Album · 1986
The Billie Holiday Songbook
Tracklist
1
Good Morning Heartache
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3:31
2
My Man
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2:39
3
Billie’s Blues
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3:29
4
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
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3:14
5
Don’t Explain
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2:38
6
Lady Sings the Blues
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3:48
7
Lover Man
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2:59
8
God Bless the Child
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4:00
9
Fine and Mellow
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3:28
10
I Cried for You
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2:30
11
Strange Fruit
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3:05
12
Stormy Blues
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3:27
13
Trav’lin’ Light
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3:10
14
I Cover the Waterfront
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3:47
In print
First pressed 1985, still pressed 1999 — 21 pressings across 6 countries.
Credits
Hughesgroup
Design
Jeffrey Faville
Design
Tom Hughes
Design
Aaron Bell
Instrument · bass
Al Cohn
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Barney Kessel
Instrument · guitar
Bobby Tucker
Instrument · piano
Buck Clayton
Instrument · trumpet
Carl Drinkard
Instrument · piano
Carson Smith
Instrument · bass
Charlie Shavers
Instrument · trumpet
Chico Hamilton
Instrument · drums
Coleman Hawkins
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Don Lamond
Instrument · drums
Ed Shaughnessy
Instrument · drums
Freddie Green
Instrument · guitar
Gus Johnson
Instrument · drums
Harry “Sweets” Edison
Instrument · trumpet
Herb Ellis
Instrument · guitar
Joe Newman
Instrument · trumpet
Kenny Burrell
Instrument · guitar
Lenny McBrowne
Instrument · drums
Mal Waldron
Instrument · piano
Milt Hinton
Instrument · bass
Oscar Peterson
Instrument · piano
Paul Quinichette
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Ray Brown
Instrument · bass
Red Callender
Instrument · bass
Roy Eldridge
Instrument · trumpet
Tony Scott
Instrument · clarinet
Willie Smith
Instrument · alto saxophone
Wynton Kelly
Instrument · piano
Gary Giddins
Liner Notes
Mário Willmersdorf Jr.
Liner Notes
Richard Seidel
Liner Notes
Dennis Drake
Mastering · remastered by [digitally]
Verve (5)
Photography
Leonard Feather
Producer
Norman Granz
Producer
Billie Holiday
Vocal · vocals
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Writer
Herbie Nichols
Writer