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
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1Nice Work If You Can Get It
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (in 1955)
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)
34:05
2Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It
10:41
3Mandy Is Two
recording of:
Mandy Is Two (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Fulton McGrath
24:32
4Prelude to a Kiss
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss (in 1955)
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.
42:48
5I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (in 1955)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
31:06
6Jeepers Creepers
recording of:
Jeepers Creepers (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
writer:
Richard A. Whiting
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
The 11th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1938 nominee)
12:13
7Jeepers Creepers
recording of:
Jeepers Creepers (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
writer:
Richard A. Whiting
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
The 11th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1938 nominee)
20:51
8Discussion; Jeepers Creepers
13:25
9Discussion; Jeepers Creepers
12:28
10Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (in 1955)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
11:57
11Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (in 1955)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
12:58
12Discussion; Moonlight in Vermont
20:52
13Misery
recording of:
Misery (in 1955)
composer:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
10:36
14Restless
recording of:
Restless (in 1955)
writer:
Sam Coslow and Tom Satterfield (pianist)
12:45
15Moonlight in Vermont
recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont (in 1955)
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Chappell, Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), 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)
12:02
16Everything Happens to Me
recording of:
Everything Happens to Me (in 1955)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Commander Publications, Dorsey Brothers Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
13:26
17[discussion]
10:37
18I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
24:25
19I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Victor Schertzinger
12:27
20Discussion; I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
15:34
21Everything Happens to Me
recording of:
Everything Happens to Me (in 1955)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Commander Publications, Dorsey Brothers Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
13:00
22[discussion]
11:49
23When You Are Away, Dear
recording of:
When You Are Away, Dear (in 1955)
writer:
Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert (American composer)
11:41
24[discussion]
10:49
25It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You (in 1955)
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)
11:56
26The Mood That I’m In
recording of:
The Mood That I'm In (in 1955)
writer:
Al Sherman (jazz trombone) and Abner Silver
10:32
27Gone With the Wind
recording of:
Gone With the Wind (in 1955)
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)
11:38
28I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (in 1955)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
13:17
29[discussion]
12:31
30A Sunbonnet Blue
recording of:
A Sunbonnet Blue (in 1955)
writer:
Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
10:07
31(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (in 1955)
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.
11:33
32[discussion]
12:15
33I’m Walkin’ Through Heaven With You
recording of:
I’m Walking Through Heaven With You (in 1955)
lyricist:
Rozz Gordon
composer:
Joe Turner (Jazz pianist, 1907–1990)
12:06
34[discussion]
10:42
35Just Friends
recording of:
Just Friends (in 1955)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
11:02
36The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You (in 1955)
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
11:06
37[discussion]
10:27
38It’s Too Hot for Words
recording of:
It’s Too Hot for Words (in 1955)
writer:
Teddy Powell, Walter Samuels and Leonard Whitcup
10:21
39They Say
recording of:
They Say (in 1955)
writer:
Edward Heyman, Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Stephan Weiss
12:26
40I Won’t Believe It
recording of:
I Won't Believe It I Don't Want to Cry Any More (in 1955)
writer:
Martin Block (composer), J. Russel Robinson and Victor Selsman
10:20
5▶CD: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
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