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Billie Holiday
The First Verve Sessions
Compil. FR 1976 on Verve Records label
Jazz and Pop (Soul-Jazz, Bop, Ballad, Easy Listening)
Gatefold Sleeve Tracks A1 to B2 Recorded in Los Angeles, March 26, 1952. Tracks B3 to C3 Recorded in Los Angeles, April 1952. Tracks C4 to D3 Recorded in New York City, July 27, 1952. Tracks D4 to D6 Recorded in New York City, April 14, 1954. Fabriqué en France Distribution exclusive Polydor S.A. Imp. SIAT . Paris
Musicians
 | Billie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US vocals, album by |
 | Carl Barile , design, album |
 | Edwin Outwater , engineer, reissue |
 | Norman Granz , 1918-2001 US producer, orignal |
 | Robert Hurwitz p, US reissue producer, prepared |
 | Ray Brown b, 1926-2002 US bass |
 | Alvin Stoller dr, 1925-1992 US drums |
 | Barney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US guitar |
 | Oscar Peterson p, 1925-2007 CA piano, piano, organ |
 | Flip Phillips ts, sax, 1915-2001 US tenor saxophone |
 | Charlie Shavers tr, 1920-1971 US trumpet |
 | J.C. Heard dr, 1917-1988 US drums |
 | Gus Johnson dr, 1913-2000 US drums |
 | Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar |
 | Paul Quinichette ts, 1916-1983 US tenor saxophone |
 | Joe Newman tr, 1922-1992 US trumpet |
 | Ed Shaughnessy dr, 1929-2013 US drums |
 | Herb Ellis g, 1921-2010 US guitar |
Producers
| Beverly Parker art direction |
| Stanislaw Zagorski artwork, cover art |
| Linda Kuehl liner notes |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) | Billie Holiday | Brooks Bowman | 2:53 |
| 2 | Blue Moon | Billie Holiday | Rodgers & Hart | 3:25 |
| 3 | You Go To My Head | Billie Holiday | Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots | 2:53 |
| 4 | You Turned The Tables On Me | Billie Holiday | Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell | 3:25 |
| 5 | Easy To Love | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 2:58 |
| 6 | These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) | Billie Holiday | Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey | 3:35 |
| 7 | I Only Have Eyes For You | Billie Holiday | Al Dubin, Harry Warren | 2:50 |
| 8 | Solitude | Billie Holiday | Duke Ellington, Eddie Delange, Irving Mills | 3:25 |
| 9 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Billie Holiday | Burton Lane, Harold Adamson | 2:40 |
| 10 | Love For Sale | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 2:52 |
| 11 | Moonglow | Billie Holiday | Eddie Delange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson | 2:34 |
| 12 | Tenderly | Billie Holiday | Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross | 3:20 |
| 13 | If The Moon Turns Green | Billie Holiday | Bernie Hanighen, Paul Coates | 2:44 |
| 14 | Remember | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 2:33 |
| 15 | Autumn In New York | Billie Holiday | Vernon Duke | 3:49 |
| 16 | My Man | Billie Holiday | Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain | 2:35 |
| 17 | Lover Come Back | Billie Holiday | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | 3:34 |
| 18 | Stormy Weather | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 3:36 |
| 19 | Yesterdays | Billie Holiday | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 2:47 |
| 20 | (I Got A Man Crazy For Me) He's Funny That Way | Billie Holiday | Neil Moret, Richard Whiting | 4:05 |
| 21 | I Can't Face The Music | Billie Holiday | Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler | 3:14 |
| 22 | How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Moon) | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 2:57 |
| 23 | What A Little Moonlight Can Do | Billie Holiday | Harry Woods | 3:11 |
| 24 | I Cried For You | Billie Holiday | Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim | 2:27 |
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