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Released
  
1952

Artist
  
Billie Holiday

Label
  
Clef Records

Genres
  
Jazz, Pop

Length
  
25:57

Release date
  
1952

Producer
  
Norman Granz

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Recorded
  
March 26, 1952 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
  
An Evening with Billie Holiday (1953)

Similar
  
Billie Holiday albums, Other albums

I only have eyes for you billie holiday


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. 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.

Contents

In 1956, when the 10inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef Records as Solitude (MG C-690), with four extra tracks recorded at a second session sometime in April 1952 (exact date unknown), with the same musicians. The final track, "Tenderly", had been previously released on her second 10"LP, An Evening with Billie Holiday (MG C-144). The other three new songs had been previously released on her third 10"LP, simply titled Billie Holiday (MG C-161).

1952 10" LP, Billie Holiday Sings

A side
  1. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:57
  2. "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) – 3:29
  3. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:31
  4. "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:31
B side
  1. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:38
  2. "(You'd Be So) Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:01
  3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:56
  4. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:54

1956 12" LP, Solitude

A side
  1. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:54
  2. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:31
  3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:56
  4. "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) – 3:29
  5. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:01
  6. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:38
B side
  1. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:57
  2. "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:31
  3. "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Harold Adamson, Burton Lane) – 3:43
  4. "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 2:56
  5. "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 2:58
  6. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:23

Performance

  • Billie Holiday – vocals
  • Charlie Shavers – trumpet
  • Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Alvin Stoller – drums

    • Production

  • Norman Granz – producer
  • David Stone Martin – artwork (Billie Holiday Sings)
  • Alex de Paula - artwork (Solitude)

    • Songs

    1I Only Have Eyes for You2:54
    2You Turned the Tables on Me3:28
    3Blue Moon3:31

    References

    Billie Holiday Sings Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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