Classic Jazz Archive: Billie Holiday

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Fine Romance
#TitleRatingLength
1Your Mother's Son-In-Law
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1933-11-27)
recording of:
Your Mothers Son-In-Law (on 1933-11-27)
composer:
Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
2:45
2Riffin' The Scotch
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1933-12-18)
2:32
3I Wished On The Moon
recording of:
I Wished on the Moon
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:07
4What A Little Moonlight Can Do
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
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.
3:01
5I'm Painting The Town Red
recording of:
I’m Painting the Town Red (on 1935-07-31)
lyricist:
Charles Newman (Charles Chas Newman, early 20th century songwriter) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
composer:
Sam H. Stept
3:01
6Life Begins When You're In Love
3:04
7These Foolish Things
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
33:19
8Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
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, Inc.), 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)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:55
9Billie's Blues
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1936-07-10)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (jazz bassist) (on 1936-07-10)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-07-10)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-07-10)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1936-07-10)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-07-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-07-10)
recording of:
Billie’s Blues (on 1936-07-10)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
42:40
10A Fine Romance
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-09-29)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
2:51
11I Can't Give You Anything But Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:28
12I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-12)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Edgar Sampson (on 1937-01-12)
double bass and double bass [string bass]:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-01-12)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-01-12)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-12)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1937-01-12)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1937-01-12)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-01-12)
performer:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1937-01-12)
recording of:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (on 1937-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1937)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2:57
13If My Heart Could Only Talk3:05
14Why Was I Born?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-25)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1937-01-25)
double bass [string 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:
Why Was I Born? (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
2:51
15I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:55
16My Last Affair
3:10
17How Could You?
recording of:
How Could You? (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:29
18Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”) (on 1937-04-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
translated version of:
Vamos a dejarlo ya (Let's Call the Whole Thing Off)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
2:37
19They Can't Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”) (on 1937-04-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:04
20Sun Showers
recording of:
Sun Showers
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
3:06
21Yours And Mine
3:15
22I'll Get By
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
3:09
23Mean To Me
recording of:
Mean to Me (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
43:08
24Foolin' Myself
recording of:
Foolin’ Myself (on 1937-06-01)
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
publisher:
Chappell Music Co. Inc.
53:00
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