The Diva Series: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Them There Eyes (Single Version) | Billie Holiday | 2:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) | Billie Holiday | 2:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Easy Living (Single Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Don't Explain (Single Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Billie's Blues (1944 Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Love Me or Leave Me | Billie Holiday | 2:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Just One of Those Things (1957 Stereo Version) | Billie Holiday | 5:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Good Morning Heartache (1956 Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Speak Low | Billie Holiday | 4:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | All or Nothing at All | Billie Holiday | 5:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Strange Fruit (1939 Single Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | God Bless the Child (1956 Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | I Wished On the Moon (1957) | Billie Holiday | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do (1954 Studio Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Fine and Mellow | Billie Holiday | 3:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Lady Sings the Blues (1956 Studio Version) | Billie Holiday | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Songs |
Album Review
Part of Verve's Diva Series of compilations, this Billie Holiday collection is by no means the definitive account of her career — Columbia's Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday takes that honor. That said, it is still a great introduction to the vocalist's singular and influential style. There is a timely flow to the track listing on most of the Diva Series albums, and this collection is no exception. Included are such landmark recordings as "Don't Explain," "God Bless the Child," and Holiday's haunting signature tune, "Strange Fruit." Longtime Holiday fanatics will most likely already have these recordings, but for newly interested listeners, at over 14 tracks, this competes well with other similar single-disc collections.
Recent Customer Reviews
Strange Fruit
by Esther Isabella SnapeThis is one of the best Billie Holiday songs. Amazing, sad, depressing, and once you finally understand the words, it makes you want to cry. Words cannot describe it. OH MY GOSH! I love this song! It is the BEST song EVA!
strange fruit ....
by riverdeepthe first political folk song and it's all billie's! also like hearing interpretations of it by nina simone, eddie skuller, jimmy scott
Billie Holiday
by Davey BrooksThis is the best recording I've ever heard of this fabulous woman -- so grateful to have it in my collection!
Biography
Born: April 07, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '30s, '40s, '50s
Top Albums and Songs by Billie Holiday
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll Be Seeing You (1944 Single) | The Complete Commodore Recordings | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Strange Fruit (1939 Single Version) | The Diva Series: Billie Holiday | 3:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | I'll Be Seeing You | The Notebook - Music from the Original Motion Picture | 3:33 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 5 | I'll Be Seeing You | Billy Remembers Billie | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Jazz, Music, Vocal, Standards, Vocal Jazz
- Released: May 20, 2003
- ℗ 2003 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
