The Legacy 1933-1958

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Your Mother's Son-In-Law
recording of:
Your Mothers Son-In-Law (on 1933-11-27)
composer:
Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
2:47
2I Wished on the Moon
recording of:
I Wished on the Moon
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:03
3What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1935-07-02)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-02)
arranger:
Teddy Wilson
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
52:59
4Miss Brown to You
recording of:
Miss Brown to You
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
3:01
5Saddest Tale
recording of:
Saddest Tale
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:55
6If You Were Mine
recording of:
If You Were Mine (from “To Beat the Band”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
3:15
7These 'n' That 'n' Those
recording of:
These ’n’ That ’n’ Those (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Milton Pascal
composer:
Edgar Fairchild
3:16
8You Let Me Down
recording of:
You Let Me Down
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:55
9Life Begins When You're in Love
clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1936-01-30)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (bassist) (on 1936-01-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-01-30)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-01-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-01-30)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-01-30)
trumpet:
Chris Griffin (Gordon Claude Griffin, trumpeter) (on 1936-01-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-01-30)
recording of:
Life Begins When You're in Love (on 1936-01-30)
writer:
Lew Brown and Victor Schertzinger
3:05
10It's Like Reaching for the Moon
recording of:
It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
composer:
Gerald Marqusee and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:23
11These Foolish Things
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:20
12Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
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)
2:56
13Billie's Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1936-07-10)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
42:40
14A Fine Romance
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-09-29)
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)
2:52
15I Can't Pretend
recording of:
I Can’t Pretend
writer:
W. Edward Breuder (aka Eddy Breuder), Paul Rusincky and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:06
16One, Two, Button Your Shoe
recording of:
One, Two, Button Your Shoe (from “Pennies From Heaven”)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
2:50
17Let's Call A Heart A Heart
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:01
18Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
3:13
19Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
3:15
20That's Life, I Guess
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Peter de Rose
3:21
21I Can't Give You Anything but Love Baby
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., 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 (holding company - do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:29
22One Never Knows, Does One?
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One?
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
3:05
23I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
recording of:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (on 1937-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1937)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:57
24He Ain't Got Rhythm
recording of:
He Ain’t Got Rhythm (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:49
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