The Billie Holiday Story

by Billie Holiday

The Billie Holiday Story cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:49
  • Community rating: 4.37/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released shortly after her death, this double-LP compilation gathers a sweeping overview of her highly successful 1940s tenure with Decca Records. The collection is a testament to her profound interpretive genius, capturing both her swinging collaborations and her devastatingly melancholic balladry.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal, crooning, compilation, historical, emotive

Tracklist

  1. Yesterdays (3:25)
  2. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Take 2 (2:52)
  3. I'll Be Seeing You (3:31)
  4. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) (2:57)
  5. I Cover The Waterfront (3:29)
  6. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:15)
  7. Strange Fruit (3:12)
  8. She's Funny That Way (3:03)
  9. How Am I To Know? (2:44)
  10. Fine And Mellow (3:16)
  11. My Old Flame (3:00)
  12. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (2:59)

Credits

  • Social Distortion - primary artist
  • Christopher Reece - musician
  • Dennis Danell - musician
  • John Maurer - musician
  • Mike Ness - musician, written-by
  • Billie Holiday - Primary Artist

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