Billie Holiday

• NEW COLLECTION OF COLORED CLASSIC LPs

• LIMITED EDITION • 180 GRAM VINYL

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

PERSONNEL & DATES:

• BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocals on all tracks, with:

• A1-A4: Frankie Newton (trumpet), Tab Smith (alto & soprano sax), Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (tenor sax), Sonny White (piano), Jimmy McLin (guitar), Johnny Williams (bass), Eddie Dougherty (drums). Newton, Smith & Payne out on “Yesterdays”.
• New York, April 20, 1939.

• A5-A8: Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Lem Davis (alto sax), Eddie Heywood (piano & conductor), Teddy Walters (guitar), John Simmons (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums).
• New York, March 25, 1944.

• B1-B4: Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Lem Davis (alto sax), Eddie Heywood (piano & conductor), John Simmons (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums).
• New York, April 1, 1944.

• B5-B8: Eddie Heywood (piano), Teddy Walters (guitar), John Simmons (bass), Sidney Catlett (drums).
• New York, April 8, 1944.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1 STRANGE FRUIT
• A2 YESTERDAYS
• A3 FINE AND MELLOW
• A4 I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES
• A5 HOW AM I TO KNOW?
• A6 MY OLD FLAME
• A7 I’LL GET BY
• A8 I COVER THE WATERFRONT

• SIDE B:
• B1 I’LL BE SEEING YOU
• B2 I’M YOURS
• B3 EMBRACEABLE YOU
• B4 AS TIME GOES BY
• B5 HE’S FUNNY THAT WAY
• B6 LOVER COME BACK TO ME
• B7 I LOVE MY MAN (aka BILLIE’S BLUES)
• B8 ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET