The Lady Sings
by Billie Holiday
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1956
- Label: Decca
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:19
- Community rating: 4.21/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Assembled by Decca Records, 'The Lady Sings' compiles some of the iconic vocalist's most evocative mid-century studio sessions. The collection showcases her unparalleled ability to infuse standard pop material with deep emotional resonance through her signature, behind-the-beat phrasing.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, ballad, melodic, female-vocals, classic
Tracklist
- Deep Song (3:12)
- You Better Go Now (2:32)
- Don't Explain (3:24)
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (3:21)
- God Bless The Child (3:10)
- Them There Eyes (2:51)
- Good Morning Heartache (3:08)
- No More (2:48)
- No Good Man (3:07)
- I'll Look Around (3:15)
- Easy Living (3:13)
- What Is This Thing Called Love (3:12)
Credits
- Gene Rice - primary artist, written-by
- Skip Miller - creative director
- Billie Holiday - Primary Artist, Written-By
- Dorothy Parker - Written-By
- Ralph Rainger - Written-By
- Harry Woods - Written-By
- Leo Robin - Written-By
- Richard Whiting - Written-By
- Irving Kahal - Written-By
- Sammy Fain - Written-By
- Al Lewis - Written-By
- Al Sherman - Written-By
- Gerald Marqusee - Written-By
- Abe Lyman - Written-By
- Arthur Freed - Written-By
- Gus Arnheim - Written-By
- Harold Adamson - Written-By
- Walter Donaldson - Written-By
- Dorothy Fields - Written-By
- Jerome Kern - Written-By
- Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields - Written-By
- Irving Berlin - Written-By
- Hammerstein-Kern - Written-By
- Haven Johnson - Written-By
- Charles Kenny - Written-By
- Nick Kenny - Written-By
- Norman Ellis - Written-By
- Al Dubin - Written-By
- Harry Warren - Written-By
- Howard Dietz - Written-By
- Fred E. Ahlert - Written-By
- Roy Turk - Written-By
- Jack Lawrence - Written-By
- Peter Tinturin - Written-By
- Frank Signorelli - Written-By
- Gus Kahn - Written-By
- Matty Malneck - Written-By
- Allan Roberts - Written-By
- Alvin Kaufman - Written-By
- Irving Gordon - Written-By
- Carmen Lombardo - Written-By
- Neil Moret - Written-By
- George & Ira Gershwin - Written-By
- Channing Pollock - Written-By
- Maurice Yvain - Written-By
- Joe Goodwin - Written-By
- Larry Shay - Written-By
- Mark Fisher - Written-By
- Clarence Gaskill - Written-By
- Jimmy McHugh - Written-By
- James V. Monaco - Written-By
- Johnny Burke - Written-By
- Al Jolson - Written-By
- Billy Rose - Written-By
- Dave Dreyer - Written-By
- Bernie Hanighen - Written-By
- Gordon Jenkins - Written-By
- Johnny Mercer - Written-By
- Haven Gillespie - Written-By
- J. Fred Coots - Written-By