The Very Best of Billie Holiday

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
2:44
2God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
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)
3:10
3Do Your Duty
recording of:
Do Your Duty
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
3:18
4There Is No Greater Love
recording of:
There Is No Greater Love
lyricist:
Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Banta Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and World Music, Inc.
3:00
5You Better Go Now
recording of:
You Better Go Now
writer:
Irvin Graham and Bickley Reichner
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc. (publisher)
2:44
6You Go to My Head
recording of:
You Go to My Head
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1938)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co., Remick Music Corp., Toy Town Tunes, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros. Music Corp.
2:56
7Practice Makes Perfect
recording of:
Practice Makes Perfect
composer:
Ernest Gold and Don Roberts (Jazz guitarist)
2:22
8No Regrets
2:28
9On the Sentimental Side
recording of:
On the Sentimental Side
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
James V. Monaco
2:54
10I’m in a Low Down Groove
recording of:
I'm in a Low Down Groove
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:57
11Embraceable You
recording of:
Embraceable You
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:17
12I Loves You (Porgy)
2:55
13Mandy Is Two
recording of:
Mandy Is Two
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Fulton McGrath
2:59
14All of Me
recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
3:52
15Now or Never
recording of:
Now or Never
writer:
Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis (US songwriter)
3:19
16Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
3:22
17The Blues Are Brewin’
recording of:
The Blues Are Brewin’
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Louis Alter
3:03
18I Only Have Eyes for You
recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!)
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)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
2:54
19Them There Eyes
recording of:
Them There Eyes
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)
2:51
20Strange Fruit
recording of:
Strange Fruit
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
2:55
21Georgia on My Mind
cover recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:05
22Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
3:03
23Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
2:31
24Summertime
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)
2:46
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1Love Me or Leave Me
recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
3:06
2Nice Work If You Can Get It
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
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)
2:56
3Night and Day
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
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
2:48
4Body and Soul
recording of:
Body and Soul
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)
2:44
5The Very Thought of You
recording of:
The Very Thought of You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:34
6Miss Brown to You
recording of:
Miss Brown to You
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
2:54
7A Sailboat in the Moonlight
recording of:
Sailboat in the Moonlight
writer:
John Jacob Loeb and Carmen Lombardo
2:44
8Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
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
3:12
9Fine and Mellow
recording of:
Fine and Mellow
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:01
10Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
2:58
11I Can’t Pretend
recording of:
I Can’t Pretend
writer:
W. Edward Breuder (aka Eddy Breuder), Paul Rusincky and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
2:51
12One, Two, Button Your Shoe
recording of:
One, Two, Button Your Shoe (from “Pennies From Heaven”)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
2:36
13With Thee I Swing
recording of:
With Thee I Swing
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Basil Adlam (composer, author, arranger, musical director, producer and saxophonist) and Alex Hyde
3:03
14Who Loves You?
recording of:
Who Loves You?
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
J. Fred Coots
2:58
15You Go to My Head
recording of:
You Go to My Head
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1938)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co., Remick Music Corp., Toy Town Tunes, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros. Music Corp.
2:40
16Who Wants Love?
recording of:
Who Wants Love?
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Franz Waxman
2:29
17Moanin’ Low
recording of:
Moanin’ Low
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
3:04
18You’re a Lucky Guy
recording of:
You're a Lucky Guy
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
2:33
19Ghost of Yesterday
recording of:
Ghost of Yesterday
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
2:23
20Laughing at Life
recording of:
Laughing at Life
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist), Nick Kenny, Bob Todd and Cornell Todd
2:43
21Back in Your Own Back Yard
recording of:
Back in Your Own Back Yard
additional lyricist:
Al Jolson
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Dave Dreyer
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
2:30
22If I Were You
2:15
23Having Myself a Time
recording of:
Havin’ Myself a Time
writer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
2:18
24I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (& Throw Away the Key)
1:59
25Falling in Love Again
2:35
26What 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.
2:51