The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters

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The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters
Disc #-Track #Song
Composer Lyrics Arranger		Musicinas
Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists		Recording DateRecording LocationAttribution
2-1Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
Music:Jimmy Davis , Lyrics:Roger “Ram” Ramirez,Jimmy Sherman		 Billie Holiday(vo),Hymie Schertzer,Jack Cressey(as),Larry Binyon,Paul Ricci(ts),Russ Case(tp),Carl Kress(gt),Dave Bowman(p),Haig Stephens(b),Johnny Blowers(d)
Toots Camarata(cond)
 10/4 1944
  • NY,NY
  • Strings
2-2No More
Music:Bob Russell		 Billie Holiday(vo),Hymie Schertzer,Jack Cressey(as),Larry Binyon,Paul Ricci(ts),Russ Case(tp),Carl Kress(gt),Dave Bowman(p),Haig Stephens(b),Johnny Blowers(d)
Toots Camarata(cond)
 10/4 1944
    2-3That Ole Devil Called Love
    Music:Allan Roberts/Doris Fisher    		 Billie Holiday(vo),Hymie Schertzer,Jack Cressey(as),Dave Harris,Larry Binyon(ts),Russ Case(tp),Carl Kress(gt),Dave Bowman(p),Haig Stephens(b),George Wettling(d)
    Toots Camarata(cond)
    		 11/8 1944
      2-4Don’t Explain
      Music:Arthur Herzog, Jr.,Billie Holiday , Lyrics:Billie Holiday      		 Billie Holiday(vo),Bill Stegmeyer(as),Armand Camgros,Hank Ross(ts),Stan Webb(bs),Joe Guy(tp),Tiny Grimes(gt),Sammy Benskin(p),Bob Haggart(b),Specs Powell(d)
      Bob Haggart(cond),Charles Jaffe,Frank Siefiels,George Serloff,Leo Kruczek,Morris Lefkowitz(vln),Armand Kaproff(vla)
      		 8/14 1945
      • NY,NY
      • Strings
      2-5You Better Go Now
      Music:Bickley Reichner, Irvin Graham      		 Billie Holiday(vo),Bill Stegmeyer(as),Armand Camgros,Hank Ross(ts),Stan Webb(bs),Joe Guy(tp),Tiny Grimes(gt),Sammy Benskin(p),Bob Haggart(b),Specs Powell(d)
      Bob Haggart(cond)
      		 8/14 1945
        2-6What Is This Thing Called Love?
        Music:Cole Porter , Lyrics:Cole Porter        		 Billie Holiday(vo),Bill Stegmeyer(as),Armand Camgros,Hank Ross(ts),Stan Webb(bs),Joe Guy(tp),Tiny Grimes(gt),Sammy Benskin(p),Bob Haggart(b),Specs Powell(d)
        Bob Haggart(cond)
        		 8/14 1945
          2-7Good Morning Heartache
          Music:Dan Fisher,Irene Higgenbotham , Lyrics:Ervin Drake          		 Billie Holiday(vo),Bill Stegmeyer(as),Armand Camgros,Bernard Kaufman,Hank Ross(ts),Chris Griffin,Joe Guy(tp),Tiny Grimes(gt),Joe Springer(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) & Orchestra
          Bill Stegmeyer(cond)
          		 1/22 1946
          • Decca Studios,NY,NY
          • Strings
          2-8No Good Man
          Music:Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham,Sammy Gallop          		 Billie Holiday(vo),Bill Stegmeyer(as),Armand Camgros,Bernard Kaufman,Hank Ross(ts),Chris Griffin,Joe Guy(tp),Tiny Grimes(gt),Joe Springer(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d)
          Bill Stegmeyer(cond)
          		 1/22 1946
            2-9Big Stuff
            Music:Leonard Bernstein/            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Joe Guy(tp),Tiny Grimes(gt),Joe Springer(p),Billy Taylor(b),Kelly Martin(d) 3/13 1946
              2-10Baby I Don’t Cry Over You
              Music:/Morton Krouse              		 Billie Holiday(vo),Jimmy Shirley(gt),Billy Kyle(p),Thomas Barney(b),Kenny Clarke(d) 4/9 1946
                2-11I’ll Look Around
                Music:George Cory/Douglass Cross                		 Billie Holiday(vo),Jimmy Shirley(gt),Billy Kyle(p),Thomas Barney(b),Kenny Clarke(d) 4/9 1946
                  2-12The Blues Are Brewin’
                  Music:Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange                  		 Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Bob Dorsey(ts),Rostelle Reese(tp),Bobby Tucker(p),John Simmons(b),Denzil Best(d)
                  John Simmons(cond)
                  		 12/27 1946
                    2-13Guilty
                    Music:Harry Akst,Richard A. Whiting , Lyrics:Gus Kahn                    		 Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Bob Dorsey(ts),Rostelle Reese(tp),Bobby Tucker(p),John Simmons(b),Denzil Best(d)
                    John Simmons(cond)
                    		 12/27 1946
                      2-14Deep Song
                      Music:George Cory/Douglass Cross                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),Al Klink,Toots Mondello(as),Bill Stegmeyer(as,cl),Art Drellinger,Hank Ross(ts),Billy Butterfield(tp),Dan Perry(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),Bob Haggart(b),Bunny Shawker(d)
                      Bob Haggart(cond)
                      		 2/13 1947
                        2-15There Is No Greater Love
                        Music:Isham Jones , Lyrics:Marty Symes                        		 Billie Holiday(vo),Al Klink,Toots Mondello(as),Bill Stegmeyer(as,cl),Art Drellinger,Hank Ross(ts),Billy Butterfield(tp),Dan Perry(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),Bob Haggart(b),Bunny Shawker(d)
                        Bob Haggart(cond)
                        		 2/13 1947
