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The Ultimate Collection
Billie Holiday (1917-59) wore gardenias, was a teenaged prostitute, did drugs, and died with a cop posted outside her hospital bed. But with her gravel-like vocals, and behind-the-beat phrasing, she was one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century. This multimedia collection commemorates her ninetieth birthday. Two CDs contain forty two of her greatest hits, from her 1935 stint with Benny Goodman, to her chilling 1958 strings album, Lady in Satin. It features her signature songs like "Good Morning Heartache," "God Bless the Child," and her unforgettable anti-lynching number "Strange Fruit." The DVD includes film cameos with Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, photographs, posters, rehearsals and interviews with friends and musicians, including a rediscovered 1956 radio broadcast with a young Mike Wallace. Her achy artistry is timeless, and as Ashley Kahn wrote in his superb liner notes, "Billie will be there tonight, tomorrow night and a long time to come." --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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Tracks| 1 | Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday, , Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra | | 2 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | | 3 | I Cried for You | | 4 | Mean to Me | | 5 | Strange Fruit | | 6 | Fine and Mellow | | 7 | God Bless the Child | | 8 | Trav'lin' Light - Billie Holiday, , Paul Whiteman Orchestra | | 9 | My Old Flame | | 10 | I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) | | 11 | Billie's Blues | | 12 | He's Funny That Way | | 13 | Lover Man | | 14 | Don't Explain | | 15 | Good Morning Heartache | | 16 | No Good Man | | 17 | Blues Are Brewin' | | 18 | Solitude | | 19 | Easy Living | | 20 | I Loves You Porgy | | 21 | My Man (Mon Homme) | | 22 | 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do | | 23 | Them There Eyes | | 24 | You Can't Lose a Broken Heart - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday | | 25 | You're My Thrill | | 26 | Crazy He Calls Me | | 27 | Detour Ahead | | 28 | These Foolish Things | | 29 | You Go to My Head | | 30 | Love Me or Leave Me | | 31 | Willow Weep for Me | | 32 | I Thought About You | | 33 | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | | 34 | Come Rain or Come Shine | | 35 | It Had to Be You | | 36 | What's New? | | 37 | Lady Sings the Blues | | 38 | I Cover the Waterfront [Live] | | 39 | Body and Soul | | 40 | But Not for Me | | 41 | One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) | | 42 | I'm a Fool to Want You | | 43 | Saddest Tale [DVD] | | 44 | Blues Are Brewin' [DVD] - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday | | 45 | Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans [DVD] - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday | | 46 | My Man (Mon Homme) [DVD] | | 47 | Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone [DVD] | | 48 | Billie's Blues [DVD] | | 49 | Fine and Mellow [DVD] | | 50 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do [DVD] | | 51 | St. Louis Blues [DVD] - Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith | | 52 | I Cover the Waterfront [DVD] | | 53 | Swing! Brother, Swing! [DVD Audio] | | 54 | They Can't Take That Away from Me [DVD Audio] | | 55 | Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me [DVD Audio] - All Star Jam Band, Billie Holiday | | 56 | I'll Get By [DVD Audio] - All Star Jam Band, Billie Holiday | | 57 | I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone [DVD Audio] - Billie Holiday, Red Norvo & His Orchestra | | 58 | Jeepers Creepers [DVD Audio] - Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rowles | | 59 | Bonus Materials [DVD][*] |
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