Description
Billie Holiday – The Complete Original American Decca Recordings / GRP Presents - The Legendary Masters of Jazz / Decca / 2 CDs
D 217027
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
| Label: | GRP – GRP 26012, MCA Records – GRP 26012 |
|---|---|
| Series: | GRP Presents The Legendary Masters Of Jazz |
| Format: |
2 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
|
| Country: | Germany |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Big Band, Swing |
Tracklist:
| 1-01 | Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) | 3:18 | |
| 1-02 | No More | 2:48 | |
| 1-03 | No More (Alternate) | 3:06 | |
| 1-04 | That Ole Devil Called Love | 2:55 | |
| 1-05 | Don't Explain (First Version) | 2:57 | |
| 1-06 | Big Stuff (First Version) | 2:29 | |
| 1-07 | Don't Explain | 3:24 | |
| 1-08 | Big Stuff (Second Version) | 3:00 | |
| 1-09 | You Better Go Now | 2:37 | |
| 1-10 | What Is This Thing Called Love | 3:07 | |
| 1-11 | Good Morning Heartache | 3:08 | |
| 1-12 | No Good Man (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 3:24 | |
| 1-13 | No Good Man | 3:08 | |
| 1-14 | Big Stuff (Previously Unissued Breakdown And Chatter) | 0:22 | |
| 1-15 | Big Stuff (Previously Unissued Third Version) | 2:47 | |
| 1-16 | Big Stuff | 2:32 | |
| 1-17 | Baby, I Don't Cry Over You (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 3:13 | |
| 1-18 | Baby, I Don't Cry Over You | 3:12 | |
| 1-19 | I'll Look Around (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 3:16 | |
| 1-20 | I'll Look Around | 3:15 | |
| 1-21 | The Blues Are Brewin' | 3:03 | |
| 1-22 | Guilty (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 2:53 | |
| 1-23 | Guilty (Previously Unissued Breakdown And Chatter) | 1:07 | |
| 1-24 | Guilty | 3:14 | |
| 1-25 | Deep Song | 3:13 | |
| 1-26 | There Is No Greater Love | 2:57 | |
| 2-01 | Easy Living | 3:12 | |
| 2-02 | Solitude (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 3:14 | |
| 2-03 | Solitude | 3:10 | |
| 2-04 | Weep No More
Featuring – The Stardusters
|
3:21 | |
| 2-05 | Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys
Featuring – The Stardusters
|
3:13 | |
| 2-06 | I Loves You Porgy | 2:57 | |
| 2-07 | My Man (Mon Homme) (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 3:10 | |
| 2-08 | My Man (Mon Homme) | 2:57 | |
| 2-09 | 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Previously Unissued Alternate) | 3:17 | |
| 2-10 | 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do | 3:21 | |
| 2-11 | Baby Get Lost | 3:15 | |
| 2-12 | Keeps On A-Rainin' | 3:16 | |
| 2-13 | Them There Eyes | 2:50 | |
| 2-14 | Do Your Duty | 3:16 | |
| 2-15 | Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) | 2:45 | |
| 2-16 | You Can't Lose A Broken Heart
Vocals – Louis Armstrong
|
3:15 | |
| 2-17 | My Sweet Hunk O' Trash
Vocals – Louis Armstrong
|
3:20 | |
| 2-18 | Now Or Never | 3:17 | |
| 2-19 | You're My Thrill | 3:25 | |
| 2-20 | Crazy He Calls Me | 3:05 | |
| 2-21 | Please Tell Me Now | 3:14 | |
| 2-22 | Somebody's On My Mind | 2:57 | |
| 2-23 | God Bless The Child | 3:10 | |
| 2-24 | This Is Heaven To Me | 2:51 |
- Producer – Milt Gabler (tracks: 1-01 to 2-22)