                          2-16Easy Living
                          Music:Ralph Rainger , Lyrics:Leo Robin                          		 Billie Holiday(vo),Al Klink,Toots Mondello(as),Bill Stegmeyer(as,cl),Art Drellinger,Hank Ross(ts),Billy Butterfield(tp),Dan Perry(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),Bob Haggart(b),Bunny Shawker(d)
                          Bob Haggart(cond)
                          		 2/13 1947
                            2-17Solitude
                            Music:Duke Ellington , Lyrics:Eddie DeLange,Irving Mills                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Al Klink,Toots Mondello(as),Bill Stegmeyer(as,cl),Art Drellinger,Hank Ross(ts),Billy Butterfield(tp),Dan Perry(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),Bob Haggart(b),Bunny Shawker(d)
                            Bob Haggart(cond)
                            		 2/13 1947
                              2-18Weep No More
                              Music:Gordon Jenkins/Tom Adair                              		 Billie Holiday(vo),Mundell Lowe(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),John Levy(b),Denzil Best(d) 12/10 1948
                                2-19Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys
                                Music:/Ralph Blane                                		 Billie Holiday(vo),Mundell Lowe(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),John Levy(b),Denzil Best(d) 12/10 1948
                                  3-1I Loves You, Porgy
                                  Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin                                  		 Billie Holiday(vo),Mundell Lowe(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),John Levy(b),Denzil Best(d) 12/10 1948
                                    3-2My Man (Mon Homme)
                                    Music:Maurice Yvain , Lyrics: Albert Willemetz,Jacques Mardochée Charles,(Eng:Channing Pollock)                                    		 Billie Holiday(vo),Mundell Lowe(gt),Bobby Tucker(p),John Levy(b),Denzil Best(d) 12/10 1948
                                    • NY,NY
                                      3-3Ain’t Nobody’s Business (If I Do)
                                      Music:Everett Robbins,Porter Grainger , Lyrics:Everett Robbins,Porter Grainger                                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),George Dorsey,Rudy Powell(as),Joe Thomas,Lester Young(ts),Sol Moore(bs),Buck Clayton,Emmett Berry,Jimmy Nottingham(tp),Dicky Wells,George Matthews(tb),Mundell Lowe(gt),Horace Henderson(p),George Duvivier(b),Shadow Wilson(d)
                                      Buster Harding(cond)
                                      		 8/17 1949
                                      • Big Band
                                      3-4Baby Get Lost
                                      Music:Leonard Feather                                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),George Dorsey,Rudy Powell(as),Joe Thomas,Lester Young(ts),Sol Moore(bs),Buck Clayton,Emmett Berry,Jimmy Nottingham(tp),Dicky Wells,George Matthews(tb),Mundell Lowe(gt),Horace Henderson(p),George Duvivier(b),Shadow Wilson(d)
                                      Buster Harding(cond)
                                      		 8/17 1949
                                      • Big Band
                                      3-5Keeps On A Rainin’ [Single Version]
                                      Music:Max Korlander/                                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),George Dorsey,Johnny Mince(as),Budd Johnson(ts),Eddie Barefield(bs,cl),Bernie Privin,Dick Vance,Tony Faso(tp),Henderson Chambers,Mort Bullman(tb),Everett Barksdale(gt),Horace Henderson(p),George Duvivier(b),Cozy Cole(d)
                                      Sy Oliver(cond)
                                      		 8/29 1949
                                      • Big Band
                                      3-6Them There Eyes
                                      Music:Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey                                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),George Dorsey,Johnny Mince(as),Budd Johnson(ts),Eddie Barefield(bs,cl),Bernie Privin,Dick Vance,Tony Faso(tp),Henderson Chambers,Mort Bullman(tb),Everett Barksdale(gt),Horace Henderson(p),George Duvivier(b),Cozy Cole(d)
                                      Sy Oliver(cond)
                                      		 8/29 1949
                                      • Big Band
                                      3-7Do Your Duty
                                      Music:Wesley Wilson                                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),George Dorsey,Pete Clark(as),Budd Johnson(ts),Dave McRae(bs),Bobby Williams,Buck Clayton,Lester “Shad” Collins(tp),George Stevenson,Henderson Chambers(tb),Everett Barksdale(gt),Horace Henderson(p),Joe Benjamin(b),Wallace Bishop(d)
                                      Sy Oliver(cond)
                                      		 9/8 1949
