Billie's Blues (15 track CD reissue for 10 track LP "Ladylove")

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

Tracks 2 to 11 recorded live in Köln, Germany on January 5, 1954
Tracks 12 to 15 recorded in New York City on April 29, 1951 for Aladdin Records
Track 16 recorded in Los Angeles on June 12, 1942 for Capitol Records

Tracklist

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1Announcement by Leonard Feather
0:27
2Blue Moon
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
Blue Moon (on 1954-01-05)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing, EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son P/L, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 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
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
2:15
3All of Me
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
All of Me (on 1954-01-05)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co., 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
1:43
4My Man
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1954-01-05)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
2:51
5Them Their Eyes
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1954-01-05)
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
1:40
6I Cried for You
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
I Cried for You (on 1954-01-05)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
3:22
7What a Little Moonlight Can Do
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1954-01-05)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
2:45
8I Cover the Waterfront
3:10
9Billie’s Blues
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1954-01-05)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
11:35
10Lover Come Back to Me
clarinet:
Buddy DeFranco (on 1954-01-05)
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
guitar:
Jimmy Raney (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Sonny Clark (on 1954-01-05)
vibraphone:
Red Norvo (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon") (on 1954-01-05)
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
6:39
11Blue Turning Grey Over You
clarinet:
Buddy DeFranco (on 1954-01-05)
double bass:
Red Mitchell (on 1954-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-05)
guitar:
Jimmy Raney (on 1954-01-05)
piano:
Beryl Booker (on 1954-01-05)
vibraphone:
Red Norvo (on 1954-01-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-05)
live recording of:
Blue, Turning Grey Over You (on 1954-01-05)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Thomas Waller
2:01
12Be Fair With Me Baby
guitar:
Tiny Grimes (on 1951-04-29)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1951-04-29)
saxophone:
Haywood Henry (on 1951-04-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
2:36
13Rocky Mountain Blues
guitar:
Tiny Grimes (on 1951-04-29)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1951-04-29)
saxophone:
Haywood Henry (on 1951-04-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
3:04
14Detour Ahead
guitar:
Tiny Grimes (on 1951-04-29)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1951-04-29)
saxophone:
Haywood Henry (on 1951-04-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
recording of:
Detour Ahead (on 1951-04-29)
composer:
Lou Carter (in 1947), Herb Ellis (in 1947) and Johnny Frigo (in 1947)
publisher:
Woodrow Music
3:03
15Trav’Lin’ Light
banjo:
Mike Pingitore (on 1942-06-12)
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1942-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Willie Rodriguez (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, Rytvoc, Inc. and WB Music Corp.
3:17