Compil. UK 1974 on Verve Records label
Jazz (Swing)
Cat# variations and locations Sleeve Spine: SUPER 2304 117 Sleeve back: 2304 117 SUPER Disc labels: 2304 117 On the sleeve: Mono (Verve Records logo) Marketed by Polydor Recorded Carnegie Hall, New York City, November 10, 1956: A1-A8; B1-B5 Recorded Los Angeles, January 3, 1957: B6-B7 Sleeve printed & made by MacNeill Press Limited London S.E.1. Verve is a trademark of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer On the labels: M.G.M. Records Ltd · Made in Gt. Britain Verve Records Mono Made under licence from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., owners of the Trade Mark 'Verve' Side A: (p) 1964 Side B: 1-5. (p) 1964. 6. (p) 1960. 7. (p) 1974. Polydor Records Ltd.
Billie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US vocals, album by, written by | |
Carson Smith b, 1931-1997 US bass | |
Red Mitchell b, 1927-1992 US bass | |
Tony Scott cl, 1921-2007 US clarinet | |
John Snell , compiled by | |
Alvin Stoller dr, 1925-1992 US drums | |
Chico Hamilton dr, 1921-2013 US drums | |
Barney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US guitar | |
Kenny Burrell g, *1931 US guitar | |
Carl Drinkard p, piano | |
Jimmy Rowles p, 1918-1996 US piano | |
Al Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US tenor saxophone | |
Ben Webster ts, 1909-1973 US tenor saxophone | |
Coleman Hawkins ts, 1904-1969 US tenor saxophone | |
Buck Clayton tr, 1911-1991 US trumpet | |
Harry Edison tr, US trumpet | |
Roy Eldridge tr, 1911-1989 US trumpet |
Benny Green liner notes |
Norman Granz producer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Lady Sings The Blues | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols | |
2 | It Ain't Nobody's Business | Billie Holiday | Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger | |
3 | Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | Billie Holiday | Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare | |
4 | I'll Be Seeing You | Billie Holiday | Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain | |
5 | Billie's Blues | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
6 | Body And Soul | Billie Holiday | Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour | |
7 | Don't Explain | Billie Holiday | Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday | |
8 | Yesterdays | Billie Holiday | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | |
9 | My Man | Billie Holiday | Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain | |
10 | I Cried For You | Billie Holiday | Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim | |
11 | Fine And Mellow | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
12 | I Cover The Waterfront | Billie Holiday | Edward Heyman, Johnny Green | |
13 | What A Little Moonlight Can Do | Billie Holiday | Harry Woods | |
14 | I Wished On The Moon | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger | |
15 | Moonlight In Vermont | Billie Holiday | John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf |