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Complete Billie Holiday Song Book
Complete Billie Holiday Song Book
Billie Holiday
This release compiles, for the first time on a single CD, all of **Billie Holiday's** studio recordings of her own compositions, including all of her studio versions of such classics as *'God Bless the Child', 'Fine and Mellow'* and *'Lady Sings the Blues',* as well as her more obscure compositions. The second CD contains versions of **Billie's** most famous compositions performed by other celebrated vocalists, such as **Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Carmen McRae, Sam Cooke,** and more.
.. SONG BOOK/24BIT DG REMASTERED/ 16P. BOOKLET
| Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Released | October 27, 2017 |
| EAN/UPC | 8436559462471 |
| Label | ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS EJC55727 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Dimensions | 124 × 141 × 9 mm · 100 g (Weight (estimated)) |
Track list
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1. CD
- Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) [1936 Columbia Version] 2:41
- Everything Happens for the Best 2:51
- Long Gone Blues 3:06
- Our Love is Different 3:15
- Tell Me More 3:10
- God Bless the Child [1941 Columbia Master] 2:57
- Fine and Mellow [1939 Commodore Version] 3:20
- Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) [1944 Commodore Version Maste
- Don't Explain [1945 Decca Master] 3:25
- Now or Never [1949 Decca Version] 3:17
- Somebody's on My Mind 2:58
- God Bless the Child [1950 Decca Version] 3:10
- Stormy Blues 3:28
- Lady Sings the Blues 3:45
- God Bless the Child [1956 Verve Version] 3:59
- Fine and Mellow [1957 Columbia Version] 6:21
- Don't Explain [1944 Decca Alternative Version] 2:58
- God Bless the Child [1950 Film Soundtrack Version] 2:27
- Now or Never [1950 Film Soundtrack Version] 2:16
- Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) [1944 Commodore Version Alt T
- Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) [1944 Commodore Version Alt T
- God Bless the Child [1941 Columbia Alt Tk 1] 3:00
- God Bless the Child [1941 Columbia Alt Tk 2] 2:34
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2. CD
- Fine and Mellow 3:30
- Don't Explain 5:13
- Who Needs You? 2:49
- God Bless the Child 2:10
- Left Alone 2:52
- Don't Explain 2:33
- God Bless the Child 5:09
- Fine and Mellow 5:53
- Don't Explain 6:39
- God Bless the Child 2:33
- Don't Explain 3:12
- Left Alone 6:50
- God Bless the Child 3:39
- Left Alone 3:27
- God Bless the Child 3:25
- Don't Explain 3:13
- God Bless the Child 2:48
- Lady Sings the Blues 4:25
- Left Alone 6:07
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