125 Jazz Classics by Billie Holiday

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Tracklist

Digital Media 1
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1What Is This Thing Called Love?
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
3:14
2Twenty‐Four Hours a Day
recording of:
Twenty-Four Hours a Day (on 1935-10-25)
writer:
James F. Hanley and Arthur Swanstrom
3:03
3You’re So Desirable
recording of:
You’re So Desirable
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
2:55
4No Regrets
2:39
5Guess Who
recording of:
Guess Who
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
composer:
Burton Lane
3:12
6PS I Love You
recording of:
P.S. I Love You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
La Salle Music Publishers, Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), The Jenkins Family Partnership, The Johnny Mercer Foundation and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:41
7No Good Man
recording of:
No Good Man
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Dan Fisher and Irene Higginbotham
3:09
8You’re Just a No Account
3:01
9I Cried for You3:15
10St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:54
11I’ll Look Around
recording of:
I’ll Look Around
lyricist:
Douglass Cross (US songwriter)
composer:
George Cory
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3:15
12More Than You Know
recording of:
More Than You Know
lyricist:
Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Intersong Music, LSQ Music Co., Miller Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (, until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
Great Day!
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
3:09
13Solitude
recording of:
(In My) Solitude
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.
3:19
14I Must Have That Man!
recording of:
I Must Have That Man
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:58
15If You Were Mine
recording of:
If You Were Mine (from “To Beat the Band”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
3:13
16Sentimental and Melancholy2:40
17Romance in the Dark2:18
18I Loves You Porgy2:57
19They Say
recording of:
They Say
writer:
Edward Heyman, Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Stephan Weiss
3:14
20The Man I Love
recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:06
21Some Other Spring3:04
22It’s Too Hot for Words2:48
23You Showed Me the Way
recording of:
You Showed Me the Way
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer), Bud Green, Teddy McRae and Chick Webb
3:01
24That Old Devil Called Love
recording of:
That Ole Devil Called Love
lyricist:
Doris Fisher (in 1944)
composer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
MCA Records Ltd. (do not use as an imprint; UK subsidiary of MCA Records), Universal Music Ltd. (UK sound recording / publishing company) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:54
25The Mood That I’m In
recording of:
The Mood That I'm In
writer:
Al Sherman (jazz trombone) and Abner Silver
3:02
26Moanin’ Low3:07
27When You’re Smiling
2:53
28That’s All I Ask of You
3:00
29You’re Gonna See a Lot of Me3:00
30Deep Song
recording of:
Deep Song
lyricist:
Douglass Cross (US songwriter)
composer:
George Cory
publisher:
Northern Music Company
3:13
31I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me2:52
32Miss Brown to You
recording of:
Miss Brown to You
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
3:01
33There Is No Greater Love
recording of:
There Is No Greater Love
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and World Music, Inc.
2:59
34Easy Living
recording of:
Easy Living
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
3:13
35Things Are Looking Up
recording of:
Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel in Distress)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
3:23
36Crazy He Calls Me
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me
lyricist:
Sidney Keith Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
3:07
37These Foolish Things
3:21
38Yours and Mine
3:18
39Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
recording of:
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co.
medley of:
Selections from "Show boat"
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:17
40When a Woman Loves a Man
recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
2:25
41God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
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)
3:00
42I Love My Man
3:32
43Do Your Duty
recording of:
Do Your Duty
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
3:18
44My Last Affair
3:11
45Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
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 (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:20
46Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?2:14
47Nice Work If You Can Get It
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
3:10
48I Can’t Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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
2:50
49Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
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)
2:57
50Life Begins When You’re in Love
3:06
51I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
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)
3:31
52I’ll Never Fail You
recording of:
I’ll Never Fail You
lyricist:
Irving Taylor
composer:
Vic Mizzy (US television & movie composer)
3:01
53Who Wants Love?
recording of:
Who Wants Love?
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Franz Waxman
2:35
54Don’t Explain
recording of:
Don’t Explain
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)
3:25
55You Let Me Down
recording of:
You Let Me Down
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:56
56Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys3:16
57I’ll Never Be the Same3:06
58No More
recording of:
No More
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Tutti Camarata
2:48
59Tell Me More
recording of:
Tell Me More!
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Tell Me More!
3:09
60This Year’s Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3:12
61Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
2:44
62I Wished on the Moon
recording of:
I Wished on the Moon
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:04
63Getting Some Fun Out of Life
recording of:
(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Joe Burke (American composer)
3:04
64Everything Happens for the Best
recording of:
Everything Happens for the Best
writer:
Billie Holiday (in 1939)
2:52
65Wherever You Are
recording of:
Wherever You Are
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:03
66Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
recording of:
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:57
67If Dreams Come True
recording of:
If Dreams Come True
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Edgar M. Sampson and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
3:07
68Good Morning Heartache
recording of:
Good Morning Heartache
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
composer:
Dan Fisher and Irene Higginbotham
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp., Lindabet Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
3:09
69I Cover the Waterfront
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront
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!)
3:01
70You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart3:17
71Did I Remember?
recording of:
Did I Remember
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1936)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1936)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (on 1936-05-26)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:53
72Carelessly
recording of:
Carelessly
writer:
Norman Ellis (songwriter), Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
3:09
73Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
orchestra:
Buster Harding and His Orchestra (on 1949-08-17)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:23
74I’ll Be Seeing You
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music (ASCAP), New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:41
75It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
recording of:
It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
composer:
Gerald Marqusee and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:24
76Big Stuff
recording of:
Fancy Free: Big Stuff
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Bernstein (in 1944)
part of:
Fancy Free
2:32
77You Better Go Now
recording of:
You Better Go Now
writer:
Irvin Graham and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc. (publisher)
2:37
78What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
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.
2:59
79Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (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)
3:22
80Everybody’s Laughing3:05
81Gloomy Sunday
recording of:
Gloomy Sunday
lyricist:
Jávor László (Hungarian poet)
composer:
Rezső Seress
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
translated version of:
Szomorú vasárnap
3:14
82I’m Yours
recording of:
I’m Yours
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
3:17
83Please Tell Me Now
3:18
84Time on My Hands
recording of:
Time on My Hands
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell, Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
3:06
85You Can’t Be Mine and Somebody Else’s Too2:23
86Dream of Life
2:47
87It’s Easy to Blame the Weather3:02
88Hello, My Darling
recording of:
Hello, My Darling (from the film “Zaza”)
writer:
Frederick Hollander and Frank Loesser
2:46
89He’s Funny That Way3:21
90Born to Love
recording of:
Born to Love
writer:
M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl
2:42
91Mandy Is Two
recording of:
Mandy Is Two
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Fulton McGrath
3:03
92All of Me
recording of:
All of Me
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
3:02
93Am I Blue?
recording of:
Am I Blue?
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
2:53
94Back in Your Own Backyard
recording of:
Back in Your Own Back Yard
additional lyricist:
Al Jolson
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Dave Dreyer
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
2:45
95Somebody’s on My Mind3:00
96I’m in a Low‐Down Groove
recording of:
I'm in a Low Down Groove
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
3:11
97Guilty
cover recording of:
Guilty
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Harry Akst and Richard A. Whiting
3:15
98I Don’t Know If I’m Comin’ or Going2:48
99You’re Too Lovely to Last
2:52
100Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
2:57
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