                                      • Big Band
                                      3-8Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) [Single Version]
                                      Music:Wesley Wilson                                      		 Billie Holiday(vo),George Dorsey,Pete Clark(as),Budd Johnson(ts),Dave McRae(bs),Bobby Williams,Buck Clayton,Lester “Shad” Collins(tp),George Stevenson,Henderson Chambers(tb),Everett Barksdale(gt),Horace Henderson(p),Joe Benjamin(b),Wallace Bishop(d)
                                      Sy Oliver(cond)
                                      		 9/8 1949
                                      • Big Band
                                      3-9You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart
                                      Music:Flourney E. Miller/James P. Johnson                                      		 Billie Holiday,Louis Armstrong(vo),Johnny Mince,Sid Cooper(as),Art Drellinger,Pat Nizza(ts),Bernie Privin(tp),Everett Barksdale(gt),Billy Kyle(p),Joe Benjamin(b),Jimmy Crawford(d)
                                      Sy Oliver(cond)
                                      		 9/30 1949
                                        3-10My Sweet Hunk O’ Trash
                                        Music:Flourney E. Miller/James P. Johnson                                        		 Billie Holiday,Louis Armstrong(vo),Johnny Mince,Sid Cooper(as),Art Drellinger,Pat Nizza(ts),Bernie Privin(tp),Everett Barksdale(gt),Billy Kyle(p),Joe Benjamin(b),Jimmy Crawford(d)
                                        Sy Oliver(cond)
                                        		 9/30 1949
                                          3-11Now Or Never
                                          Music:Billie Holiday/                                          		 Billie Holiday(vo),Johnny Mince,Sid Cooper(as),Art Drellinger,Pat Nizza(ts),Bernie Privin(tp),Everett Barksdale(gt),Billy Kyle(p),Joe Benjamin(b),Jimmy Crawford(d)
                                          Sy Oliver(cond)
                                          		 9/30 1949
                                            3-12You’re My Thrill
                                            Music:Jay Gorney , Lyrics:Sidney Clare                                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Milt Yaner(as,cl),John Fulton(ts,fl,cl),Bobby Hackett(tp),Tony Mottola(gt),Bernie Leighton(p),Jack Lesberg(b),Bunny Shawker(d) & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
                                            Gordon Jenkins(cond)
                                            		 10/19 1949
                                            • NY,NY
                                            • Strings
                                            3-13Crazy He Calls Me
                                            Music:Carl Sigman , Lyrics:Bob Russell                                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Milt Yaner(as,cl),John Fulton(ts,fl,cl),Bobby Hackett(tp),Tony Mottola(gt),Bernie Leighton(p),Jack Lesberg(b),Bunny Shawker(d) & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 10/19 1949
                                            • Strings
                                            3-14Please Tell Me Now
                                            Music:Toussaint Pope                                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Milt Yaner(as,cl),John Fulton(ts,fl,cl),Bobby Hackett(tp),Tony Mottola(gt),Bernie Leighton(p),Jack Lesberg(b),Bunny Shawker(d) & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 10/19 1949
                                            • Strings
                                            3-15Somebody’s On My Mind
                                            Music:Arthur Herzog, Jr. , Lyrics:Arthur Herzog, Jr.                                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Milt Yaner(as,cl),John Fulton(ts,fl,cl),Bobby Hackett(tp),Tony Mottola(gt),Bernie Leighton(p),Jack Lesberg(b),Bunny Shawker(d) & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 10/19 1949
                                            • Strings
                                            3-16God Bless The Child
                                            Music:Arthur Herzog, Jr.,Billie Holiday , Lyrics:Billie Holiday                                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Dick “Dent” Eckles(ts,fl),Bob Bain(gt),Charlie LaVere(p),Lou Butterman(b),Nick Fatool(d),Gordon Jenkins Singers(b-vo) & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 3/8 1950
                                            • Strings
                                            3-17This Is Heaven To Me
                                            Music:Ernest Schweikert                                            		 Billie Holiday(vo),Dick “Dent” Eckles(ts,fl),Bob Bain(gt),Charlie LaVere(p),Lou Butterman(b),Nick Fatool(d),Gordon Jenkins Singers(b-vo) & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 3/8 1950
                                            • Strings