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discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

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 s ...

, an American jazz singer, consists of 12

studio albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

, three live albums, 24 compilations, six box sets, and 38

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

. Holiday recorded extensively for six labels: Columbia Records (on its subsidiary labels

Brunswick Records Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916. History From 1916 Records under the Brunswick label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, a company based in Dubuque, Iowa which had been manufacturing prod ...

Vocalion Records Vocalion Records is an American record company and label. History The label was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Company, a maker of pianos and organs, as Aeolian-Vocalion; the company also sold phonographs under the Vocalion name. "Aeolian" was ...

, and Okeh Records), from 1933 through 1942;

Commodore Records Commodore Records was an American independent record label known for producing Dixieland jazz and swing. It is also remembered for releasing Billie Holiday's hit "Strange Fruit". History Commodore Records was founded in the spring of 1938 by Milt ...

in 1939 and 1944; Decca Records from 1944 through 1950; briefly for Aladdin Records in 1951;

Verve Records Verve Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simon ...

and its earlier imprint

Clef Records Clef Records was an American jazz record label founded by Norman Granz in 1946. It became part of Verve Records, which Granz created in 1956. Clef recordings were, in the mid 1950s, licensed to Columbia (UK) who issued 78rpm discs with a special w ...

, 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.

AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

Studio albums

Clef Records and Verve Records, 1952–1958

Columbia Records and MGM Records, 1958–1959

Live albums

Compilation albums

Most of Holiday's albums prior to 1952 were made up of material previously released as singles.

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Box sets

Remix albums

Singles

Compositions

*1936: "

Billie's Blues "Billie's Blues" is a blues song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, composing it just before being recorded in a session on July 10, 1936. According to the article in ''Melody Maker'', on August 1, 1936: Recording session * "Did I Remember? ...

" (also known as "I Love My Man") *1939: " Our Love Is Different" *1939: "Long Gone Blues" *1939: "

Fine and Mellow "Fine and Mellow" is a jazz standard written by Billie Holiday, who first recorded it on April 20, 1939 on the Commodore label. It is a blues lamenting the bad treatment of a woman at the hands of "my man". Notable performances and recordings ...

" *1939: " Everything Happens for the Best" *1940: "Tell Me More and More and Then Some" *1941: " God Bless the Child" *1944: " Don't Explain" *1949: "Somebody's on My Mind" *1949: " Now or Never" *1954: " Stormy Blues" *1956: " Lady Sings the Blues" Never recorded *1939: "Lost at the Crossroads of Love" *1940: "Say I'm Yours Again" *1949: "Close Dem Eyes My Darlin'" *1952: "Please Don't Do It in Here" *1952: "You'd Do It Anyway" *1955: " Preacher Boy" *1957: " Left Alone" *1957: "

Who Needs You (Baby) ''Aretha'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released on February 27, 1961, by Columbia Records. It features the Ray Bryant Combo. The album is Aretha's first release for Columbia, and is also known under ...

Notes

References

''Lady Love'' is a 1962 issue of selections from a concert in

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, February 4, 1954, during Holiday's 1954 European tour, "Jazz Club U.S.A." The location and date of this session had been previously listed incorrectly as a concert in

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, January 23, 1954. The correction was supplied by Arild Widerøe, a Swiss Jazz discographer. The master recording was taken from a tape supplied by Roman Flury, a musicologist and editor at Radio Basel (the station ran from 1926 to 1972) and given to Leonard Feather ().

: Side A:

Announcement, by Leonard Feather 0:26
" Blue Moon" 2:08
" All of Me" 1:38
" My Man" 2:45
"
Them There Eyes "Them There Eyes" is a jazz song written by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey that was published in 1930. One of the early recorded versions was performed by Louis Armstrong in 1931. It was made famous by Billie Holiday, who recorde ...
" 1:30
"
I Cried For You "I Cried for You" is a pop and jazz standard with music written by Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman, with lyrics by Arthur Freed. It was introduced by Abe Lyman and His Orchestra in 1923. The recording by Benny Krueger and His Orchestra the same year p ...
" 3:10
"
What a Little Moonlight Can Do "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a popular song written by Harry M. Woods in 1934. In 1934, Woods moved to London for three years where he worked for the British film studio Gaumont British, contributing material to several films, one of which ...
" 2:25
"
I Cover The Waterfront ''I Cover the Waterfront'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Based on the book, by Max Miller, a reporter for the San Die ...
" 3:10

: Side B:

"
Billie's Blues "Billie's Blues" is a blues song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, composing it just before being recorded in a session on July 10, 1936. According to the article in ''Melody Maker'', on August 1, 1936: Recording session * "Did I Remember? ...
" 11:28
"
Lover, Come Back to Me "Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show ''The New Moon'', where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday (as Robert Misson). The song wa ...
" 6:35

: Personnel:

Bass – Red Mitchell (tracks: A2 to B2)
Clarinet –
Buddy DeFranco Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and ...
(tracks: B1, B2)
Drums – Elaine Leighton (de) (1926–2012) (
Beryl Booker Beryl Booker (June 7, 1922 – September 30, 1978) was an American swing pianist. She was born in Philadelphia. Career Booker performed with Slam Stewart's trio in 1946, and played intermittently with him until 1951. She was Dinah Washington ac ...
's drummer) (tracks: A2 to B2)
Guitar –
Jimmy Raney James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) and ...
(tracks: B1, B2)
Liner Notes (Translation in French) – Leonard Feather
Photography – Buck Hoeffler (''né'' Paul J. Hoeffler; 1937–2005)
Piano –
Beryl Booker Beryl Booker (June 7, 1922 – September 30, 1978) was an American swing pianist. She was born in Philadelphia. Career Booker performed with Slam Stewart's trio in 1946, and played intermittently with him until 1951. She was Dinah Washington ac ...
(tracks: B1, B2), Carl Drinkard (''né'' Carlton Mark Drinkard; 1927–) (tracks: A2 to A8),
Sonny Clark Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Early life Clark was born and raised in Herminie, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town east of Pi ...
(tracks: B1, B2)
Vibraphone –
Red Norvo Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville; March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr. Swing". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His reco ...
(tracks: B1, B2)
Vocals – Billie Holiday (tracks: A2 to B2)

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