Saga Jazz: Blue Billie by Billie Holiday - DeepRiffs

ALBUM

Billie Holiday is known best for the depth of feeling in her singing, especially as it relates to melancholy and despair. The Saga compilation Blue Billie isolates the best of her '30s and '40s songs in that vein, and as such includes several of the landmark performances of her career: "Strange Fruit," "Billie's Blues," "My Man," "Fine and Mellow." As only one glimpse of the complete picture of Billie Holiday's talent, Blue Billie isn't a good stand-alone collection, but when paired with Saga's companion volume, Happy Billie, it forms a much better look at one of the best singers in American history.
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1. Big City Blues

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Duke Ellington; Composer

2. Summertime

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: George Gershwin
Heyward Dubose
Dubose Heyward; Composer

3. Billie's Blues

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Billie Holiday; Composer

4. I Must Have That Man

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: D. Fields
Jimmy Mchugh; Composer

5. Moanin' Low

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Howard Dietz
Ralph Rainger; Composer

6. They Can't Take That Away From Me

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin; Composer

7. Mean To Me

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Fred E. Ahlert
R Turk; Composer

8. I'll Never Be The Same

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Gus Kahn
Matty Malneck
Frank Signorelli; Composer

9. My Man

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: C Pollock
Albert Willemetz
M Yvain
A. Willemetz; Composer

10. Long Gone Blues

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Billie Holiday
T. Smith; Composer

11. Strange Fruit

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: L Allan; Composer

12. Yesterdays

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Otto Harbach
Jerome Kern; Composer

13. Fine and Mellow

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Billie Holiday; Composer

14. I Gotta Right to Sing The Blue

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: H. Arien
Ted Koehler
Harold Arlen; Composer

15. Some OTher Spring

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: A Herzog
Wilson I Kitchings; Composer

16. The Man I Love

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin; Composer

17. St Louis Blues

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: William Christopher Handy
W.c. Handy; Composer

18. Georgia On My Mind

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Hoagy Carmichael
Stuart Gorrell; Composer

19. Solitude

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Duke Ellington
Eddie Lange
Irving Mills; Composer

20. I Cover The Waterfront

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: J. Green
E. Heyman
Edward Heyman; Composer

21. Gloomy Sunday

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Samuel M. Lewis
Rezso Seress; Composer

22. Trav'Lin' Light

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Johnny Mercer
J Mundy
T Young; Composer

23. Don't Explain

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: A Herzog
Billie Holiday; Composer

24. God Bless The Child

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: A Herzog
Billie Holiday; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

24 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 47 minutes and 44 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1000x1000 px

Booklet

Available in PDF format

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

23/24 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

16/24 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Vocal Jazz, Jazz

Label

Saga

Music Distribution Service

IDOL

Country

France

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Mar 10, 2003

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

602498106341