Lady Sings the Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Baby I’m Doing It
Annisteen Allen2:28
2Every Beat of My Heart
Gladys Knight2:02
3Falling in Love Again
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (on 1930-02-06)
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1930-02-06)
conductor:
Friedrich Hollaender (on 1930-02-06)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) (on 1930-02-06)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich3:11
4Fat Daddy
recording of:
Fat Daddy
writer:
Phil Medley and Bill Sanford (replacement vocals for The Four Vagabonds)
Dinah Washington2:26
5Golf Coast Blues
Ella Fitzgerald2:56
6I’m in the Racket
Billie Pierce3:19
7Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
Bessie Smith3:00
8Mercy Mr Percy
Varetta Dillard2:45
9No Headstone on My Grave
Ester Philips3:22
10Set Me Free
recording of:
Set Me Free
writer:
Dorothy LaBostrie (American songwriter)
Irma Thomas2:24
11Summertime
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-12-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1949)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1949-12-21)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sarah Vaughan3:15
12That’s the Way It Goes
Peggy Lee3:10
13There’s Always the Blues
Della Reese2:49
14Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Billie Holiday2:55
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