1941-03-21)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-03-21)
recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical) (on 1941-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra2:57
8Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1941-03-21)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra3:20
9Romance in the Dark
recording of:
Romance in the Dark (on 1941-03-21)
writer:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Auteur, Big Bill Broonzy, Bud Green and Gertrude Niesen
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra2:17
10All 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 (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra3:04
11I’m in a Low‐Down Groove Mood
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 Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra3:10
12God Bless the Child
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)
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 (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1941-05-09)
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)
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra2:57
13Am 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. Music Corp., 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
cover recording of:
Am I Blue?
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros. Music Corp., 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra2:52
14Solitude
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 Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra3:16
15Jim
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 and His Orchestra3:10
16I Cover the Waterfront
alto saxophone:
Hymie Schertzer (on 1941-05-09)
clarinet:
Hymie Schertzer (on 1941-05-09) and Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1941-08-07)
double bass:
John 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 1941-05-09)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1941-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Babe Russin (on 1941-08-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1941-08-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09, on 1941-08-07)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1941-05-09)
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., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra42:58
17Love Me or Leave Me
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)
recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1941-08-07)
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 and His Orchestra3:21
18Gloomy Sunday
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)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1941, on 1941-08-07)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1941, 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 and His Orchestra43:13
19Wherever You Are
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 and His Orchestra3:02
20Mandy Is Two
recording of:
Mandy Is Two (on 1942-02-10)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Fulton McGrath
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:02
21It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
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 and His Orchestra3:04
22Until the Real Thing Comes Along
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)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
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 and His Orchestra3:11
23Trav’lin’ Light
banjo:
Mike Pingitore (on 1942-06-12)
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1942-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Willie Rodriguez (Latin jazz drummer and percussionist) (on 1942-06-12)
piano:
Buddy Weed (on 1942-06-12)
saxophone:
Danny d'Andrea (on 1942-06-12), Lenny Hartman (on 1942-06-12) and Alvy West (on 1942-06-12)
trombone:
Skip Layton (on 1942-06-12) and Murray McEachern (on 1942-06-12)
trumpet:
Monty Kelly (on 1942-06-12), Larry Neill (on 1942-06-12) and Don Waddilove (on 1942-06-12)
lead vocals:
Lady Day (on 1942-06-12)
orchestra:
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (on 1942-06-12)
recording of:
Trav’lin’ Light (on 1942-06-12)
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)
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra3:20
8CD: 1944–1946
9CD: 1946–1949
10CD: 1949–1952
11CD: 1952–1955
12CD: 1955–1956
13CD: 1956–1957
14CD: 1957-1958
15CD: 1958–1959