Love Songs [Columbia Portrait Cover]

by Billie Holiday

Overview

Billie Holiday sang plenty of love songs throughout her career, yet it still seems a little odd to have a Holiday collection entitled Love Songs, mainly because her love songs were never quite so simple. And that's part of the problem here -- Holiday's art may be too rich for audiences who just want a collection of love songs like this. It's better to hear her in the context of her original sessions, but this remains a pretty good sampler of love songs from her Columbia recordings. If you want just a taste of her work, or are looking for a sultry, romantic album from Holiday, this isn't a bad bet -- just be forewarned that this is designed with casual fans in mind. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/12/1996
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0074646485323
Rank:	136236

Tracks

1. All of Me
2. You Go to My Head
3. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
4. My Man
5. The Very Thought of You
6. Easy Living
7. They Can't Take That Away from Me
8. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
9. Them There Eyes
10. Night and Day
11. The Man I Love
12. Me, Myself and I
13. The Way You Look Tonight
14. If You Were Mine
15. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
16. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Billie Holiday   Primary Artist,Vocals
Harry "Sweets" Edison   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Count Basie   Guest Artist,Piano
Ben Webster   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Buck Clayton   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Roy Eldridge   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Teddy Wilson   Guest Artist,Piano
Jo Jones   Guest Artist,Drums
Lester Young   Guest Artist,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Sherman   Piano
Chu Berry   Sax (Tenor)
Chuck Berry   Sax (Tenor)
Cozy Cole   Drums
Claude Thornhill   Piano
Edward Lewis   Trumpet
Freddie Green   Guitar
Eddie Dougherty   Drums
Joe Sullivan   Piano
Charlie Shavers   Trumpet
Edgar Sampson   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Walter Page   Bass
Gene Krupa   Drums
Hymie Schertzer   Sax (Alto)
Vido Musso   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
John Kirby   Bass
Al Casey   Guitar
Ted Sturgis   Bass
Jonah Jones   Trumpet
Jimmy Hamilton   Clarinet
Milt Hinton   Bass
Buster Bailey   Clarinet
Jimmy McLin   Guitar
Dave Barbour   Guitar
Ken Kersey   Piano
Benny Morton   Trombone
J.C. Heard   Drums
Jack Washington   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Ed Lewis   Trumpet
Eddie Heywood   Piano
Emmett Berry   Trumpet
Leslie Johnakins   Sax (Alto)
John Williams   Bass
George Hunt   Trombone
Prince Robinson   Clarinet
John Collins   Guitar
Irving "Mouse" Randolph   Trumpet
Kenneth Hollon   Sax (Tenor)
Bob Moore   Trumpet
Stanley Payne   Sax (Tenor)
Margaret Johnson   Piano
Edmond Hall   Clarinet
Shad Collins   Trumpet
Earle Warren   Sax (Alto)
Eddie Barefield   Sax (Alto)
Herschel Evans   Sax (Tenor)
Allan Reuss   Guitar
Tab Smith   Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Babe Russin   Sax (Tenor)
Kenny Clarke   Drums
Dan Minor   Trombone

Technical Credits

J. Fred Coots   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
L.E. Freeman   Composer
Count Basie   Leader
Clarence Gaskill   Composer
Doris Tauber   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Saul Chaplin   Composer
Mark Wilder   Producer,Remastering,Reissue Producer
Ralph Rainger   Composer
William Tracey   Composer
Alvin Kaufman   Composer
Alberta Nichols   Composer
Gerald Marks   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Mann Holiner   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Jacques Charles   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Channing Pollack   Composer
Delfeayo Marsalis   Liner Notes
Albert Willemetz   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Josephine DiDonato   Design,Art Direction
Leo Robin   Composer
Matty Malneck   Composer
Maurice Yvain   Composer
Allan Roberts   Composer
Seymour Simons   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Steven Berkowitz   Producer,Reissue Producer
Ray Noble   Composer
Billie Holiday   Leader