The Lady Sings

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

Annotation

Individual barcodes:

CD 1: 604988920123
CD 2: 604988920222
CD 3: 604988920321
CD 4: 604988920420

Tracklist

1▶CD: This Year's Kisses
2▶CD: Strange Fruit
3▶CD: God Bless the Child
4▼CD: Lover Man
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1I'm Yours
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Lem Davis (on 1944-04-01)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1944-04-01)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-04-01)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1944-04-01)
trombone:
Vic Dickenson (on 1944-04-01)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1944-04-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-04-01)
arranger:
Eddie Heywood
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-01)
recording of:
I’m Yours (on 1944-04-01)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Johnny Green
3:20
2Embraceable You
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Lem Davis (on 1944-04-01)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1944-04-01)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-04-01)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1944-04-01)
trombone:
Vic Dickenson (on 1944-04-01)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1944-04-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-04-01)
arranger:
Eddie Heywood
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-01)
recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1944-04-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:18
3As Time Goes By
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Lem Davis (on 1944-04-01)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1944-04-01)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-04-01)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1944-04-01)
trombone:
Vic Dickenson (on 1944-04-01)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1944-04-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-04-01)
arranger:
Eddie Heywood
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-01)
cover recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”) (on 1944-04-01)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (ended), Chappell, Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (ended), Chappell, Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
3:14
4He's Funny That Way
producer:
Milt Gabler
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1944-04-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-04-08)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1944-04-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-04-08)
arranger:
Eddie Heywood
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-08)
recording of:
He’s Funny That Way (on 1944-04-08)
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting
recording of:
She’s Funny That Way
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1928)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
3:18
5Lover, Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) 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 (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
3:23
6Billie's Blues
producer:
Milt Gabler
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1944-04-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-04-08)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1944-04-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-04-08)
arranger:
Eddie Heywood
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-08)
recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1944-04-08)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
3:10
7On the Sunny Side of the Street
producer:
Milt Gabler
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1944-04-08)
drums (drum set):
"Big Sid" Catlett (on 1944-04-08)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (on 1944-04-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-04-08)
performer:
Eddie Heywood Trio (on 1944-04-08)
arranger:
Eddie Heywood
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-04-08)
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1944-04-08)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
3:04
8Lover Man
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez, Jimmy Davis (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (ended), MCA Music Publishing (ended) and Universal Music Corp.
3:24
9That Old Devil Called Love
recording of:
That Ole Devil Called Love
lyricist:
Doris Fisher (in 1944)
composer:
Allan Roberts (in 1944)
publisher:
MCA Records Ltd., Universal Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
2:55
10Don't Explain
recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation and Universal Music Publishing
3:23
11You Better Go Now
recording of:
You Better Go Now
writer:
Irvin Graham and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc.
2:45
12What Is This Thing Called Love?
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
3:17
13Good Morning Heartache
recording of:
Good Morning Heartache
lyricist:
Ervin Drake
composer:
Dan Fisher and Irene Higginbotham
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp., Lindabet Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music
3:11
14Big Stuff
recording of:
Fancy Free: Big Stuff
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Bernstein (in 1944)
part of:
Fancy Free
2:35
15There Is No Greter Love
recording of:
There Is No Greater Love
lyricist:
Marty Symes
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation and World Music, Inc.
3:02
16I Loves You Porgy
recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
3:01
17Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
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 and MCA Music Publishing
part of:
American Splendor
3:25
18Baby Get Lost
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-17) and Rudy Powell (on 1949-08-17)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Moore (on 1949-08-17)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1949-08-17)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1949-08-17)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (on 1949-08-17) and Lester Young (on 1949-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (on 1949-08-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1949-08-17)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1949-08-17), Buck Clayton (on 1949-08-17) and Jimmy Nottingham (on 1949-08-17)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
conductor:
Buster Harding (on 1949-08-17)
recording of:
Baby Get Lost (on 1949-08-17)
writer:
Leonard Feather and Billy Moore, Jr.
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
3:19
19Them There Eyes
recording of:
Them There Eyes
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co., Redwood Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Limited
2:53
20Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music
2:48
21Now or Never
recording of:
Now or Never
writer:
Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis
3:21
22You're My Thrill
recording of:
You’re My Thrill
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Jay Gorney
publisher:
Bourne Co., Gorney Music Publisher, Next Decade Entertainment, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., WC Music Corp., 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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:28
23Crazy He Calls Me
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me
lyricist:
Sidney Keith Russell
composer:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation and ミュージック・セールス
3:08
24Somebody's on My Mind
recording of:
Somebody's on My Mind
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
2:57