| Other author/creator | Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Giddins, Gary author. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Carter, Benny performer. |
| Other author/creator | Heywood, Eddie, 1915-1989 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Basie, Count, 1904-1984 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Benny Goodman Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Eddie Heywood Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Count Basie Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | All-Star Jam Band, performer. |
| Other author/creator | All Stars (Musical group : Benny Carter) performer. |
| Other author/creator | Billie Holiday Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Teddy Wilson Orchestra, performer. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Your mother's son-in-law -- Riffin' the scotch -- I wished on the moon -- What a little moonlight can do -- Miss Brown to you -- Sunbonnet blue -- What a night, what a moon, what a girl -- I'm painting the town red -- It's too hot for words -- Twenty-four hours a day -- Yankee doodle never went to town -- Eeny meeny miney mo -- If you were mine -- These 'n' that 'n' those -- You let me down -- Spreadin' rhythm around -- Life begins when you're in love -- It's like reaching for the moon -- These foolish things -- I cried for you -- Guess who -- Did I remember? -- No regrets -- Summertime -- Billie's blues. |
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Disc 2. Fine romance -- I can't pretend -- One, two, button your shoe -- Let's call a heart a heart -- Easy to love -- With thee I swing -- Way you look tonight -- Who loves you? -- Pennies from heaven -- That's life I guess -- I can't give you anything but love (baby) -- One never knows, does one? -- I've got my love to keep me warm -- If my heart could only talk -- Please keep me in your dreams -- He ain't got rhythm -- This year's kisses -- Why was I born -- I must have that man -- Mood that I'm in -- You showed me the way -- Sentimental and melancholy -- My last affair. |
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Disc 3. Carelessly -- How could you? -- Moanin' low -- Where is the sun? -- Let's call the whole thing off -- They can't take that away from me -- Don't know if I'm comin' or goin' -- Sun showers -- Yours and mine -- I'll get by -- Mean to me -- Foolin' myself -- Easy living -- I'll never be the same -- Me, myself and I -- Sailboat in the moonlight -- Born to love -- Without your love -- Getting some fun out of life -- Who wants love? -- Trav'lin' all alone -- He's funny that way. |
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Disc 4. Nice work if you can get it -- Things are looking up -- My man -- Can't help lovin' that man -- My first impression of you -- When you're smiling -- I can't believe that you're in love with me -- If dreams come true -- Now they call it swing -- On the sentimental side -- Back in your own backyard -- When a woman loves a man -- You go to my head -- Moon looks down and laughs -- If I were you -- Forget if you can -- Having myself a time -- Says my heart -- I wish I had you -- I'm gonna lock my heart -- Very thought of you -- I can't get started -- I've got a date with a dream -- You can't be mine. |
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Disc 5. Everybody's laughing -- Here it is tomorrow again -- Say it with a kiss -- April in my heart -- I'll never fail you -- They say -- You're so desirable -- You're gonna see a lot of me -- Hello, my darling -- Let's dream in the moonlight -- That's all I ask of you -- Dream of life -- What shall I say? -- It's easy to blame the weather -- More than you know -- Sugar -- You're too lovely to last -- Under a blue jungle moon -- Everything happens for the best -- Why did I always depend on you? -- Long gone blues. |
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Disc 6. Some other Spring -- Our love is different -- Them there eyes -- Swing, brother, swing -- Night and day -- Man I love -- You're just a no account -- You're a lucky guy -- Ghost of yesterday -- Body and soul -- What is this going to get us? -- Falling in love again -- I'm pulling through -- Tell me more -- Laughing at life -- Time on my hands -- I'm all for you -- I hear music -- Same old story -- Practice makes perfect -- St. Louis blues -- Loveless love -- Let's do it -- Georgia on my mind. |
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Disc 7. Romance in the dark -- All of me -- I'm in a low-down groove -- God bless the child -- Am I blue? -- Solitude -- Jim -- I cover the waterfront -- Love me or leave me -- Gloomy Sunday -- Wherever you are -- Mandy is two -- It's a sin to tell a lie -- Until the real thing comes along -- Saddest tale -- No regrets -- Way you look tonight -- Who loves you? -- Pennies from heaven -- That's life I guess -- They can't take that away from me -- Don't know if I'm comin' or goin' -- I'll get by -- Mean to me. |
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Disc 8. Me, myself and I -- Without your love -- They can't take that away from me -- Swing, brother, swing -- I can't get started -- My first impression of you -- When you're smiling -- I can't believe that you're in love with me -- If dreams come true -- Now they call it swing -- On the sentimental side -- Back in your own backyard -- You go to my head -- Moon looks down and laughs -- If I were you -- Forget if you can -- Having myself a time -- Says my heart -- I wish I had you -- I'm gonna lock my heart -- I can't get started -- I've got a date with a dream. |
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Disc 9. April in my heart -- They say -- You're so desirable -- You're gonna see a lot of me -- Hello, my darling -- Let's dream in the moonlight -- I cried for you -- Jeepers creepers -- That's all I ask of you -- More than you know -- You're too lovely to last -- Under a blue jungle moon -- Night and day -- Falling in love again -- Laughing at life -- I'm all for you -- I hear music -- Same old story -- Practice makes perfect. |
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Disc 10. St. Louis blues -- Loveless love -- Let's do it -- Georgia on my mind -- Romance in the dark -- All of me -- God bless the child -- Am I blue? -- Jim -- Gloomy Sunday -- Wherever you are -- Mandy is two -- It's a sin to tell a lie -- Until the real thing comes along -- Do nothing 'til you hear from me -- I'll get by -- I love my man. |
| Abstract |
The song selections on this 10-CD set are programmed in chronological order, from her first commercial recording in 1933 to the last 78 RPM side she cut for Columbia Records in 1942. These 153 tracks are contained in CDs 1 through 7. A further 77 tracks will be found on CDs 7 through 10. These comprise all known alternate versions of the 153 songs that were either released at a much later date, or never issued at all; broadcast and film soundtracks from the same period; and two 1944 concert performances that originally appeared on V-Discs, a label that was distributed exclusively to the US Armed Forces. |
| General note | Title from accompanying booklet. |
| General note | Digitally remastered analog recording. |
| General note | Booklet with historical essay by Gary Giddins inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Billie Holiday, vocalist ; Benny Goodman and his Orchestra ; Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra ; Billie Holiday and her Orchestra ; Benny Carter and his All Star Orchestra ; Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra ; Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ; Count Basie and his Orchestra ; All-Star Jam Band. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 in New York City and Cedar Grove, New Jersey ; released 1976, 1977, 1978, 1991, 2001 ; originally released 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1963, 1964. |
| UPC |
886979303621 |
| Publisher number | 88697930362 Sony Music Entertainment |
| Publisher number | 88697930362-JK1--88697930362-JK10 Sony Music Entertainment |
