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Billie Holiday Discography
The discography of Billie Holiday, an American jazz singer, consists of 12 studio albums, three live albums, 24 compilations, six box sets, and 38 singles. Holiday recorded extensively for six labels: Columbia Records (on its subsidiary labels Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records, and Okeh Records), from 1933 through 1942; Commodore Records in 1939 and 1944; Decca Records from 1944 through 1950; briefly for Aladdin Records in 1951; Verve Records and its earlier imprint Clef Records, from 1952 through 1957; again for Columbia Records from 1957 to 1958 and MGM Records in 1959. Many of Holiday's recordings were released on 78-rpm records, before the advent of long-playing vinyl records, and only Clef, Verve, and Columbia issued Holiday albums during her lifetime that were not compilations of previously released material. Many compilations have been issued since her death, including comprehensive box sets and live recordings.Billie Holiday AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2010-11-13. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LP Album
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, it remained the standard format for record albums (during a period in popular music known as the album era) until its gradual replacement from the 1980s to the early 2000s, first by cassettes, then by compact discs, and finally by digital music distribution. Beginning in the late 2000s, the LP has experienced a resurgence in popularity. Format advantages At the time the LP was introduced, nearly all phonograph records for home use were made of an abrasive shellac compound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Or Nothing At All (album)
''All or Nothing at All'' is a studio album by Billie Holiday, released in 1958 on Verve Records, catalog MGV8329. There are 12 songs on the LP taken from five different recording sessions that took place in 1956 and 1957. Holiday was backed by a "relaxed and understanding" small combo which included the trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and the saxophonist Ben Webster. A 1959 ''New York Times'' article noted that Holiday's voice "had become a very limited instrument which she used with the craft and guile of an aging pitcher who can no longer pour his fast one across the plate." Album cover art is by David Stone Martin. Track listing Original LP release LP side 1 #"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" ( Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:12 #"Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:35 #" Ill Wind" ( Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:14 #"Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:25 #"We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:24 #"All or Nothing at All" (Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay With Me (Billie Holiday Album)
''Stay with Me'' (MGV 8302) is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday, accompanied by Tony Scott and his Orchestra. It contains all the material from a session recorded February 14, 1955, in New York City, and released in 1958 on producer Norman Granz's Verve label. For the CD reissue in 1991 another session was appended, that Granz had previously issued as part of the self-titled ''Billie Holiday'' LP on his Clef Record label (10" LP, Clef EPC 224/Verve MGC 690). The recording from April 14, 1954, at the same studio with "Billie Holliday and Her Band", consisted of the Oscar Peterson Trio, Ed Shaughnessy on drums, and trumpeter Charlie Shavers as the only members of both sessions beside Holiday. Beyond that, all tracks were part of many compilations and the complete recording issues of Billie Holiday. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn stated that Holiday "was fading, but hadn't lost the dramatic quality in her delivery, nor her ability to project and tell a shat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs For Distingué Lovers
''Songs for Distingué Lovers'' is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1958 on Verve Records. It was originally available in both mono (catalogue number MGV 8257) and stereo (catalog number MGVS 6021). It was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles from January 3 to January 9, 1957, and produced by Norman Granz. sessionography, 1957, accessed March 13, 2016 Content Granz and Holiday chose familiar items from the of for the album, Holiday singing in the context co ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body And Soul (Billie Holiday Album)
''Body and Soul'' is a studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1957. Critical reception In its 1957 review of the album, '' Saturday Review'' wrote: "With changes in her voice which bring Miss Holiday's singing closer to recitative has come an occasional timidity about altering a melody where before there was boldness. But she remains one of the best jazz singers, not only for her unique sound and attack, but for her straightforward, honest, musical communication." Track listing ;A side #" Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton) – 6:18 #"They Can't Take That Away From Me" (George and Ira Gershwin) – 4:08 #"Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange) – 6:15 #"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (George and Ira Gershwin) – 3:22 ;B side #"Comes Love" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown and Charles Tobias) – 3:58 #"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf and Don Redman) – 5:34 #"Embraceable You" (George and Ira Gershwin) †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday Album)
''Lady Sings the Blues'' is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. ''Lady Sings the Blues'' was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of the same name. Content Taken from sessions taped during 1954–56, ''Lady Sings the Blues'' features Holiday backed by tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, trumpeter Charlie Shavers, pianist Wynton Kelly, and guitarist Kenny Burrell. Though Holiday's voice had arguably deteriorated by the 1950s, the album is well regarded – in a 1956 review, '' Down Beat'' awarded the album 5 out of 5 stars, and had this to say about the co-current book: Lady Sings The Blues is Billie Holiday's autobiography ..she tries to get the reader on her side of the mirror, so don't expect a three-dimensional view of the subject. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Mood
''Velvet Mood: Songs by Billie Holiday'' is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1956 on Clef Records. The music was recorded over the course of two sessions in Los Angeles, two days apart, which had also resulted in all the material for her previous album ''Music for Torching'' (MG C-669). in session index for Billie Holiday at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020 Track listing Side one # " Prelude to a Kiss" (, |
Billie Holiday Sings
''Billie Holiday Sings'' (MGC-118) is a LP record#Playing time, 10-inch LP album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in the United States by Clef Records in 1952. It was her first album for the label, and her first album of original material, following several compilations of previously released 78rpm sides for Columbia Records, Columbia, Commodore Records, Commodore, and Decca Records, Decca. In 1956, when the 10-inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef Records as ''Solitude'' (MG C-690), with four extra tracks recorded at a second session sometime in April 1952 (exact date unknown), with the same musicians. accessed December 23, 2015. The final track, "Tenderly", had been previously released on her second 10-inch LP, ''An Evening with Billie Holiday'' (MG C-144). The other three new songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music For Torching (album)
''Music for Torching'' is a studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday. A collection of torch songs, it was released in 1955 by Clef Records. It is her first 12-inch LP record#, LP for the label, after four LP record#Playing time, 10 inch LPs. The music was recorded over the course of two sessions in Los Angeles, two days apart, which also resulted in all the material for her follow-up album ''Velvet Mood'' (MG C-713). in session index for Billie Holiday at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020 Track listing ;A side #"It Had to Be You (song), It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 4:02 #"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:23 #"Rhythm on the River, I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" (Victor Schertzinger) - 3:55 #"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Holiday (album)
''Billie Holiday'' is the third 10 inch LP album of original material by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released on Clef Records in 1954. The recordings took place in 1952 and 1954. Her final album would also be given the same title, prior to being changed to ''Last Recording'' instead. Content In a 1954 review, Down Beat magazine praises the album, saying: "The set is an experience in mounting pleasure that can do anything but increase still further no matter how often the LP is replayed. As for comparing it with earlier Teddy Wilson-Billie sessions, what's the point? Count your blessings in having both. Speaking of time, Billie's beat and variations thereon never cease to be among the seven wonders of jazz." Two recordings, "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" and "I Cried for You" were also recorded by Holiday in the 1930s with Teddy Wilson's band, at the beginning of her career. In 1956, when the 10 inch format was phased out, Clef reissued the contents of this album on two dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Evening With Billie Holiday
''An Evening with Billie Holiday'' (MG C-144) is the second 10-inch LP studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released by Clef Records in 1953. In 1956, when the 10-inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef with the same artwork, and seven of the eight tracks, as a 12-inch LP called ''A Recital by Billie Holiday'' (MG C-686). , accessed Dec 21, 2015 The track "", was moved to another 12-inch compilation called '' |
