The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

℗ & © «1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.»
℗ «A Verve Label Group release; This Compilation»

Countries excluded (Deezer + Spotify + iTunes)

(As of 2021-11-28).

  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
  • South-Eastern Asia: 🇲🇲 Myanmar (mm)
Annotation last modified on 2021-11-28 04:06 UTC.

Tracklist

▶Digital Media 1
▶Digital Media 2
▶Digital Media 3
▼Digital Media 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nice Work If You Can Get It (rehearsal version)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (in 1955)
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)
Billie Holiday34:05
2Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro10:40
3Mandy Is Two
recording of:
Mandy Is Two (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Fulton McGrath
Billie Holiday24:31
4Prelude to a Kiss
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss (in 1955)
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.
Billie Holiday42:46
5I Must Have That Man! (1955 rehearsal)
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (in 1955)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Billie Holiday31:05
6Jeepers Creepers (rehearsal 1)
recording of:
Jeepers Creepers (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Billie Holiday12:13
7Jeepers Creepers (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
Jeepers Creepers (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Billie Holiday20:51
8Discussion; Jeepers Creepers #1
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro13:25
9Discussion; Jeepers Creepers #2
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro12:27
10Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (edit)
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (in 1955)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
Billie Holiday11:57
11Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (in 1955)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
Billie Holiday12:57
12Discussion; Moonlight in Vermont
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro20:52
13Misery (1955 rehearsal)
recording of:
Misery (in 1955)
composer:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
Billie Holiday10:36
14Restless
recording of:
Restless (in 1955)
writer:
Sam Coslow and Tom Satterfield (pianist)
Billie Holiday12:45
15Moonlight in Vermont (rehearsal)
recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont (in 1955)
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), 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
Billie Holiday12:00
16Everything Happens to Me (rehearsal 1)
recording of:
Everything Happens to Me (in 1955)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Commander Publications, Dorsey Brothers Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Billie Holiday13:26
17Discussion #1
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro10:37
18I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (rehearsal 1)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
Billie Holiday24:25
19I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
Billie Holiday12:26
20Discussion; I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro15:33
21Everything Happens to Me (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
Everything Happens to Me (in 1955)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Commander Publications, Dorsey Brothers Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Billie Holiday12:59
22Discussion #2
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro11:48
23When You Are Away, Dear
recording of:
When You Are Away, Dear (in 1955)
writer:
Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert (composer)
Billie Holiday11:41
24Discussion #3
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro10:48
25It Had to Be You (rehearsal)
recording of:
It Had to Be You (in 1955)
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)
Billie Holiday11:55
26The Mood That I’m In
recording of:
The Mood That I'm In (in 1955)
writer:
Al Sherman (jazz trombone) and Abner Silver
Billie Holiday10:31
27Gone With the Wind (rehearsal)
recording of:
Gone With the Wind (in 1955)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
Billie Holiday11:36
28I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (in 1955)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Billie Holiday13:17
29Discussion #4
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro12:31
30A Sunbonnet Blue
recording of:
A Sunbonnet Blue (in 1955)
writer:
Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
Billie Holiday10:06
31(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (in 1955)
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.
Billie Holiday11:33
32Discussion #5
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro12:14
33I’m Walkin’ Through Heaven With You
recording of:
I’m Walking Through Heaven With You (in 1955)
lyricist:
Rozz Gordon
composer:
Joe Turner (Jazz pianist, 1907–1990)
Billie Holiday12:05
34Discussion #6
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro10:42
35Just Friends
recording of:
Just Friends (in 1955)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Billie Holiday11:01
36The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You (in 1955)
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
Billie Holiday11:04
37Discussion #7
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro10:27
38It’s Too Hot for Words
recording of:
It’s Too Hot for Words (in 1955)
writer:
Teddy Powell, Walter Samuels and Leonard Whitcup
Billie Holiday10:21
39They Say
recording of:
They Say (in 1955)
writer:
Edward Heyman, Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Stephan Weiss
Billie Holiday12:25
40I Won’t Believe It
recording of:
I Won't Believe It I Don't Want to Cry Any More (in 1955)
writer:
Martin Block (composer), J. Russel Robinson and Victor Selsman
Billie Holiday10:20
▶Digital Media 5
▶Digital Media 6
▶Digital Media 7
▶Digital Media 8
▶Digital Media 9
▶Digital Media 10