Billie Holiday

The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959

Billie Holiday

256 SONGS • 11 HOURS AND 58 MINUTES • MAR 09 1993

1
Body And Soul (Live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)
03:24
2
Strange Fruit (Live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)
02:56
3
I Cried For You (Live At Carnegie Hall/1946)
02:18
4
Fine And Mellow (Live At Carnegie Hall/1946)
03:51
5
He's Funny That Way (Live At Carnegie Hall/1946)
03:17
6
The Man I Love (Live At Carnegie Hall,1946)
03:04
7
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? (Live At Carnegie Hall,1946)
02:20
8
All Of Me (Live At Carnegie Hall,1946)
01:56
9
Billie's Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York ,1946)
03:36
10
Travelin' Light (Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,1946)
03:28
11
He's Funny That Way (Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,1946)
02:51
12
Norman Granz Announcement (Live At Carnegie Hall/1947)
Norman Granz
00:09
13
You Better Go Now (Live At Carnegie Hall/1947)
02:56
14
You're Driving Me Crazy (Live At Carnegie Hall/1947)
01:30
15
(There Is) No Greater Love (Live At Carnegie Hall/1947)
02:34
16
I Cover The Waterfront (Live At Carnegie Hall/1947)
02:58
17
Norman Granz Announcement Of Billie Holiday And Intermission (Live At Carnegie Hall/1947)
Norman Granz
00:24
18
East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
02:54
19
Blue Moon
03:29
20
You Go To My Head
02:55
21
You Turned The Tables On Me
03:26
22
Easy To Love
03:00
23
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
03:34
24
I Only Have Eyes For You
02:52
25
Solitude
03:29
26
Everything I Have Is Yours (10'' Version)
03:45
27
Love For Sale
02:57
28
Moonglow
02:58
29
Tenderly
03:23
30
If The Moon Turns Green
02:46
31
Remember
02:35
32
Autumn In New York
03:42
33
Autumn In New York
03:53
34
My Man
02:37
35
Lover, Come Back To Me
03:35
36
Stormy Weather
03:42
37
Yesterdays
02:50
38
He's Funny That Way
03:12
39
I Can't Face The Music
03:14
40
MC And Leonard Feather Announcements (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
00:38
41
Blue Moon (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
02:05
42
All Of Me (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
01:43
43
My Man (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
02:52
44
Them There Eyes (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
01:28
45
I Cried For You (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
03:08
46
What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
02:41
47
I Cover The Waterfront (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
03:17
48
Leonard Feather Announcement (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
Leonard Feather
00:21
49
Billie's Blues (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
11:39
50
Lover, Come Back To Me (Live At Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954)
06:46
51
How Deep Is The Ocean?
02:57
52
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
03:10
53
I Cried For You
02:26
54
Love Me Or Leave Me
02:33
55
P.S. I Love You
03:35
56
Too Marvelous For Words
02:11
57
Softly
02:55
58
I Thought About You
02:45
59
Willow Weep For Me
03:05
60
Stormy Blues (Single Version)
03:26
61
Say It Isn't So (1955 "Stay With Me" Version)
03:01
62
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
03:56
63
I Wished On The Moon (1955 "Stay With Me" Version)
06:48
64
Always
03:57
65
Everything Happens To Me
06:20
66
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (1955 "Stay With Me" Version)
05:00
67
Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You)
04:39
68
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Rehearsal Version)
04:05
69
Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
00:40
70
Mandy Is Two
04:31
71
Prelude To A Kiss
02:46
72
I Must Have That Man! (1955 Rehearsal)
01:05
73
Jeepers Creepers (Rehearsal 1)
02:13
74
Jeepers Creepers (Rehearsal 2)
00:51
75
Discussion; Jeepers Creepers #1
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
03:25
76
Discussion; Jeepers Creepers #2
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
02:27
77
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Edit)
01:57
78
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Rehearsal 2)
02:57
79
Discussion; Moonlight In Vermont
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
00:52
80
Misery (1955 Rehearsal)
00:36
81
Restless
02:45
82
Moonlight In Vermont (Rehearsal)
02:00
83
Everything Happens To Me (Rehearsal 1)
03:27
84
Discussion #1
