Four Classic Albums Plus

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Tracks (1 - 8) Body and Soul / Tracks (9 - 13) Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport / Tracks (14 - 21) Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic
2▼CD: Tracks (1 - 8) Music for Torching / Tracks (9 - 16) Velvet Mood / Track 17 the Sound of Jazz
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1It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
4:06
2Come Rain or Come Shine
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-08-25)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1955-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
4:26
3I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
3:57
4I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
4:30
5A Fine Romance
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1954-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1954-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1954-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1954-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1954-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1954-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-08-25)
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
3:35
6Gone With the Wind
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-08-23)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Gone With the Wind (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel
publisher:
Bourne Co.
3:26
7I Get a Kick Out of You
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music, Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc., Warner Chappell and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
5:43
8Isn’t This a Lovely Day
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1955-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? (from “Top Hat”) (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
4:15
9Prelude to a Kiss
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (in 1938) and Irving Mills (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1938)
publisher:
J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
5:36
10When Your Lover Has Gone
recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
4:59
11Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. and Remick Music Corp.
4:23
12Nice Work If You Can Get It
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1937-11-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. 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)
3:51
13I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc.
5:55
14What’s New
recording of:
What’s New? (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros., Inc.
4:19
15I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
recording of:
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Bourne Co.
4:06
16Everything I Have Is Yours
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
4:33
17Fine and Mellow From the Sound of Jazz
recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co.
6:22