The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra 1939-1940

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1Why Did I Always Depend on You?
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-03-21)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-03-21)
piano:
Ken Kersey (on 1939-03-21)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-03-21) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-03-21)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1939-03-21)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-03-21)
recording of:
Why Did I Always Depend on You? (on 1939-03-21)
writer:
Teddy McRae
2:36
2Long Gone Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-03-21)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-03-21)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-03-21)
piano:
Kenny Kersey (on 1939-03-21)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-03-21) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-03-21)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1939-03-21)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-03-21)
recording of:
Long Gone Blues (on 1939-03-21)
writer:
Billie Holiday
3:09
3Strange Fruit
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone and saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-04-20)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-04-20)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-04-20) and Stan Payne (on 1939-04-20)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-04-20)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1939, inducted: 2002) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 21)
recording of:
Strange Fruit (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
43:10
4Yesterdays
producer:
Milt Gabler (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-04-20)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-04-20)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-04-20) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-04-20)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-04-20)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-04-20)
orchestra:
The Frankie Newton Orchestra (on 1939-04-30)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1939-04-20)
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
3:22
5Fine and Mellow
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-04-20)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-04-20)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-04-20) and Stan Payne (on 1939-04-20)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-04-20)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-04-20)
orchestra:
The Frankie Newton Orchestra (on 1939-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:13
6I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone and saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-04-20)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-04-20)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-04-20)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-04-20) and Stan Payne (on 1939-04-20)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-04-20)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick World Broadcasting Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-20)
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
2:50
7Some Other Spring
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-07-05)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1939-07-05)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-07-05)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-07-05)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-07-05) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-07-05)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-07-05)
recording of:
Some Other Spring (on 1939-07-05)
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
3:05
8Our Love Is Different
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-07-05)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1939-07-05)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-07-05)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-07-05)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-07-05) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-07-05)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-07-05)
3:17
9Them There Eyes
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-07-05)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1939-07-05)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-07-05)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-07-05)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-07-05) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-07-05)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-07-05)
recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1939-07-05)
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), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
2:53
10Swing, Brother, Swing
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-07-05)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1939-07-05)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1939-07-05)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-07-05)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-07-05) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-07-05)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-05)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-07-05)
recording of:
Swing, Brother, Swing (on 1939-07-05)
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr., Raymond Lewis and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
2:59
11Night and Day
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-12-13)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry Edison (on 1939-12-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
43:01
12The Man I Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-12-13)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry Edison (on 1939-12-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-12-13)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
The Man I Love (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
43:09
13You're Just a No Account
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
You’re Just a No Account (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
3:01
14You're a Lucky Guy
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
You're a Lucky Guy (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
2:48
15Ghost of Yesterday
alto saxophone:
Carl Frye (on 1940-02-29) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1940-02-29)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1940-02-29)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1940-02-29)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1940-02-29)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-02-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-02-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-02-29)
recording of:
Ghost of Yesterday (on 1940-02-29)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
2:41
16Body and Soul
alto saxophone:
Carl Frye (on 1940-02-29) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1940-02-29)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1940-02-29)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1940-02-29)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1940-02-29)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-02-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-02-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-02-29)
recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1940-02-29)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:02
17What Is This Going to Get Us?
alto saxophone:
Carl Frye (on 1940-02-29) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1940-02-29)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1940-02-29)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1940-02-29)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1940-02-29)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-02-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-02-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-02-29)
recording of:
What Is This Going to Get Us? (on 1940-02-29)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
2:44
18Falling in Love Again
alto saxophone:
Carl Frye (on 1940-02-29) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1940-02-29)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1940-02-29)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1940-02-29)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1940-02-29)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-02-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-02-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-02-29)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) (on 1940-02-29)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
2:54
19I'm Pulling Through
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-07)
alto saxophone:
Bill Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07) and Joe Eldridge (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1940-06-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1940-06-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1940-06-07)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1940-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-06-07) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-06-07)
recording of:
I’m Pulling Through (on 1940-06-07)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
3:13
20Tell Me More
alto saxophone:
Bill Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07) and Joe Eldridge (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1940-06-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1940-06-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1940-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-06-07) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-06-07)
recording of:
Tell Me More! (on 1940-06-07)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Tell Me More!
3:11
21Laughing at Life
alto saxophone:
Bill Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07) and Joe Eldridge (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1940-06-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1940-06-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1940-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-06-07) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-06-07)
recording of:
Laughing at Life (on 1940-06-07)
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist), Nick Kenny, Bob Todd and Cornell Todd
2:58
22Time on My Hands
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-07)
alto saxophone:
Bill Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07) and Joe Eldridge (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1940-06-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1940-06-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1940-06-07)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1940-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Kermit Scott (on 1940-06-07), Kermitt Scott (on 1940-06-07) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1940-06-07)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1940-06-07)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1940-06-07)
recording of:
Time on My Hands (on 1940-06-07)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
3:04

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 601) (order: 110)