Lady Sings the Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Good Man Is a Seldom Thing
Chris Connor3:25
2All of Me
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (in 1947)
Mildred Bailey3:07
3Body and Soul
Carmen McRae4:27
4Come See About Me
Gladys Knight & the Pips2:43
5Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith6:24
6Furniture Man Blues Part 2
Victoria Spivey3:08
7I’m Walking the Street
Georgia White2:30
8Loverman
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Jack Cressey (on 1944-10-04) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1944-10-04)
double bass [bass]:
Haig Stephens (on 1944-10-04)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1944-10-04)
guitar:
Carl Kress (on 1944-10-04)
piano:
Dave Bowman (jazz pianist) (on 1944-10-04)
tenor saxophone:
Larry Binyon (on 1944-10-04) and Paul Ricci (on 1944-10-04)
trumpet:
Russ Case (US trumpeter & bandleader)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-10-04)
orchestra:
Toots Camarata and His Orchestra (on 1944-10-04)
conductor:
Tutti Camarata
arranger:
Tutti Camarata (on 1944-10-04)
recording of:
Lover Man (on 1944-10-04)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday43:19
9Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
recording of:
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean
writer:
Herb Lance (Herbert J. Lance) (in 1952), Charlie Singleton (Jazz saxophone player) (in 1952) and John Wallace (bass player for Harry Chapin) (in 1952)
Ruth Brown2:54
10My Country Man
Big Maybelle2:34
11Or Leave Me Alone
Lil Hardin Armstrong2:56
12Slave to Love
Christine Kittrell3:09
13You Killed My Love
Bettye LaVette2:55
14You’re Driving Me Crazy
vocals:
Joséphine Baker (on 1931-06-30)
orchestra:
Orchestre Mélodic Jazz du Casino de Paris (on 1931-06-30)
conductor:
Edmond Mahieux (french conductor and composer) (on 1931-06-30)
recording of:
You’re Driving Me Crazy (on 1931-06-30)
lyricist and writer:
Walter Donaldson
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1930)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Donaldson Publishing Company, Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
Joséphine Baker2:24
15After You’ve Gone
Bessie Smith2:58
16Summertime
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)
Billie Holiday2:55
17Grass Cutter Blues
Alice Moore2:56
18That Old Black Magic
cover recording of:
That Old Black Magic
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan3:18
19Day in, Day Out
Carmen McRae2:01
20Come Rain or Come Shine
cover recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Dinah Washington2:15
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1All in My Mind
Maxine Brown2:28
2All or Nothin’ Blues
Dinah Washington2:50
3Don’t You Know
Della Reese2:05
4Can’t Be Bothered With No Sheik
Rosa Henderson3:20
5Careless Love
cover recording of:
Careless Love
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), William Christopher Handy, Martha Koenig and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
version of:
Careless Love
Lena Horne2:47
6He’s Just My Size
Little Mae Kirkman2:49
7Ice Man
Memphis Minnie2:59
8I’m Down in the Dumps
Bessie Smith3:11
9It’s Been a Long Time
Annie Laurie2:39
10My Man
Billie Holiday2:56
11Sam the Hot Dog Man
Lil Johnson3:02
12Take Me Back
Linda Hayes2:31
13Way Back Home
Big Maybelle2:44
14Wild Wild Young Men
Ruth Brown2:31
15Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Bessie Smith2:57
16I’m Going Fishing Too
Alice Moore3:06
17My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Ella Fitzgerald3:05
18A Hundred Years from Today
cover recording of:
A Hundred Years From Today
lyricist:
Ned Washington and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and Warock Corp.
