Complete Original American Decca Recordings

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

Tracklist

▶CD 1
▼CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Easy Living
recording of:
Easy Living
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
3:15
2Solitude
recording of:
Solitude
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co. and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:12
3Weep No More
recording of:
Weep No More
lyricist:
Thomas Adair
composer:
Gordon Jenkins
3:23
4Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys
recording of:
Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys
writer:
Ralph Blane
3:16
5I Love You Porgy
recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
2:59
6My Man (Mon Homme)
3:00
7Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
orchestra:
Buster Harding and His Orchestra (on 1949-08-17)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:22
8Baby Get Lost
recording of:
Baby Get Lost
writer:
Leonard Feather and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s US composer/arranger)
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
3:17
9Keeps On a Rainin’
recording of:
Keeps On a‐Rainin’
writer:
Max Kortlander and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:17
10Them There Eyes
recording of:
Them There Eyes
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
2:52
11Do Your Duty
recording of:
Do Your Duty
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
3:18
12Gimmie a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
2:46
13You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
recording of:
You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:16
14My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash
recording of:
My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:21
15Now or Never
recording of:
Now or Never
writer:
Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis
3:18
16You’re My Thrill
recording of:
You’re My Thrill
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Jay Gorney
publisher:
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), WC Music Corp., 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:26
17Crazy He Calls Me
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me
lyricist:
Sidney Keith Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
3:06
18Please Tell Me Now
3:17
19Somebody’s on My Mind
recording of:
Somebody's on My Mind
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
3:00
20God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:12
21This Is Heaven to Me
2:54
22Solitude
recording of:
Solitude
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co. and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:17
23My Man (Mon Homme)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
3:13
24Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:16