Billie Holiday Sings
Billie Holiday Sings (MGC-118) is a 10-inch LP album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in the United States by Clef Records in 1952.[3] 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, Commodore, and Decca.
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Released | 1952 | |||
Recorded | March 26, 1952 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 25:57 | |||
Label | Clef | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Released | 1956 |
Recorded | March 26, 1952, at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, April 1952, Los Angeles, California |
Genre | Vocal jazz |
Length | 38:57 |
Label | Clef Records |
Producer | Norman Granz |
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In 1956, when the 10-inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef Records as Solitude (MG C-690),[4] with four extra tracks recorded at a second session sometime in April 1952 (exact date unknown), with the same musicians.[5] 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 had been previously released on her third 10-inch LP, simply titled Billie Holiday (MG C-161).
Track listing
1952 10" LP, Billie Holiday Sings
- A side
- "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:57
- "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) – 3:29
- "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:31
- "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:31
- B side
- "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:38
- "(You'd Be So) Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:01
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:56
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:54
1956 12" LP, Solitude
- A side
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:54
- "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:31
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:56
- "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) – 3:29
- "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:01
- "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:38
- B side
- "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:57
- "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:31
- "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Harold Adamson, Burton Lane) – 3:43
- "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 2:56
- "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 2:58
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:23
Personnel
Performance
Production
- Norman Granz – producer
- David Stone Martin – artwork (Billie Holiday Sings)
- Alex de Paula - artwork (Solitude)
References
- Billie Holiday Sings at Allmusic.
- Solitude at AllMusic.
- Billie Holiday Sings, Discogs.com, accessed December 20, 2015.
- Solitude, Discogs.com, accessed December 20, 2015.
- Billie Holiday Discography, accessed December 23, 2015.