Sarah Vaughan2:57
19Don’t Ever Leave Me
Carmen McRae2:38
20Crazy Love
Dinah Washington3:23
▼CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Chain Gang Blues
Ma Rainey3:09
2Cherry Wine
Esther Phillips2:11
3Chewin’ Mama Blues
Dinah Washington2:53
4Cryin’ Mood
Ella Fitzgerald2:37
5How Long Has This Been Going On
cover recording of:
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Funny Face, 1957 film)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
New World Music Co. (in 1927)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway Musical)
part of:
Rosalie
Lena Horne3:24
6If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It)
Barrel House Annie2:51
7I’m Wild About That Thing
Bessie Smith2:50
8I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues
Peggy Lee2:42
9I’ve Got What It Takes
Virginia Liston3:17
10My Butcher Man
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1933-11-27)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1933-11-27)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1933-11-27)
Memphis Minnie2:59
11No Smoke Blues
recording of:
No Smoke Blues
writer:
Leonard Feather
Sarah Vaughan2:20
12One for My Baby
recording of:
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1943)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Harwin Music
part of:
The Sky’s the Limit (1943 film)
Billie Holiday5:38
13Send Me a Man
Alberta Hunter2:58
14The Blues I Love to Sing
Adelaide Hall3:02
15Do Your Duty
Bessie Smith3:26
16Sugar Blues
Ella Fitzgerald2:51
17Money Tree Man
Alice Moore3:04
18The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else
cover recording of:
The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild and Milton Weil Music Co. (on 1924-01-07)
Sarah Vaughan3:09
19I Could Write a Book
Carmen McRae2:54
20Do Nothing ’Til You Hear from Me
cover recording of:
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1943)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1943)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Harmony
version of:
Concerto for Cootie
Dinah Washington2:42
▼CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Baby I’m Doing It
Annisteen Allen2:28
2Every Beat of My Heart
Gladys Knight & the Pips2:02
3Falling in Love Again
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (on 1930-02-06)
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1930-02-06)
conductor:
Friedrich Hollaender (on 1930-02-06)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) (on 1930-02-06)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich3:11
4Fat Daddy
recording of:
Fat Daddy
writer:
Phil Medley and Bill Sanford (replacement vocals for The Four Vagabonds)
Dinah Washington2:26
5Gulf Coast Blues
Ella Fitzgerald2:56
6I’m in the Racket
Billie Pierce3:19
7Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
Bessie Smith3:00
8Mercy Mr. Percy
Varetta Dillard2:45
9No Headstone On My Grave
Esther Phillips3:22
10Set Me Free
recording of:
Set Me Free
writer:
Dorothy LaBostrie (American songwriter)
Irma Thomas2:24
11Summertime
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-12-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1949)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1949-12-21)
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)
Sarah Vaughan3:15
12That’s the Way It Goes
Peggy Lee3:10
13There’s Always the Blues
Della Reese2:49
14Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Billie Holiday2:57
15You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal
Ella Fitzgerald3:12
16Standin’ in the Rain
recording of:
Standin' in the Rain
writer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith2:53
17Bumble Bee
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-02-21)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-02-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-02-21)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-02-21)
recording of:
Bumble Bee
composer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie3:19
18Stime After Time
Sarah Vaughan3:02
19They Can’t Take That Away from Me
Carmen McRae3:36
20Mellow Mama Blues
Dinah Washington3:06
▼CD 5
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Birth of the Blues
Della Reese2:47
2For Sale
Clara Smith2:59
3Guess Who
Gladys Knight & the Pips3:17
4I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
Ella Fitzgerald2:52
5I’m Waiting Just for You
Lucky Millinder2:33
6Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
Mildred Bailey3:06
7Mean and Evil Blues
recording of:
Mean and Evil Blues
composer:
Claude Demetrius and Irene Higginbotham
Dinah Washington1:53
8Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
alto saxophone:
Garvin Bushell (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
cornet:
Ed Allen (trumpeter) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
tuba:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-15)
tuba [brass bass]:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-12)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-12, on 1929-05-15)
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (on 1929-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Bessie Smith52:58
9One Hour Mama
Ida Cox2:54
10Release Me
Esther Phillips3:16
11Shake a Hand
Fay Adams2:52
12Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:19
13Trouble Is a Man
cover recording of:
Trouble Is a Man
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder
Sarah Vaughan2:34
14Trying
Linda Baker2:35
15Mama Come Home
Ella Fitzgerald2:44
16Young Woman’s Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-10-26)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1926-10-26)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1926-10-26)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1926-10-26)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1926-10-26)
recording of:
Young Woman’s Blues (on 1926-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
Bessie Smith3:09
17Moonshine
Memphis Minnie2:48
18Perdido
cover recording of:
Perdido (with lyrics)
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter) (in 1944) and Hans J. Lengsfelder (in 1944)
composer:
Juan Tizol (in 1941)
arranger:
Les Harris (Sr., arranger)
publisher:
Tempo Music Inc
version of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
Sarah Vaughan2:29
19Getting to Know You
Della Reese2:15
20Rich Man’s Blues
Dinah Washington2:53