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
00:37
85
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (Rehearsal 1)
04:25
86
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (Rehearsal 2)
02:26
87
Discussion; I Don't Want To Cry Any More
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
05:33
88
Everything Happens To Me (Rehearsal 2)
02:59
89
Discussion #2
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
01:48
90
When You Are Away, Dear
01:41
91
Discussion #3
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
00:48
92
It Had To Be You (Rehearsal)
01:55
93
The Mood That I'm In
00:32
94
Gone With The Wind (Rehearsal)
01:36
95
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
03:17
96
Discussion #4
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
02:31
97
A Sunbonnet Blue
00:06
98
(I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance
01:33
99
Discussion #5
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
02:14
100
I'm Walkin' Through Heaven With You
02:05
101
Discussion #6
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
00:42
102
Just Friends
01:01
103
The Nearness Of You
01:04
104
Discussion #7
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles & Artie Shapiro
00:27
105
It's Too Hot For Words
00:21
106
They Say
02:25
107
I Won't Believe It
00:20
108
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (Take 1 / False Start)
00:30
109
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore (Take 2 / Master Take)
03:54
110
Studio Talk; Prelude To A Kiss #1
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
00:14
111
Studio Talk; Prelude To A Kiss #2
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
00:51
112
Prelude To A Kiss
05:33
113
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
04:27
114
When Your Lover Has Gone (Take 1)
00:49
115
Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
01:00
116
Studio Talk #1
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
00:22
117
When Your Lover Has Gone (Take 2)
04:56
118
Gone With The Wind
03:23
119
Studio Talk #2
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
00:10
120
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
04:19
121
It Had To Be You
04:01
122
Studio Talk #3
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
00:08
123
Nice Work If You Can Get It
03:47
124
Come Rain Or Come Shine
04:23
125
I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
05:52
126
What's New
04:17
127
A Fine Romance (Take 1 / Incomplete)
00:47
128
A Fine Romance (Take 2 / Alternate)
02:44
129
A Fine Romance (Take 3 / False Start)
00:18
130
A Fine Romance (Take 4 Incomplete)
01:16
131
A Fine Romance (Take 5 Incomplete)
03:18
132
A Fine Romance (Take 6 / False Start)
00:26
133
A Fine Romance (Take 7 / Incomplete)
03:12
134
A Fine Romance
03:32
135
Studio Talk #4
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker
00:06
136
I Hadn't Anyone Till You
04:03
137
I Get A Kick Out Of You
05:40
138
Everything I Have Is Yours ("Velvet Mood" Version)
04:30
139
Isn't This A Lovely Day?
04:12
140
Discussion; Misery
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
01:26
141
Israel
02:18
142
Misery (1956 Rehearsal)
04:39
143
Discussion #8
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
01:16
144
I Must Have That Man! (1956 Rehearsal)
06:29
145
Discussion #9
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
00:28
146
Strange Fruit (Rehearsal)
05:48
147
Discussion; God Bless The Child
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
05:51
148
Discussion #10
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
01:16
149
God Bless The Child (Rehearsal 1)
03:15
150
God Bless The Child (Rehearsal 2)
01:08
151
Discussion #11
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
00:34
152
God Bless The Child (Rehearsal 3)
03:35
153
One Never Knows, Does One? (Rehearsal 1)
02:07
154
Discussion #12
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
02:00
155
Beer Barrel Polka (aka "Roll Out The Barrel")
01:19
156
Some Of These Days
01:03
157
A Yiddishe Momme (Rehearsal 1)
00:39
158
A Yiddishe Momme (Rehearsal 2)
02:16
159
Discussion #13
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
00:42
160
Lady's Back In Town
02:36
161
Discussion #14
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
04:32
162
Discussion #15
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
01:13
163
One Never Knows, Does One? (Rehearsal 2)
02:39
164
Discussion #16
Billie Holiday, Tony Scott, William Dufty & Maely Dufty
01:19
165
Unknown Title
01:54
166
Trav'lin Light
03:08
167
I Must Have That Man!
