The Complete Decca Recordings

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1Easy Living
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (on 1947-02-13) and Toots Mondello (on 1947-02-13)
double bass:
Bob Haggart (on 1947-02-13)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1947-02-13)
guitar:
Dan Perry (guitarist) (on 1947-02-13)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1947-02-13)
reeds:
Bill Stegmeyer (on 1947-02-13)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1947-02-13) and Hank Ross (on 1947-02-13)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1947-02-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1947-02-13)
conductor:
Bob Haggart (on 1947-02-13)
recording of:
Easy Living (on 1947-02-13)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
43:13
2Solitude (alternate take)
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (on 1947-02-13) and Toots Mondello (on 1947-02-13)
double bass:
Bob Haggart (on 1947-02-13)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1947-02-13)
guitar:
Dan Perry (guitarist) (on 1947-02-13)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1947-02-13)
reeds:
Bill Stegmeyer (on 1947-02-13)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1947-02-13) and Hank Ross (on 1947-02-13)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1947-02-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1947-02-13)
conductor:
Bob Haggart (on 1947-02-13)
recording of:
(In My) Solitude (on 1947-02-13)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
3:15
3Solitude
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (on 1947-02-13) and Toots Mondello (on 1947-02-13)
double bass:
Bob Haggart (on 1947-02-13)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1947-02-13)
guitar:
Dan Perry (guitarist) (on 1947-02-13)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1947-02-13)
reeds:
Bill Stegmeyer (on 1947-02-13)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1947-02-13) and Hank Ross (on 1947-02-13)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1947-02-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1947-02-13)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1947-02-13)
conductor:
Bob Haggart (on 1947-02-13)
recording of:
(In My) Solitude (on 1947-02-13)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
43:10
4Weep No More
double bass:
John Levy (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1948-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Denzil Best (on 1948-12-10)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1948-12-10)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1948-12-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1948-12-10)
recording of:
Weep No More (on 1948-12-10)
lyricist:
Thomas Adair
composer:
Gordon Jenkins
3:21
5Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys
double bass:
John Levy (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1948-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Denzil Best (on 1948-12-10)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1948-12-10)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1948-12-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1948-12-10)
recording of:
Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys (on 1948-12-10)
writer:
Ralph Blane
3:14
6I Loves You, Porgy
double bass:
John Levy (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1948-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Denzil Best (on 1948-12-10)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1948-12-10)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1948-12-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1948-12-10)
recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1948-12-10)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
2:58
7My Man (a.k.a. Mon homme) (alternate take)
double bass:
John Levy (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1948-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Denzil Best (on 1948-12-10)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1948-12-10)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1948-12-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1948-12-10)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1948-12-10)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
3:11
8My Man (a.k.a. Mon homme)
double bass:
John Levy (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1948-12-10)
drums (drum set):
Denzil Best (on 1948-12-10)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1948-12-10)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1948-12-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1948-12-10)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1948-12-10)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
2:57
9’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do (alternate take)
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-17) and Rudy Powell (on 1949-08-17)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Moore (on 1949-08-17)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1949-08-17)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1949-08-17)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-08-17) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1949-08-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1949-08-17)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1949-08-17), Buck Clayton (on 1949-08-17) and Jimmy Nottingham (on 1949-08-17)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
conductor:
Buster Harding (on 1949-08-17)
cover recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:18
10’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-17) and Rudy Powell (on 1949-08-17)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Moore (on 1949-08-17)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1949-08-17)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1949-08-17)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-08-17) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1949-08-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1949-08-17)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1949-08-17), Buck Clayton (on 1949-08-17) and Jimmy Nottingham (on 1949-08-17)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
conductor:
Buster Harding (on 1949-08-17)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
recording of:
Ain't Nobody's Business
writer:
William York
3:21
11Baby Get Lost
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-17) and Rudy Powell (on 1949-08-17)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Moore (on 1949-08-17)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1949-08-17)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1949-08-17)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-08-17) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1949-08-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1949-08-17)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1949-08-17), Buck Clayton (on 1949-08-17) and Jimmy Nottingham (on 1949-08-17)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
conductor:
Buster Harding (on 1949-08-17)
recording of:
Baby Get Lost (on 1949-08-17)
writer:
Leonard Feather and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
3:16
12Keeps on A-Rainin’
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-29) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-08-29)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1949-08-29)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-08-29)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-29)
reeds:
Eddie Barefield (on 1949-08-29)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1949-08-29) and Freddie Williams (on 1949-08-29)
trombone:
Mort Bullman (on 1949-08-29) and Henderson Chambers (on 1949-08-29)
trumpet:
Tony Faso (on 1949-08-29), Bernie Privin (on 1949-08-29) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1949-08-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-29)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-08-29)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-08-29)
recording of:
Keeps On a‐Rainin’ (on 1949-08-29)
writer:
Max Kortlander and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:16
13Them There Eyes
