Billie Holiday - The Billie Holiday Songbook FLAC download

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1	Good Morning Heartache Written-By – Dan Fisher, Erwin Drake*, Irene Higginbotham	3:28
2	My Man Written-By – Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain	2:36
3	Billie's Blues	3:26
4	What A Litle Moonlight Can Do Written-By – Harry Woods	3:11
5	Don't Explain Written-By – Arthur Herzog*	2:33
6	Lady Sings The Blues Written-By – Herbie Nichols	3:44
7	Lover Man Written-By – Jimmy Davis, James Sherman*, Ram Ramirez*	2:57
8	God Bless The Child Written-By – Arthur Herzog*	3:58
9	Fine And Mellow	3:25
10	I Cried For You Written-By – Abe Lyman, Alfred Freed*, Gus Arnheim	2:27
11	Strange Fruit Written-By – Lewis Allan	3:03
12	Stormy Blues	3:24
13	Trav'lin' Light Written-By – Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer, Trummy Young	3:08
14	I Cover The Waterfront Written-By – Edward Heyman, Johnny Green	3:47

Credits

• Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 11, 13), Carson Smith (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 10, 14), Milt Hinton (tracks: 7), Ray Brown (tracks: 2, 4, 10), Red Callender (tracks: 12)
• Clarinet – Tony Scott (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14)
• Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 12, 14), Don Lamond (tracks: 7), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks: 4, 10), Gus Johnson (tracks: 2), Lenny McBrowne (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10, 13)
• Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 12), Freddie Green (tracks: 2), Herb Ellis (tracks: 4, 10), Kenny Burrell (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14)
• Piano – Bobby Tucker (tracks: 12), Carl Drinkard (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 14), Mal Waldron (tracks: 7), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2, 4. 10), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 11, 13)
• Producer – Leonard Feather (tracks: 7), Norman Granz
• Reissue Producer – Richard Seidel
• Saxophone [Alto] – Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 12)
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Al Cohn (tracks: 8, 14), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 3), Paul Quinichette (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 13)
• Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: 7, 9, 14), Charlie Shavers (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13), Harry Edison (tracks: 12), Joe Newman (tracks: 2), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 3)
• Vocals – Billie Holiday
• Written-By – Billie Holiday (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12)

Notes

1, 6, 8, 11, 13 recorded June 7, 1956 in New York
2 recorded July 27, 1952 in New York
3, 5, 9, 14 recorded November 10, 1956 in New York
4, 10 recorded April 14, 1954 in New York
7 recorded live September 26, 1958 in Connecticut
12 recorded September 3, 1954 in Los Angeles

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 042282324627

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
823 246-1	Billie Holiday	The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp)	Verve Records	823 246-1	Germany	1985
P4 23246	Billie Holiday	The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(Cass, Comp, Club, RM, Dol)	Verve Records	P4 23246	US	1985
823 246-1	Billie Holiday	The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp)	Verve Records	823 246-1	Germany	1985
831 666-1, 831666-1	Billie Holiday	The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE)	Verve Records, Verve Records	831 666-1, 831666-1	Brazil	1987
831666-1, 831 666-1	Billie Holiday	The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RM)	Verve Records, Verve Records	831666-1, 831 666-1	Brazil	1987