Queens of Vocal Jazz

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Tracklist

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1Don’t Explain
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
Helen Merrill5:15
2Born to Be Blue
cover recording of:
Born to Be Blue
writer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and PW 3 ASCAP Songs
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present)) (ended), Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!) and ロックンロール ミュージック (Rock ’n’ Roll Music)
Helen Merrill5:18
3You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
producer:
Quincy Jones
baritone saxophone and bass clarinet:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1954-12-22)
bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1954-12-22)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1954-12-22)
instruments:
Osie Johnson (on 1954-12-22)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1954-12-22)
trumpet:
Clifford Brown (trumpet) (on 1954-12-22)
lead vocals:
Helen Merrill (on 1954-12-22)
conductor:
Quincy Jones
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
Fine Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-22)
cover recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (on 1954-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Helen Merrill4:24
4’s Wonderful
cover recording of:
’S Wonderful
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music Company Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Funny Face (1927 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Helen Merrill3:18
5Yesterdays
cover 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
Helen Merrill6:03
6Falling in Love With Love
cover recording of:
Falling in Love With Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Helen Merrill3:58
7What’s New
cover recording of:
What’s New?
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Helen Merrill5:06
8Like Someone in Love
Shirley Horn2:34
9He Never Mentioned Love
Shirley Horn3:23
10Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
Shirley Horn3:25
11I Thought About You
Shirley Horn3:06
12Mountain Greenery
Shirley Horn2:21
13God Bless the Child
Shirley Horn3:42
14Blue City
Shirley Horn3:37
15Day by Day
Shirley Horn2:37
16If I Should Lose You
Shirley Horn3:25
17Wild Is the Wind
Shirley Horn3:44
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