God Bless the Child / Solitude

by Billie Holiday

God Bless the Child / Solitude cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: July 1941
  • Label: Okeh
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Co-written by the vocalist herself after a bitter financial dispute, this profoundly introspective track addresses self-reliance and economic hardship. The deeply passionate and melancholic phrasing seamlessly blurs the line between traditional pop sophistication and raw, lived-in blues.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, conscious, vocal, crooning

Tracklist

  1. God Bless The Child (3:10)
  2. Solitude (3:27)

Credits

  • Billie Holiday - primary artist, vocals, written-by
  • Arthur Herzog, Jr. - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Eddie Delange - written-by
  • Irving Mills - written-by

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