Lady Day & Pres: New York 1937–1941

~ Release by Billie Holiday & Lester Young (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1All of Me – Take 1
3:01
2Foolin’ Myself
recording of:
Foolin’ Myself
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
publisher:
Chappell Music Co. Inc.
3:01
3My First Impression of You
recording of:
My First Impression of You
writer:
Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
2:48
4When You’re Smiling
2:50
5Back in You Own Backyard
recording of:
Back in Your Own Back Yard
additional lyricist:
Al Jolson
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Dave Dreyer
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
2:39
6He’s Funny That Way
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)
piano:
Freddie Green (on 1937-09-13) and 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:
She’s Funny That Way (on 1937-09-13)
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1928)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
2:40
7He Ain’t Got Rhythm
recording of:
He Ain’t Got Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:50
8Now They Call It Swing
recording of:
Now They Call It Swing
lyricist:
Vaughn De Leath and Walter Hirsch
composer:
Norman Cloutier and Lou Handman
2:59
9I’ve Got a Date With a Dream
recording of:
I've Got a Date With a Dream
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
2:42
10If Dreams Come True
recording of:
If Dreams Come True
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Edgar M. Sampson and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
3:04
11I Must Have That Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-25)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1937-01-25)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-01-25)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-01-25)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-25)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-01-25)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-01-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-01-25)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-01-25)
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:55
12The Man I Love
recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:04
13When a Woman Loves a Man
recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man (on 1938-01-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
2:23
14You’re a Lucky Guy
recording of:
You're a Lucky Guy
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
2:45
15Easy Living
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-06-01)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1937-06-01)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-01)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-06-01)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-06-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-01)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-06-01)
recording of:
Easy Living (on 1937-06-01)
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)
3:03
16Everybody’s Laughing
recording of:
Everybody’s Laughing
writer:
Sammy Lerner and Ben Oakland
3:02
17Laughing at Life
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-07)
alto saxophone:
Billy Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07) and Joe Eldridge (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1940-06-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1940-06-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1940-06-07)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1940-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Kermitt Scott (on 1940-06-07) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-06-07)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1940-06-07)
recording of:
Laughing at Life (on 1940-06-07)
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist), Nick Kenny, Bob Todd and Cornell Todd
2:55
18Getting Some Fun Out of Life
recording of:
(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Joe Burke (American composer)
3:01
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