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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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Everything I Have Is Yours (10″ version)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1952-04)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1952-04)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1952-04)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (in 1952-04)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (in 1952-04)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (in 1952-04)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours (in 1952-04)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
Billie Holiday3.53:45
2Love for Sale
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Love for Sale (in 1952-04)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Billie Holiday42:57
3Moonglow
recording of:
Moonglow (in 1952-04)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Billie Holiday52:58
4Tenderly
recording of:
Tenderly (in 1952-04)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
Billie Holiday53:23
5If the Moon Turns Green
recording of:
If the Moon Turns Green (in 1952-04)
lyricist:
Paul Coates (songwriter; “If the Moon Turns Green”) (on 1934-11-27)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (on 1934-11-27)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (on 1934-11-27)
Billie Holiday42:46
6Remember
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Remember (in 1952-04)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1925)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
Billie Holiday42:35
7Autumn in New York
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1952-04)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1952-04)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (in 1952-04)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (in 1952-04)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (in 1952-04)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1952-04)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934) (in 1952-04)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Billie Holiday43:42
8Autumn in New York
recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934) (in 1952-04)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Billie Holiday43:53
9My Man
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1952-07-27)
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
Billie Holiday42:37
10Lover, Come Back to Me
double bass [Bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (drums)
instruments:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter)
vocals:
Billie Holiday
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon) (on 1952-07-27)
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
Billie Holiday53:35
11Stormy Weather
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-07-27)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (drums) (on 1952-07-27)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1952-07-27)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-07-27)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1952-07-27)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1952-07-27)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1952-07-27)
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
Billie Holiday53:42
12Yesterdays
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1952-07-27)
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 Holiday42:50
13He’s Funny That Way
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-07-27)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-07-27)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (drums) (on 1952-07-27)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1952-07-27)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-07-27)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1952-07-27)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1952-07-27)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
She’s Funny That Way (on 1952-07-27)
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.
Billie Holiday3.53:12
14I Can’t Face the Music
recording of:
I Can’t Face the Music (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
Billie Holiday43:14
15MC and Leonard Feather Announcements (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
spoken vocals:
Leonard Feather (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
Billie Holiday10:38
16Blue Moon (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
Blue Moon (on 1954-01-23)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 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)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Billie Holiday52:05
17All of Me (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
All of Me (on 1954-01-23)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Peermusic, Round Hill Songs, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and 日音 Synch事業部
Billie Holiday41:43
18My Man (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1954-01-23)
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
Billie Holiday52:52
19Them There Eyes (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1954-01-23)
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)
Billie Holiday41:28
20I Cried for You (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
I Cried for You (on 1954-01-23)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
Billie Holiday43:08
21What a Little Moonlight Can Do (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1954-01-23)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
Billie Holiday42:41
22I Cover the Waterfront (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1954-01-23)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Billie Holiday43:17
23Leonard Feather Announcement (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
spoken vocals:
Leonard Feather (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
Leonard Feather10:21
24Billie’s Blues (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
clarinet:
Buddy DeFranco (on 1954-01-23)
double bass [bass]:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1954-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Elaine Leighton (on 1954-01-23)
electric guitar:
Jimmy Raney (on 1954-01-23)
piano:
Beryl Booker (on 1954-01-23) and Sonny Clark (on 1954-01-23)
vibraphone:
Red Norvo (on 1954-01-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Kölner Messe Halle V (1954-01-23)
recorded at:
Messehalle in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (on 1954-01-23)
live recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1954-01-23)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday411:39
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