Don’t Explain

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writer:	Arthur Herzog, Jr. Billie Holiday

publisher:	Duchess Music Corporation Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country-specific information is available)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2759 [info]
Wikidata:	Q5291574 [info]

later translated versions:	Tyst nu

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
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1944-11-08	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:53
1944-11-08	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:57
1944-11-08	Don’t Explain (first version)		Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra	2:57
1945-08-14	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:23
1945-08-14	Don’t Explain		Billie Holiday	3:24
1945-08-14	Don’t Explain		Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra	3:24
1947-02-08	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:40
1947-02-08	Don’t Explain (mx. JB 361)		Billie Holiday	?:??
1956-04-04	Don’t Explain	instrumental	Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets	7:14
1956-11-10	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:29
1956-11-10	Don’t Explain	live	Billie Holiday & Chico Hamilton	2:25
1956-11-10	Don’t Explain		Billie Holiday	2:38
1956-11-10	Don’t Explain (live, 1956-11-10: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)	live	Billie Holiday	2:30
1957-05-17	Don't Explain	instrumental	Mal Waldron	6:56
1957-10-28	Don’t Explain	cover	Abbey Lincoln	6:42
1958-01-31	Don't Explain	instrumental	Wynton Kelly	5:35
1958-07-25	Don't Explain	live	Billie Holiday	2:48
1958	Don't Explain	instrumental	Charlie Byrd	3:29
1958	Don’t Explain		Billie Holiday	?:??
1960-03	Don't Explain		Lorez Alexandria	3:12
1960-05-17 – 1960-05-18	Don't Explain	instrumental	Harold Land	4:57
1961-07-13	Don't Explain	instrumental	Johnny Griffin	4:47
1962-08-29	Don’t Explain	cover and instrumental	Dexter Gordon	6:07
1963	Don’t Explain		June Christy	2:39
1965-05	Don't Explain		Chet Baker	3:29
1965-11-03 – 1965-11-21	Don't Explain	live	Carmen McRae	4:15
1965-12	Don't Explain	cover and live	Carmen McRae	4:17
1965	Don't Explain	instrumental	Chet Baker	3:27
1965	Don’t Explain	instrumental	Chet Baker	3:25
1966-07-05	Don't Explain	cover	Lou Rawls	3:08
1969-02-15	Don’t Explain	cover	Peggy Lee	4:03
1973-03	Don’t Explain	cover and instrumental	Grover Washington, Jr.	11:12
1973	Don't Explain	instrumental	Kenny Drew	5:07
1977-08	Don't Explain		Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen	4:57
1983-07-09	Don't Explain	instrumental	Kenny Barron Trio	5:51
1983-12-31	Don’t Explain		Carmen McRae	4:06
1984-01-03	Don’t Explain		Steve Kuhn & Harvie Swartz	4:30
1984-10	Suite for Lady and Prez	medley	Sheila Jordan	7:25
1987-11	Don’t Explain	cover and live	Abbey Lincoln	6:23
1991-06	Don't Explain	cover	Heinz Sauer, Bob Degen	5:14
1991-09	Don't Explain	instrumental	The Great Jazz Trio	7:21
1992-12-04	Don't Explain	cover and live	Diana Ross	4:48
1993-02	Don’t Explain		Gabrielle Goodman	6:30
1993	Don’t Explain	cover and live	Pamela Isaacs	3:31
1993	Don’t Explain	cover	Natalie Cole	3:12
1996-01	Don't Explain (sung quietly)		Patty Waters	5:12
1996-01	Don't Explain (talking version)		Patty Waters	5:06
1997-12-01 – 1997-12-09	Don't Explain		Wesla Whitfield	6:03
1998-05-18 – 1998-08-29	Don't Explain	cover	Heinz Sauer 4tet	7:18
1999-12-19	Don't Explain	instrumental	Melvin Rhyne	6:57
2000	Don’t Explain	cover	Silje Nergaard	4:33
2002-05-25	Don't Explain	live	Patty Waters	4:11
2002-08	Don’t Explain	instrumental	Virginie Teychené	5:19
2002-10	Don’t Explain (live, 2002-10: Ronnie Scott's, London, UK)	cover and live	Lisa Stansfield	4:45
2002-10	Don’t Explain (live, 2002-10: Ronnie Scott's, London, UK)	cover and live	Lisa Stansfield	4:53
2003-01-07 – 2003-01-08	Don't Explain	cover, instrumental and live	Trijntje Oosterhuis	4:35
2004-10-11 – 2004-10-12	Don't Explain		Heinz Sauer / Michael Wollny	5:05
2005-02-18	Don't Explain	instrumental and live	Jimmy Halperin / Axel Hagen / Thomas W. Andersen	7:17
2007-05-03	Don't Explian (live, 2007-05-03: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)	cover and live	Cat Power	4:11
2009-05	Don't Explain	instrumental	Kenny Barron Trio with George Mraz & Ben Riley	6:33
2010-01	Don't Explain	cover	Susanna Hietala	4:37
2010-02-09 – 2010-02-11	Don't Explain	cover	Echoes of Swing	4:33
2012-09-02	Don't Explain	cover, instrumental and live	Heinz Sauer - Michael Wollny	9:27
2014	Don’t Explain	cover	Cassandra Wilson	4:34
2015-08-17 – 2015-08-19	Don't Explain	cover	Lucia Cadotsch, Otis Sandsjö & Petter Eldh	4:26
2020	Don't Explain	cover	Regener Pappik Busch	4:20
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:56
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:51
	Don't Explain		LM Pagano	3:38
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:57
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:23
	Don't Explain	cover	Greg Osby	8:18
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:18
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:18
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:25
	Don't Explain	cover	Buika	4:01
	Don't Explain	cover	Oleta Adams	5:37
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:24
	Don't Explain	instrumental	The Ted Rosenthal Trio	6:48
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:18
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:29
	Don't Explain	live	Billie Holiday	2:30
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:22
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:55
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:25
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:23
	Don't Explain		Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt	4:11
	Don't Explain	cover	Lou Rawls	2:53
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:20
	Don't Explain		Anita O’Day	3:15
	Don't Explain		Ilse Huizinga	3:11
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:56
	Don't Explain		Rosemary Clooney	4:49
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:49
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	3:20
	Don't Explain	cover	Marge Dodson	3:47
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:50
	Don't Explain	cover	Jaimee Paul	4:47
	Don't Explain		Billie Holiday	2:40
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