Limited Edition 180g Crystal Clear & Solid Silver Vinyl LP!
Billie Holiday Sings is Lady Day's first full-length album, released in the United States by Clef Records in 1952 on the 10-inch format. It contains her versions of "These Foolish Things," which was covered in 1973 by Bryan Ferry and the classic standard "Blue Moon." 1953's An Evening With, her second ten-inch studio album, contains the famous Cotton Club song "Stormy Weather" and a translation of Edith Piaf's success song "Mon Homme," introduced by Billie Holiday as a jazz/blues recording called "My Man." Both albums were recorded with a sextet including Oscar Peterson on piano, Ray Brown on double bass and Alvin Stoller on drums.
Limited edition on crystal clear and solid silver vinyl.
Features
- Limited Edition - 500 Copies
- 180g Vinyl
- Crystal Clear & Solid Silver Vinyl
- DMM Cutting
- Original Recordings Remastered
- Import
Musicians
Side A - Los Angeles, c. May 1952
Billie Holiday | vocals |
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Charlie Shavers | trumpet |
Flip Phillips | tenor saxophone |
Oscar Peterson | piano |
Barney Kessel | guitar |
Ray Brown | bass |
Alvin Stoller | drums |
Side B: 1-5, 7 - New York, July 27, 1952
Billie Holiday | vocals |
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Joe Newman | trumpet |
Paul Quinichette | tenor saxophone |
Oscar Peterson | piano, organ |
Freddie Green | guitar |
Ray Brown | bass |
Gus Johnson | drums |
Side B: 6 & 8 - Los Angeles, c. May 1952
Billie Holiday | vocals |
---|---|
Charlie Shavers | trumpet |
Flip Phillips | tenor saxophone |
Oscar Peterson | piano |
Barney Kessel | guitar |
Ray Brown | bass |
Alvin Stoller | drums |
Selections
Side A:
Billie Holiday Sings
- I Only Have Eyes For You
- You Turned The Tables On Me
- Blue Moon
- Solitude
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- Easy To Love
- You Go To My Head
- East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Side B:
An Evening With Billie Holiday
- Stormy Weather
- Lover Come Back To Me
- My Man
- He's Funny That Way
- Yesterdays
- Tenderly
- I Can't Face The Music
- Remember