The Essential Collection

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

Tracklist

▶CD 1: A Little Moonlight
▶CD 2: Strange Fruit
▼CD 3: Lady Sings The Blues
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1I Get A Kick Out Of You
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
5:42
2A Fine Romance
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1954-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (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 (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
43:34
3I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
4:28
4Gone With The Wind
recording of:
Gone With the Wind
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
3:25
5It Had To Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
4:02
6Come Rain Or Come Shine
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
4:24
7Nice Work If You Can Get It
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) 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)
3:49
8Prelude To A Kiss
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter) (in 1938) and Irving Mills (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
publisher:
J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
5:34
9Please 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. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
4:20
10I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
3:55
11When 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)
4:57
12I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
5:54
13Everything I Have Is Yours
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
4:32
14Isn't This A Lovely Day
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (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)
44:14
15I Hadn't Anyone Til You
recording of:
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
4:03
16I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:05
17Some Other Spring
recording of:
Some Other Spring
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
3:38
18Lady Sings The Blues
recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
3:45