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

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1I Get a Kick Out of You
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
Billie Holiday3.55:40
2Everything I Have Is Yours (“Velvet Mood” version)
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
Billie Holiday44:30
3Isn’t This a Lovely Day?
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? (from “Top Hat”) (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Billie Holiday44:12
4Discussion; Misery
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty11:26
5Israel
recording of:
Israel (in 1956)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
Billie Holiday12:18
6Misery (1956 rehearsal)
recording of:
Misery (in 1956)
composer:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
Billie Holiday24:39
7Discussion #8
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty11:16
8I Must Have That Man! (1956 rehearsal)
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (in 1956)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Billie Holiday16:29
9Discussion #9
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty10:28
10Strange Fruit (rehearsal)
recording of:
Strange Fruit (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
Billie Holiday15:48
11Discussion; God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty15:50
12Discussion #10
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty11:16
13God Bless the Child (rehearsal 1)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1956)
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)
Billie Holiday13:15
14God Bless the Child (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1956)
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)
Billie Holiday11:08
15Discussion #11
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty10:34
16God Bless the Child (rehearsal 3)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1956)
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)
Billie Holiday13:35
17One Never Knows, Does One? (rehearsal 1)
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One? (in 1956)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
Billie Holiday12:07
18Discussion #12
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty12:00
19Beer Barrel Polka (aka “Roll Out the Barrel”)
recording of:
Beer Barrel Polka (in 1956)
composer:
Jaromír Vejvoda (in 1927)
arranger:
Eduard Ingriš (from 1927 until 1934)
translator:
Lew Brown (in 1939) and Wladimir A. Timm (in 1939)
translated version of:
Škoda lásky
Billie Holiday11:19
20Some of These Days
recording of:
Some of These Days (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
Billie Holiday11:03
21A Yiddishe Momme (rehearsal 1)
recording of:
My Yiddishe Momme (in 1956)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Lew Pollack and Jack Yellen
Billie Holiday10:39
22A Yiddishe Momme (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
My Yiddishe Momme (in 1956)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Lew Pollack and Jack Yellen
Billie Holiday22:16
23Discussion #13
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty10:42
24Lady’s Back in Town
recording of:
Lady's Back in Town (in 1956)
writer:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
Billie Holiday12:36
25Discussion #14
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty14:32
26Discussion #15
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty11:13
27One Never Knows, Does One? (rehearsal 2)
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One? (in 1956)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
Billie Holiday12:39
28Discussion #16
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty11:19
29Unknown Title
Billie Holiday11:54
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