The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1949-1951

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

Tracklist

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1'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-17) and Rudy Powell (on 1949-08-17)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Moore (on 1949-08-17)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1949-08-17)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1949-08-17)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-08-17) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1949-08-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1949-08-17)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1949-08-17), Buck Clayton (on 1949-08-17) and Jimmy Nottingham (on 1949-08-17)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
conductor:
Buster Harding (on 1949-08-17)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
recording of:
Ain't Nobody's Business
writer:
William York
Billie Holiday3:22
2Baby Get Lost
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
recording of:
Baby Get Lost (on 1949-08-17)
writer:
Leonard Feather and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
Billie Holiday3:17
3Keeps on Rainin'
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-29)
recording of:
Keeps On a‐Rainin’ (on 1949-08-29)
writer:
Max Kortlander and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Billie Holiday3:17
4Them There Eyes
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-29)
recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1949-08-29)
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)
Billie Holiday2:52
5Do Your Duty
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-08)
recording of:
Do Your Duty (on 1949-09-08)
writer:
Wesley A. Wilson
Billie Holiday3:18
6Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-08)
recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (on 1949-09-08)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
Billie Holiday2:46
7You Can't Lose a Broken Heart
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-09-30)
alto saxophone:
Sid Cooper (flute & clarinet player) (on 1949-09-30) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-09-30)
baritone saxophone:
Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1949-09-30)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-30)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1949-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1949-09-30) and Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
trumpet:
Bernard Privin (on 1949-09-30)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1949-09-30) and Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-30)
orchestra:
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (on 1949-09-30)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-09-30)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart (on 1949-09-30)
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong3:16
8My Sweet Hunk O'Trash
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-09-30)
alto saxophone:
Sid Cooper (flute & clarinet player) (on 1949-09-30) and Johnny Mince (on 1949-09-30)
baritone saxophone:
Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1949-09-30)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1949-09-30)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1949-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1949-09-30) and Pat Nizza (on 1949-09-30)
trumpet:
Bernard Privin (on 1949-09-30)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1949-09-30) and Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-30)
orchestra:
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (on 1949-09-30)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1949-09-30)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash (on 1949-09-30)
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong3:22
9Now or Never
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-09-30)
recording of:
Now or Never (on 1949-09-30)
writer:
Billie Holiday and Curtis Lewis (US songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:19
10You're My Thrill
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
You’re My Thrill (on 1949-10-19)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Jay Gorney
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Gorney Music Publisher, Next Decade Entertainment, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), WC Music Corp., 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 Holiday3:26
11Crazy He Calls Me
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
Crazy He Calls Me (on 1949-10-19)
lyricist:
Sidney Keith Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Harrison Music Corp., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Billie Holiday3:06
12Please Tell Me Now
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
Billie Holiday3:16
13Somebody's on My Mind
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-10-19)
recording of:
Somebody's on My Mind (on 1949-10-19)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday2:59
14God Bless the Child
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1950-03-08)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1950-03-08)
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)
Billie Holiday3:12
15This Is Heaven to Me
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1950-03-08)
Billie Holiday2:54
16Be Fair to Me
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
Billie Holiday2:43
17Rocky Mountain Blues
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
Billie Holiday3:12
18Blue Turning Grey Over You
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
recording of:
Blue, Turning Grey Over You (on 1951-04-29)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Thomas Waller (Fats Waller)
Billie Holiday2:06
19Detour Ahead
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1951-04-29)
recording of:
Detour Ahead (on 1951-04-29)
composer:
Lou Carter (in 1947), Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (in 1947) and Johnny Frigo (US jazz musician) (in 1947)
publisher:
Woodrow Music
Billie Holiday3:06

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 1220) (order: 729)