Lady’s Decca Days, Volume One

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

Annotation

See also Volume Two.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Now or Never
recording of:
Now or Never (on 1949-09-30)
writer:
Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis
Billie Holiday3:18
2Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You
recording of:
Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You
lyricist and composer:
Morton Krouse
Billie Holiday3:12
3My Man
cover recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics)
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
Billie Holiday2:57
4Don’t Explain
recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation and Universal Music Publishing
Billie Holiday3:24
5Gimmie a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1949-09-08)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music
Billie Holiday2:45
6Keeps On Rainin’
recording of:
Keeps On a‐Rainin’ (on 1949-08-29)
writer:
Max Kortlander and Spencer Williams
Billie Holiday3:16
7My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
recording of:
My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
Billie Holiday feat. Louis Armstrong3:21
8Crazy He Calls Me
double bass:
Jack Lesberg (on 1949-10-19)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1949-10-19)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1949-10-19)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1949-10-19)
reeds:
Milt Yaner (on 1949-10-19)
trumpet:
Bobby Hackett (on 1949-10-19)
woodwind:
John Fulton (on 1949-10-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me (on 1949-10-19)
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
Billie Holiday3:03
9You Better Go Now
recording of:
You Better Go Now
writer:
Irvin Graham and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc.
Billie Holiday2:43
10No Good Man
recording of:
No Good Man
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Dan Fisher and Irene Higginbotham
Billie Holiday3:07
11Baby 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.
Billie Holiday3:16
12God Bless the Child
engineered in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-03-08)
double bass:
Lou Butterman (on 1950-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1950-03-08)
flute and tenor saxophone:
Dick 'Dent' Eckles (on 1950-03-08)
guitar:
Bob Bain (on 1950-03-08)
piano:
Charles LaVere (on 1950-03-08)
choir vocals:
The Gordon Jenkins Singers (on 1950-03-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1950-03-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (in 1950)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1950-03-08)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co.
Billie Holiday3:09