The Great Jazz Vocalists (discs 1 & 2)

~ Release by Billie Holiday / Ray Charles / Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

3-CD set; incomplete.

Cat# / Barcode (CD 1): TRIP009A / 5029956503323
Cat# / Barcode (CD 2): TRIP009B / 5029956503422
Cat# / Barcode (CD 3): TRIP009C / 5029956503521

Annotation last modified on 2025-11-22 00:47 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Billie Holiday
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What 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.
Billie Holiday3:03
2Miss Brown to You
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1935-07-02)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-02)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
Miss Brown to You (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Billie Holiday3:04
3Twenty Four Hours a Day
recording of:
Twenty-Four Hours a Day (on 1935-10-25)
writer:
James F. Hanley and Arthur Swanstrom
Billie Holiday3:06
4Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
recording of:
Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
composer:
Bernie Hanighen
Billie Holiday2:49
5If You Were Mine
recording of:
If You Were Mine (from “To Beat the Band”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
Billie Holiday3:16
6These ’n’ That ’n’ Those
recording of:
These ’n’ That ’n’ Those
lyricist:
Milton Pascal
composer:
Edgar Fairchild
Billie Holiday3:17
7Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
recording of:
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Billie Holiday2:59
8Let’s Call a Heart a Heart
recording of:
Let’s Call a Heart a Heart
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:01
9Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
recording of:
Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
lyricist:
Tot Seymour
composer:
Vee Lawnhurst
Billie Holiday2:18
10I Wish I Had You
recording of:
I Wish I Had You
writer:
Bud Green, Al Stillman and Claude Thornhill
Billie Holiday2:57
11I’ll Never Fail You
recording of:
I’ll Never Fail You
lyricist:
Irving Taylor
composer:
Vic Mizzy (US television & movie composer)
Billie Holiday3:00
12You’re Gonna See a Lot of Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-11-28)
alto saxophone:
Ted Buckner (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1938-11-28) and Toots Mondello (on 1938-11-28)
cornet:
Bobby Hackett (on 1938-11-28)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1938-11-28)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1938-11-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-11-28)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1938-11-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1938-11-28) and Bud Freeman (on 1938-11-28)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1938-11-28)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1938-11-28)
performer:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1938-11-28)
recording of:
You're Gonna See a Lot of Me (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist:
Al Goodhart
writer:
Manny Kurtz
composer:
A. Hoffman
Billie Holiday2:57
13Hello, My Darling
recording of:
Hello, My Darling (from the film “Zaza”)
writer:
Frederick Hollander and Frank Loesser
Billie Holiday2:40
14Let’s Dream in the Moonlight
recording of:
Let's Dream in the Moonlight
writer:
Matty Malneck and Raoul Walsh
Billie Holiday2:52
15More Than You Know
recording of:
More Than You Know
lyricist:
Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Intersong Music, LSQ Music Co., Miller Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (, until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
Great Day!
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Billie Holiday3:08
16Night and Day
cover 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
Billie Holiday3:07
17What Is This Going to Get Us
recording of:
What Is This Going to Get Us?
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
Billie Holiday2:45
18Loveless Love
recording of:
Loveless Love
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
Billie Holiday3:20
19Georgia 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)
Billie Holiday3:04
20Romance in the Dark
recording of:
Romance in the Dark
writer:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Auteur, Big Bill Broonzy, Bud Green and Gertrude Niesen
Billie Holiday2:25
2▶CD: Ray Charles