| Description |
2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
52nd Street hot jazz
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| Performer |
Billie Holiday, vocals ; with acc. musicians. |
| Credits |
Originally produced by Milt Gabler; reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews & Joel Dorn. |
| Event |
Recorded in New York City between Apr. 20, 1939 and Apr. 8, 1944. |
| Note |
Program notes by Stuart Nicholson and discography (41 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Disc one. Strange fruit / Lewis Allan (3:10) -- Strange fruit #2 (3:18) -- Yesterdays / Otto Harbach ; Jerome Kern (3:24) -- Yesterdays #2 (2:58) -- Fine and mellow / Billie Holiday (3:15) -- I gotta right to sing the blues / Ted Koehler ; Harold Arlen (2:50) -- I gotta right to sing the blues #2 (2:49) -- How am I to know #3 / Dorothy Parker ; Jack King (2:28) -- How am I to know #2 ( -1) (2:36) -- How am I to know #2 ( -2) (2:37) -- How am I to know (2:44) -- My old flame #3 / Arthur Johnston ; Sam Coslow (3:19) -- My old flame (tk 2) (3:05) -- My old flame #2 (3:10) -- My old flame (3:02) -- I'll get by (As long as I have you) / Roy Turk ; Fred Ahlert (2:58) -- I'll get by #2 (2:58) -- I cover the waterfront #3 / Edward Heyman ; Johnny Green (3:49) -- I cover the waterfront #2 (3:42) -- I cover the waterfront ( -1) (3:21) -- I cover the waterfront (3:30) -- I'll be seeing you #3 / Irving Kahal ; Sammy Fain (3:30) -- I'll be seeing you (3:30) -- I'll be seeing you #2 (3:27). |
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Disc two. I'm yours #3 / Y. Harburg ; Johnny Green (3:11) -- I'm yours #2 (3:23) -- I'm yours (3:16) -- Embraceable you #3 / Ira and George Gershwin (3:13) -- Embraceable you (3:15) -- Embraceable you #2 (3:12) -- As time goes by / Herman Hupfeld (3:12) -- As time goes by #2 (3:14) -- (I've got a man, crazy for me) He's funny that way #2 / Neil Moret ; Richard A. Whiting (3:32) -- He's funny that way (tk 2A) (3:15) -- He's funny that way (3:15) -- He's funny that way #4 (3:03) -- He's funny that way #3 (3:02) -- Lover, come back to me / Oscar Hammerstein II ; Sigmund Romberg ( -1) (3:23) -- Lover, come back to me #3 (3:14) -- Billie's blues #2 / Billie Holiday (3:28) -- Billie's blues #3 (2:53) -- Lover, come back to me (3:20) -- Billie's blues (3:07) -- On the sunny side of the street / Dorothy Fields ; Jimmy McHugh (3:02) -- Lover, come back to me #2 (3:18). |
| Subject |
Jazz vocals.
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Jazz -- 1931-1940.
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Jazz -- 1941-1950.
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Alternate takes (Sound recordings)
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| Added Title |
Complete Commodore recordings |
| Standard No. |
011105040129 |
| Music No. |
CMD-2-401 GRP Records |
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