The Commodore Master Takes
Album The Commodore Master Takes by Billie Holiday
| Disc #-Track # | Song Composer Lyrics Arranger | Musicinas Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists | Recording Date | Recording Location | Attribution |
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| 1-1 | Strange Fruit Music:Lewis Allan , Lyrics:Meeropol | Billie Holiday(vo),Tab Smith(as),Kenneth Hollon,Stan Payne(ts),Frankie Newton(tp),Jimmy McLin(gt),Sonny White(p),John Williams(b),Eddie Dougherty(d) | 4/20 1939 |
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| 1-2 | Yesterdays Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Otto Harbach | Billie Holiday(vo),Kenneth Hollon(ts),Jimmy McLin,Sonny White(gt),John Williams(b),Eddie Dougherty(d) | 4/20 1939 |
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| 1-3 | Fine And Mellow Music:Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday(vo),Tab Smith(as),Kenneth Hollon,Stan Payne(ts),Frankie Newton(tp),Jimmy McLin(gt),Sonny White(p),John Williams(b),Eddie Dougherty(d) | 4/20 1939 |
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| 1-4 | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Music:Harold Arlen , Lyrics:Ted Koehler | Billie Holiday(vo),Tab Smith(as),Kenneth Hollon,Stan Payne(ts),Frankie Newton(tp),Jimmy McLin(gt),Sonny White(p),John Williams(b),Eddie Dougherty(d) | 4/20 1939 |
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| 1-5 | How Am I To Know? Music:Jack King , Lyrics:Dorothy Parker | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 3/25 1944 |
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| 1-6 | My Old Flame Music:Arthur Johnston , Lyrics:Sam Coslow | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 3/25 1944 |
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| 1-7 | I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You) Music:Fred E. Ahlert | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 3/25 1944 |
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| 1-8 | I Cover The Waterfront Music:Johnny Green , Lyrics:Edward Heyman | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 3/25 1944 |
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| 1-9 | I’ll Be Seeing You Music:Sammy Fain , Lyrics:Irving Kahal | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/1 1944 |
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| 1-10 | I’m Yours Music:Johnny Green | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/1 1944 |
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| 1-11 | Embraceable You Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/1 1944 |
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| 1-12 | As Time Goes By Music:Herman Hupfeld , Lyrics:Herman Hupfeld | Billie Holiday(vo),Lem Davis(as),Doc Cheatham(tp),Vic Dickenson(tb),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/1 1944 |
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| 1-13 | (I Got A Man Crazy For Me) He’s Funny That Way Music:Neil Moret , Lyrics:Richard A. Whiting | Billie Holiday(vo),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/8 1944 |
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| 1-14 | Lover, Come Back To Me Music:Sigmund Romberg , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II | Billie Holiday(vo),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/8 1944 |
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| 1-15 | Billie’s Blues Music:Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday(vo),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/8 1944 |
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| 1-16 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street Music:Jimmy McHugh , Lyrics:Dorothy Fields | Billie Holiday(vo),Eddie Heywood(p),John Simmons(b),Sid Catlett(d) | 4/8 1944 |
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