The Great Vocalists of Jazz & Entertainment: Blue Skies

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1One Never Knows, Does One?
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One?
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
Billie Holiday3:02
2Carelessly
recording of:
Carelessly
writer:
Norman Ellis (songwriter), Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
Billie Holiday3:05
3It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
It’s Like Reaching for the Moon (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
composer:
Gerald Marqusee and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:21
4Blues (Big City Blues) (Saddest Tale)
recording of:
Blues
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Billie Holiday2:27
5What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
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 (on 1935-07-02)
arranger:
Teddy Wilson
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1935-07-02)
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 Holiday53:00
6I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Billie Holiday2:55
7The Moon That I’m In
recording of:
The Mood That I'm In
writer:
Al Sherman (jazz trombone) and Abner Silver
Billie Holiday3:00
8Moonin’ Low
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1937-03-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-03-31)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-03-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-03-31)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1937-03-31)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1937-03-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-03-31)
recording of:
Moanin’ Low (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
Billie Holiday3:04
9How Could You?
recording of:
How Could You?
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Billie Holiday2:28
10They Can’t Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Billie Holiday3:03
11Born to Love
recording of:
Born to Love
writer:
M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl
Billie Holiday2:38
12Swing Brother Swing
recording of:
Swing, Brother, Swing
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr., Raymond Lewis and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Billie Holiday1:51
13Yours and Mine
Billie Holiday3:19
14Mean to Me
recording of:
Mean to Me (on 1937-05-11)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Billie Holiday43:08
15I’ll Never Be the Same
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-06-01)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1937-06-01)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-01)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-06-01)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-06-01)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-06-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-01)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-06-01)
recording of:
I’ll Never Be the Same (on 1937-06-01)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and France Mélodie
Billie Holiday43:03
16A Sailboat in the Moonlight
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1937-06-15)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-06-15)
piano:
James Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (on 1937-06-15)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-06-15)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-06-15)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-15)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1937-06-15)
recording of:
Sailboat in the Moonlight (on 1937-06-15)
writer:
John Jacob Loeb and Carmen Lombardo
Billie Holiday42:49
17Who Wants Love?
recording of:
Who Wants Love? (on 1937-09-13)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Franz Waxman
Billie Holiday42:33
18Ma Man
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1937-11-01)
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
Billie Holiday3:02
19Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
recording of:
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat) (on 1937-11-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co.
medley of:
Selections from "Show boat"
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Billie Holiday3:16
20I Can’t Get Started With You
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1938-09-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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)
Billie Holiday2:47
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ASIN:DE: B000XHB9EG [info]

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part of:The Great Vocalists of Jazz & Entertainment (number: 20) (order: 20)