The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Includes a 220-page book.

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-21 20:44 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts 1945–1947 / 1952 Los Angeles Studio Session
2▶CD: 1952 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1954 Jazz Club USA Concert - Germany
3▶CD: 1954 Jazz Club U.S.A. Concert (conclusion) / 1954 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1955 New York Studio Session
4▶CD: 1955 Rehearsal at Artie Shapiro’s Home
5▼CD: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
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1I Don’t Want to Cry Any More (take 1 — false start)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
10:32
2I Don’t Want to Cry Any More (take 2 — master take)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
43:55
3Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss (take 1 — false start)
10:14
4Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss (take 2 — incomplete)
10:52
5Prelude to a Kiss (take 3 — master take)
vocals:
Billie Holiday
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter) (in 1938) and Irving Mills (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
publisher:
J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
45:35
6(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
44:29
7When Your Lover Has Gone (take 1 — incomplete)
recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
10:50
8Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone (take 2 — incomplete)
11:01
9[studio talk]
10:24
10When Your Lover Has Gone (take 3 — master take)
recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
34:59
11Gone With the Wind
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-08-23)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Gone With the Wind (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
33:26
12[studio talk]
10:10
13Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
44:21
14It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
54:02
15[studio talk]
10:08
16Nice Work If You Can Get It
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
53:51
17Come Rain or Come Shine
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-08-25)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (on 1955-08-25)
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
44:24
18I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
45:53
19What’s New
recording of:
What’s New? (on 1955-08-25)
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!)
34:18
20A Fine Romance (take 1 — incomplete)
partial cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
10:47
21A Fine Romance (take 2 — alternate)
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
42:45
22A Fine Romance (take 3 — false start)
partial cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
10:18
23A Fine Romance (take 4 — incomplete)
partial cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
31:16
24A Fine Romance (take 5 — incomplete)
partial cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
43:19
25A Fine Romance (take 6 — false start)
partial cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
10:26
26A Fine Romance (take 7 — incomplete)
partial cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
43:13
27A Fine Romance (take 8 — master take)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1954-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1954-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1954-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1954-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1954-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1954-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-08-25)
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
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)
43:35
28[studio talk]
10:06
29I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
recording of:
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
44:03
6▶CD: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Session (conclusion) / 1956 Rehearsal at the Duftys’ Home
7▶CD: 1956 New York & Los Angeles Studio Sessions
8▶CD: 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert / 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
9▶CD: 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
10▶CD: 1957 Newport Jazz Festival / 1958 Seven Ages of Jazz Concert / 1959 New York Studio Sessions With Ray Ellis