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Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings
Holiday recorded for Decca between 1944 and 1950, a period in which she was at the heights of both her popularity and her vocal powers. The music is less jazz-oriented in its backing than were the earlier Columbia and Commodore or later Verve recordings, but these are superb vocal performances, including matchless renderings of "Lover Man," "Don't Explain," and "Solitude." Holiday achieved the highest level that torch singing has ever known, creating consummately expressive, almost etched renditions that are richly nuanced, often enhanced by tasteful string arrangements. Holiday's deepest musical sources are strongly evident in songs associated with Bessie Smith, including the earthy "Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer)," and two spirited duets with Louis Armstrong. --Stuart Broomer
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Tracks| 1 | Lover Man - Billie Holiday, Davis, Jimmy [4] | | 2 | No More - Billie Holiday, Camarata, Tutti | | 3 | No More - Billie Holiday, Camarata, Tutti | | 4 | That Ole Devil Called Love - Billie Holiday, Fisher, Doris | | 5 | Don't Explain - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr. | | 6 | Big Stuff - Billie Holiday, Bernstein, Leonard | | 7 | Don't Explain - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr. | | 8 | Big Stuff - Billie Holiday, Bernstein, Leonard | | 9 | You Better Go Now - Billie Holiday, Graham, Robert | | 10 | What Is This Thing Called Love? - Billie Holiday, Porter, Cole | | 11 | Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday, Drake, Ervin | | 12 | No Good Man - Billie Holiday, Fisher, Dan | | 13 | No Good Man - Billie Holiday, Fisher, Dan | | 14 | Big Stuff - Billie Holiday, Bernstein, Leonard | | 15 | Big Stuff - Billie Holiday, Bernstein, Leonard | | 16 | Baby, I Don't Cry Over You - Billie Holiday, Krouse, Morton | | 17 | Baby, I Don't Cry Over You - Billie Holiday, Krouse, Morton | | 18 | I'll Look Around - Billie Holiday, Cory, George | | 19 | I'll Look Around - Billie Holiday, Cory, George | | 20 | The Blues Are Brewin' - Billie Holiday, Alter, Louis | | 21 | Guilty - Billie Holiday, Akst, Harry | | 22 | Guilty - Billie Holiday, Akst, Harry | | 23 | Guilty - Billie Holiday, Akst, Harry | | 24 | Deep Song - Billie Holiday, Cory, George | | 25 | There Is No Greater Love - Billie Holiday, Jones, Isham | | 26 | Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Rainger, Ralph | | 27 | Solitude - Billie Holiday, DeLange, Eddie | | 28 | Solitude - Billie Holiday, DeLange, Eddie | | 29 | Weep No More - Billie Holiday, Adair, Tom | | 30 | Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys - Billie Holiday, Blane, Ralph | | 31 | I Loves You, Porgy - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George | | 32 | My Man - Billie Holiday, Charles, Jacques | | 33 | My Man - Billie Holiday, Charles, Jacques | | 34 | 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday, Grainger, Percy | | 35 | 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday, Grainger, Percy | | 36 | Baby Get Lost - Billie Holiday, Feather, Leonard | | 37 | Keeps on A-Rainin' - Billie Holiday, Kortlander, Max | | 38 | Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday, Pinkard, Maceo | | 39 | Do Your Duty - Billie Holiday, Wilson, Wesley | | 40 | Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Billie Holiday, Wilson, Wesley | | 41 | You Can't Lose a Broken Heart - Billie Holiday, Johnson, James [01] | | 42 | My Sweet Hunk O' Trash - Billie Holiday, Johnson, James [01] | | 43 | Now or Never - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie | | 44 | You're My Thrill - Billie Holiday, Clare, Sidney | | 45 | They Can't Take That Away from Me - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George | | 46 | Please Tell Me Now - Billie Holiday, Clawson, Arnold | | 47 | Somebody's on My Mind - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr. | | 48 | God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr. | | 49 | This Is Heaven to Me - Billie Holiday, Reardon, Frank |
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