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 in 1936. According to the article in Melody Maker, August 1, 1936:
"Billie Holiday has her first solo recording at Brunswick last week...Bernie Hanighen,...suggested making a blues, so the blues it was". This blues was Billie's Blues.[1]
| "Billie's Blues" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Billie Holiday | |
| A-side | "Summertime" |
| Recorded | July 10, 1936 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 2:37 |
| Label | Vocalion |
| Songwriter(s) | Billie Holiday |
| Producer(s) | Bernie Hanighen |
Recording Session
- Did I Remember?
- Summertime
- No Regrets
- Billie's Blues
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, (Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Artie Shaw, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, piano; Dick McDonough, guitar; Arthur "Pete" Peterson, bass; Cozy Cole, drums)
Notable cover versions
- Carmen McRae (1986)
- Mary Coughlan (2000)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (2004)
Footnotes
- John Chilton: Billie's blues.Quarter Books 1977 ISBN 0-7043-3114-4
Resource
Vladimir, Bogdanov. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues, Backbeat Books (2003), page 240 – ISBN 0-87930-736-6
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