(NOTE: THIS IS THE CORRECTED TORRENT. THE PREVIOUS UPLOAD WAS MISSING SEVERAL TRACKS]

Billie Holiday Lady Day (1939-1944): The Sixteen Original Commodore Interpretations

Recording Date: 1939 - 1944 This Release: Digitally Restored 1988 (Commodore CCD7001 Mono) Duration: 50:34 Genre: Vocal, Blues, Jazz

Includes scan of 12-page booklet by Milt Gabler (founder of Commodore) & Leonard Feather

Track Listing

Title Composer Recorded Timing

01 I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) Ahlert/Turk Mar 25 1944 02:56 02 My Old Flame Coslow/Johnston Mar 25 1944 02:59 03 Embraceable You George & Ira Gershwin Apr 01 1944 03:16 04 Billie's Blues Billie Holiday Apr 08 1944 03:07 05 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Arlen/Koehler Apr 20 1939 02:50 06 I Cover the Waterfront Green/Heyman Mar 25 1944 03:27 07 He's Funny That Way Moret/Whiting Apr 08 1944 03:13 08 Yesterdays Harbach/Kern Apr 20 1939 03:25 09 Strange Fruit Lewis Allan Apr 20 1939 03:11 10 On the Sunny Side of the Street Fields/McHugh Apr 08 1944 03:00 11 I'm Yours Green/Harburg Apr 01 1944 03:15 12 Fine and Mellow Billie Holiday Apr 20 1939 03:15 13 Lover, Come Back to Me Hammerstein II/Romberg Apr 08 1944 03:18 14 I'll Be Seeing You Fain/Kahal Apr 01 1944 03:30 15 As Time Goes By Hupfeld Apr 01 1944 03:09 16 How Am I to Know? King/Parker Mar 25 1944 02:43

As the title says, these are Billie Holiday's 16 original Commodore recordings (including the first recording of Strange Fruit which the major record labels didn't dare record). If you don't "get" Billie Holiday, maybe these 16 tracks recorded at the height of her vocal power, and the personal recollections of Milt Gabler and Leonard Feather will help you