Getting Some Fun out of Life

~ Recording by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.4Getting Some Fun Out of Life?:??Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraThe Golden Years 1933-1941 (3 x 12" Vinyl box set)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 66377
1.9Getting Some Fun Out Of Life3:01Billie Holiday & Lester YoungLady Day & Prez 1937–1941Billie Holiday & Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 0218
1.11Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:02Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraLady Swings the BluesBillie Holiday Featuring Teddy Wilson & Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Rockin' Chair
1.9Getting Some Fun Out Of Life3:01Billie Holiday & Lester YoungLady Day & Prez 1937–1941Billie Holiday & Lester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Giants of Jazz (Italian)CD 53006
1.23Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:02Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1933-1937Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series)582
1.7Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:03Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 082-2
1.7Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:03Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester YoungLester YoungAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)549 082-2
3.19Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:03Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraLady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-10-02
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CXK 85470
1.16Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:04Billie Holiday & Her OrchestraJazz in the Charts 036 (1937)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223735-222
1.13Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:01Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraA Portrait of an Artist Through Her Quintessential RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
King JazzKJ 3746 PM
1.13Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:01Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraA Portrait of an Artist Through Her Quintessential RecordingsBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
3.19Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:03Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraLady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697538062
4.1Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:04Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraThe Complete Masters 1933–1959Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-11-21
Universal Music Classics & Jazz France533 614-4
1.19Getting Some Fun out of Life3:01Billie Holiday & Her OrchestraLady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, Vol. 3Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-03-24
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.19Getting Some Fun out of Life3:01Billie HolidayLady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933–1944)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1937-09-13)
clarinet:Buster Bailey (on 1937-09-13)
double bass:Walter Page (on 1937-09-13)
drums (drum set):Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-09-13)
guitar:Freddie Green (on 1937-09-13)
piano:Freddie Green (on 1937-09-13)
Claude Thornhill (on 1937-09-13)
tenor saxophone:Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-09-13)
trumpet:Buck Clayton (on 1937-09-13)
vocals:Billie Holiday (on 1937-09-13)
orchestra:Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1937-09-13)
recording of:(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life (on 1937-09-13)

Related works

(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life

lyricist:Edgar Leslie
composer:Joe Burke (American composer)