03:04
168
Some Other Spring
03:36
169
Lady Sings The Blues
03:44
170
Strange Fruit
03:02
171
God Bless The Child
03:58
172
Good Morning Heartache
03:29
173
No Good Man
03:18
174
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (1956 Version)
04:13
175
Cheek To Cheek
03:35
176
Ill Wind
06:15
177
Speak Low
04:26
178
We'll Be Together Again
04:24
179
All Or Nothing At All
05:39
180
Sophisticated Lady
04:49
181
April In Paris
03:03
182
Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 1 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
Gilbert Millstein
02:53
183
Lady Sings The Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
02:38
184
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
02:31
185
Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 2 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956) [feat. Gilbert Millstein]
Billie Holiday feat. Gilbert Millstein
00:45
186
Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 3 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
Gilbert Millstein
02:06
187
Billie's Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
03:20
188
Body And Soul (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
02:39
189
Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 4 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
Gilbert Millstein
00:55
190
Don't Explain (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
02:26
191
Yesterdays (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
01:16
192
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
01:43
193
I'll Be Seeing You (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
02:28
194
Reading From Lady Sings The Blues, Pt. 5 (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1956)
Gilbert Millstein
02:50
195
My Man (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
03:13
196
I Cried For You (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
03:09
197
Fine And Mellow (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
03:15
198
I Cover The Waterfront (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956)
03:46
199
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
02:49
200
I Wished On The Moon
03:25
201
Moonlight In Vermont
03:49
202
A Foggy Day
04:40
203
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
05:59
204
Just One Of Those Things (Take 7 - Incomplete Take)
00:25
205
Studio Talk #5
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:47
206
Just One Of Those Things (Take 8 - Master Take)
05:31
207
Studio Talk #6
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:29
208
Comes Love (Alternate Take 1)
03:58
209
Comes Love (False Start / Take 2)
00:36
210
Comes Love (False Start / Take 3)
00:20
211
Comes Love (Master Take 4)
04:00
212
Day In Day Out
06:47
213
Darn That Dream
06:19
214
But Not For Me
03:48
215
Body And Soul
06:22
216
Studio Talk #7
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:45
217
Just Friends (Instrumental)
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Alvin Stoller & Red Mitchell
06:26
218
Studio Talk #8
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:16
219
Stars Fell On Alabama (Take 1 - Incomplete)
00:36
220
Stars Fell On Alabama
04:29
221
Studio Talk; Say It Isn't So
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:25
222
Say It Isn't So
03:16
223
Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here To Stay
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:25
224
Our Love Is Here To Stay
03:42
225
Studio Talk; One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Billie Holiday, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell & Alvin Stoller
00:28
226
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Take 2 - Incomplete)
01:56
227
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
05:39
228
They Can't Take That Away From Me
04:10
229
Embraceable You
06:47
230
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
03:24
231
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
05:38
232
Announcement By Willis Conover (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)
Willis Conover
00:54
233
Announcement By Johnny Mercer (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)
Johnny Mercer
00:42
234
Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)
Mal Waldron, Joe Benjamin & Jo Jones
00:11
235
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
02:39
236
Willow Weep For Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
03:08
237
My Man (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
03:30
238
Lover, Come Back To Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
02:06
239
Lady Sings The Blues (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)
03:00
240
What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
02:54
241
Willis Conover Announcement (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival/1957)
Willis Conover
00:19
242
Announcement By Leonard Feather (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival/1958)
Leonard Feather
00:47
243
I Wished On The Moon (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival/1958)
02:43
244
Lover Man (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival /1958)
03:01
245
All The Way
Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
03:23
246
It's Not For Me To Say
02:26
247
I'll Never Smile Again
Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
03:23
248
Just One More Chance
Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
03:44
249
When It's Sleepy Time Down South [feat. Ray Ellis And His Orchestra]
Billie Holiday feat. Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
04:06
250
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
03:08
251
Sometimes I'm Happy
02:46
252
You Took Advantage Of Me [feat. Ray Ellis And His Orchestra]
Billie Holiday feat. Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
03:08
253
There'll Be Some Changes Made
02:52
254
'Deed I Do
02:14
255
All Of You
02:31
256
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
03:04
℗ This Compilation 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc. © 1992 UMG Recordings Inc.