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-29) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-08-29)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1949-08-29)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-08-29)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-29)
reeds:
Eddie Barefield (on 1949-08-29)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1949-08-29) and Freddie Williams (on 1949-08-29)
trombone:
Mort Bullman (on 1949-08-29) and Henderson Chambers (on 1949-08-29)
trumpet:
Tony Faso (on 1949-08-29), Bernie Privin (on 1949-08-29) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1949-08-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-29)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-08-29)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-08-29)
recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1949-08-29)
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)
42:51
14Do Your Duty
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1949-09-08) and George Dorsey (on 1949-09-08)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1949-09-08)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-08)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1949-09-08)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-08)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-09-08)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1949-09-08) and Freddie Williams (on 1949-09-08)
trombone:
Mort Bullman (on 1949-09-08) and Henderson Chambers (on 1949-09-08)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1949-09-08), Tony Faso (on 1949-09-08) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1949-09-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-08)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-09-08)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-09-08)
recording of:
Do Your Duty (on 1949-09-08)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
3:17
15Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1949-09-08) and George Dorsey (on 1949-09-08)
baritone saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1949-09-08)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-08)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1949-09-08)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-08)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-09-08)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1949-09-08) and Freddie Williams (on 1949-09-08)
trombone:
Mort Bullman (on 1949-09-08) and Henderson Chambers (on 1949-09-08)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1949-09-08), Tony Faso (on 1949-09-08) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1949-09-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-08)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-09-08)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-09-08)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1949-09-08)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
2:45
16You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
alto saxophone:
Sid Cooper (flute & clarinet player) (on 1949-09-30) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-09-30)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1949-09-30)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-30)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1949-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1949-09-30) and Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
trumpet:
Bernie Privin (on 1949-09-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-30)
recording of:
You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart (on 1949-09-30)
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:15
17My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
alto saxophone:
Sid Cooper (flute & clarinet player) (on 1949-09-30) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-09-30)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1949-09-30)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-30)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1949-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1949-09-30) and Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
trumpet:
Bernie Privin (on 1949-09-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-30)
recording of:
My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash (on 1949-09-30)
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
3:20
18Now or Never
alto saxophone:
Sid Cooper (flute & clarinet player) (on 1949-09-30) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-09-30)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1949-09-30)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-30)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1949-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1949-09-30) and Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
trumpet:
Bernie Privin (on 1949-09-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-30)
recording of:
Now or Never (on 1949-09-30)
writer:
Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis (US songwriter)
3:17
19You're My Thrill
double bass:
Jack Lesberg (on 1949-10-19)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1949-10-19)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1949-10-19)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1949-10-19)
reeds:
Milt Yaner (on 1949-10-19)
trumpet:
Bobby Hackett (on 1949-10-19)
woodwind:
John Fulton (on 1949-10-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
You’re My Thrill (on 1949-10-19)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Jay Gorney
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Gorney Music Publisher, Next Decade Entertainment, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), WC Music Corp., 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)
43:25
20Crazy He Calls Me
double bass:
Jack Lesberg (on 1949-10-19)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1949-10-19)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1949-10-19)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1949-10-19)
reeds:
Milt Yaner (on 1949-10-19)
trumpet:
Bobby Hackett (on 1949-10-19)
woodwind:
John Fulton (on 1949-10-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me (on 1949-10-19)
lyricist:
Sidney Keith Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
3.653:05
21Please Tell Me Now
double bass:
Jack Lesberg (on 1949-10-19)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1949-10-19)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1949-10-19)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1949-10-19)
reeds:
Milt Yaner (on 1949-10-19)
trumpet:
Bobby Hackett (on 1949-10-19)
woodwind:
John Fulton (on 1949-10-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
3:15
22Somebody’s on My Mind
double bass:
Jack Lesberg (on 1949-10-19)
drums (drum set):
Norris "Bunny" Shawker (on 1949-10-19)
guitar:
Tony Mottola (on 1949-10-19)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1949-10-19)
reeds:
Milt Yaner (on 1949-10-19)
trumpet:
Bobby Hackett (on 1949-10-19)
woodwind:
John Fulton (on 1949-10-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
Somebody's on My Mind (on 1949-10-19)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
2:58
23God Bless the Child
engineered in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-03-08)
double bass:
Lou Butterman (on 1950-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1950-03-08)
flute and tenor saxophone:
Dick 'Dent' Eckles (on 1950-03-08)
guitar:
Bob Bain (guitarist) (on 1950-03-08)
piano:
Charles LaVere (on 1950-03-08)
choir vocals:
The Gordon Jenkins Singers (on 1950-03-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1950-03-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1950)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1950-03-08)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
43:11
24This Is Heaven to Me
double bass:
Lou Butterman (on 1950-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1950-03-08)
flute and tenor saxophone:
Dick 'Dent' Eckles (on 1950-03-08)
guitar:
Bob Bain (guitarist) (on 1950-03-08)
piano:
Charles LaVere (on 1950-03-08)
choir vocals:
The Gordon Jenkins Singers (on 1950-03-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1950-03-08)
2:52