100 Hits Legends: Billie Holiday

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

Annotation

in a slipover cardboard cover

Annotation last modified on 2017-10-24 20:26 UTC.

Tracklist

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1I Wished on the Moon
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1935)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1935)
recording of:
I Wished on the Moon
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:08
2A Sailboat in the Moonlight
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
Sailboat in the Moonlight
writer:
John Jacob Loeb and Carmen Lombardo
2:50
3Billie’s Blues
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1936)
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
2:39
4You Go to My Head
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1938)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1938)
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.
2:55
5It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1936)
recording of:
It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
composer:
Gerald Marqusee and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:22
6Sentimental and Melancholy
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
Sentimental and Melancholy
writer:
Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
2:38
7Summertime
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1936)
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)
2:55
8A Fine Romance
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1936)
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
2:51
9Carelessly
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-03-31)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-03-31)
recording of:
Carelessly (on 1937-03-31)
writer:
Norman Ellis (songwriter), Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
3:07
10Who Loves You?
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1936)
recording of:
Who Loves You?
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
J. Fred Coots
3:13
11Moanin’ Low
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
Moanin’ Low
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
3:03
12I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1936)
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:27
13I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1937)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2:56
14This Year’s Kisses
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3:09
15He’s Funny That Way
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
She’s Funny That Way
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (composer) (in 1928)
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
2:40
16When You’re Smiling
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1938)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1938)
recording of:
When You’re Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You)
lyricist:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter) and Joe Goodwin
composer:
Larry Shay
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
2:51
17I’ll Get By
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1937)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1937)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
3:08
18Fine and Mellow
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1939)
orchestra:
Frankie Newton and Orchestra (in 1939)
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)
3:17
19Yesterdays
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1939)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1939)
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
3:24
20Strange Fruit
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1939)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1939)
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
3:13
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Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Demon Music Group Ltd. (for release labels, use “Demon Music Group”; subsidiary of BBC Studios Distribution) (in 2010)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5996077 [info]
ASIN:UK: B003QLEDV2 [info]

Release group

part of:100 Hits Legends (number: 17) (order: 15)