A Portrait of an Artist Through Her Quintessential Recordings

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (on 1935-07-02)
double bass:
John Kirby (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
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:57
2I'm Painting the Town Red
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1935-07-31)
clarinet:
Cecil Scott (on 1935-07-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1935-07-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-31)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1935-07-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1934-07-31, on 1935-07-31)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-31)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-31)
recording of:
I’m Painting the Town Red (on 1935-07-31)
lyricist:
Charles Newman and Charles Tobias
composer:
Sam H. Stept
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:00
3What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl
recording of:
What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl
writer:
John Jacob Loeb
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:53
4It's Like Reaching for the Moon
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:20
5I Cried for You
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
I Cried for You (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:15
6These Foolish Things
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co., Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Bourne Co., Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:18
7This Year's Kisses
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (on 1937-01-25)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-01-25)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-01-25)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-25)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-01-25)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-01-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-01-25)
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:08
8My Last Affair
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1937-02-18)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-02-18)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1937-02-18)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-02-18)
reeds:
Cecil Scott (on 1937-02-18)
tenor saxophone:
Prince Robinson (on 1937-02-18)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (on 1937-02-18)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-02-18)
recording of:
My Last Affair (on 1937-02-18)
lyricist and composer:
Haven A. Johnson
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:10
9Carelessy
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:06
10Yours and Mine
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1937-05-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1937-05-11)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1937-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-05-11)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-05-11)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-05-11)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-05-11)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-05-11)
recording of:
Yours and Mine (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:15
11I'll Get By
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-05-11)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-05-11)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:07
12I'll Never Be the Same
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-06-01)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1937-06-01)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-06-01)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-06-01)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-06-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-01)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-06-01)
recording of:
I’ll Never Be the Same (on 1937-06-01)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. and France Mélodie
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:03
13Getting Some Fun Out of Life
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-09-13)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1937-09-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-09-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-09-13)
piano:
Claude Thornhill (on 1937-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-09-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-09-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-09-13)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1937-09-13)
recording of:
(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life (on 1937-09-13)
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Joe Burke
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:01
14When a Woman Loves a Man
recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man (on 1938-01-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man (on 1938-01-27)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:24
15I Can't Get Started
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1938-09-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1938-09-15)
piano:
Margaret Johnson (on 1938-09-15)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1938-09-15)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1938-09-15)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1938-09-15)
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1938-09-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation and Universal Music Corp.
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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:47
16Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:12
17Fine and Mellow
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
John Williams (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (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)
orchestra:
The Frankie Newton Orchestra (on 1939-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co.
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:17
18Them There Eyes
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:49
19God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co.
Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra2:56
20I Cover the Waterfront
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1941-08-07)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc.
Billie Holiday accompanied by Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:55
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 accompanied by Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:02
22Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)
Billie Holiday4:11
23Lover Man
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Jack Cressey (on 1944-10-04) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1944-10-04)
double bass [bass]:
Haig Stephens (on 1944-10-04)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1944-10-04)
guitar:
Carl Kress (on 1944-10-04)
piano:
Dave Bowman (on 1944-10-04)
tenor saxophone:
Larry Binyon (on 1944-10-04) and Paul Ricci (on 1944-10-04)
trumpet:
Russ Case
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-10-04)
orchestra:
Toots Camarata and His Orchestra (on 1944-10-04)
conductor:
Tutti Camarata
arranger:
Tutti Camarata (on 1944-10-04)
recording of:
Lover Man (on 1944-10-04)
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.
Billie Holiday accompanied by Toots Camarata and His Orchestra3:16
24Don't Explain
recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation and Universal Music Publishing
Billie Holiday accompanied by Toots Camarata and His Orchestra3:23
25Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
vocals:
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday accompanied by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Six1:43