The Best of Billie Holiday

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Nice 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)
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2Love 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)
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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
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4Falling in Love Again
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5That’s Life I Guess
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
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6I Can’t Give You Anything But
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7If My Heart Could Only Talk
recording of:
If My Heart Could Only Talk
lyricist:
Leonard Whitcup
composer:
Teddy Powell and Walter G. Samuels
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8This Year’s Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
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9Why Was I Born?
recording of:
Why Was I Born?
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
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10I Must Have That Man
recording of:
I Must Have That Man
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
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11Sentimental and Melancholy
recording of:
Sentimental and Melancholy
writer:
Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
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12(This Is) My Last Affair
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13Carelessly
recording of:
Carelessly
writer:
Norman Ellis (songwriter), Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
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14How Could You?
recording of:
How Could You?
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
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15Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
translated version of:
Vamos a dejarlo ya (Let's Call the Whole Thing Off)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
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16They Can’t Take That Away From
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)
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17I Don’t Know If I’m Comin’ Or
recording of:
Don't Know If I’m Comin’ or Goin’
writer:
Lupin Fien and Lee Wainer
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18Yours and Mine
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19I’ll Get By (As long as I Have)
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20Mean to Me
recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
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21Foolin’ Myself
recording of:
Foolin’ Myself
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
publisher:
Chappell Music Co. Inc.
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22I’ll Never Be the Same
recording of:
I’ll Never Be the Same
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and France Mélodie
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23Te Way You Look Tonight
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (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:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
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)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
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24I Can’t Believe That You’re In
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25He’s Funny That Way
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.
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