The Complete Commodore/Decca Masters

1

Strange Fruit

03:10

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Vocals: Billie Holiday - Piano: Sonny White - Alto Saxophone: Tab Smith - Double Bass: John Williams - Drums: Eddie Dougherty - Tenor Saxophone: Stanley Payne - Trumpet: Frank Newton - Composer/Author: Lewis Allan

2

Yesterdays

03:24

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Alto Saxophone: Tab Smith - Double Bass: John Williams - Percussion: Eddie Dougherty - Guitar: Jimmy McLin - Tenor Saxophone: Stanley Payne - Trumpet: Frank Newton - Composer: Jerome Kern

3

Fine And Mellow

03:15

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Trumpet: Frank Newton - Alto Saxophone: Tab Smith - Double Bass: John Williams - Piano: Sonny White - Drums: Eddie Dougherty - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Billie Holiday

4

I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

02:49

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Trumpet: Frank Newton - Alto Saxophone: Ted Smith - Tenor Saxophone: Stan Payne - Tenor Saxophone: Kenneth Hollon - Piano: Sonny White - Guitar: Jimmy McLin - Upright Bass: John Williams - Drums: Eddie Dougherty - Composer/Author: Harold Arlen - Composer/Author: Ted Koehler

5

How Am I To Know?

02:44

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Alto Saxophone: Lem Davis - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Guitar: Teddy Walters - Trombone: Vic Dickenson - Trumpet: Doc Cheatham - Composer/Author: Jack King

6

My Old Flame

03:02

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Alto Saxophone: Lem Davis - Double Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Trumpet: Doc Cheatham - Trombone: Vic Dickenson - Piano: Eddie Heywood - Composer/Author: Sam Coslow

7

I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)

02:58

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Alto Saxophone: Lem Davis - Double Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Guitar: Teddy Walters - Piano: Eddie Heywood - Trombone: Vic Dickenson - Trumpet: Doc Cheatham - Composer/Author: Roy Turk

8

I Cover The Waterfront

03:36

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Alto Saxophone: Lem Davis - Double Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Guitar: Teddy Walters - Piano: Eddie Heywood - Trombone: Vic Dickenson - Trumpet: Doc Cheatham - Composer/Author: Edward Heyman

9

I'll Be Seeing You

03:30

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Alto Saxophone: Lem Davis - Double Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Guitar: Teddy Walters - Piano: Eddie Heywood - Trombone: Vic Dickenson - Trumpet: Doc Cheatham - Composer: Sammy Fain

10

I'm Yours

03:16

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: E.Y. Harburg - Composer/Author: John W. Green

11

Embraceable You

03:15

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer: George Gershwin

12

As Time Goes By

03:12

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Herman Hupfeld

13

He's Funny That Way (1944 Version)

03:15

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Recording Arranger: Eddie Heywood - Composer/Author: Richard A. Whiting

14

Lover, Come Back To Me

03:15

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Recording Arranger: Eddie Heywood - Double Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Piano: Eddie Heywood - Composer/Author: Sigmund Romberg

15

Billie's Blues

03:06

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Recording Arranger: Eddie Heywood - Composer/Author: Billie Holiday

16

On The Sunny Side Of The Street

03:05

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Recording Arranger: Eddie Heywood - Double Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Sidney Catlett - Piano: Eddie Heywood - Composer/Author: Dorothy Fields - Composer/Author: Jimmy McHugh

17

Lover Man (Single Version)

03:17

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Conductor: Toots Camarata - Vocals: Billie Holiday - Composer/Author: Roger J. "Ram" Ramirez

18

No More

02:45

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Recording Arranger: Toots Camarata - Orchestra: Toots Camarata & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Sidney Keith Bob Russell

19

That Ole Devil Called Love

02:53

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Conductor: Tutti Camarata - Composer/Author: Doris Fisher

20

Don't Explain

03:28

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Recording Arranger: Toots Camarata - Composer/Author: Arthur Herzog Jr.

21

You Better Go Now

02:38

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Orchestra: Bob Haggart & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Irving Graham

22

What Is This Thing Called Love

03:10

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Robert Haggart - Orchestra: Bob Haggart & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Cole Porter

23

Good Morning Heartache (DO NOT USE)

03:05

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Composer/Author: Dan Fisher - Composer/Author: Ervin Drake - Composer/Author: Ervin M. Drake - Composer/Author: Irene Higginbotham

24

No Good Man

03:05

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Orchestra: Bill Stegmeyer's Orchestra - Composer/Author: Sammy Gallop

25

Big Stuff

02:29

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Leonard Bernstein

26

Baby, I Don't Cry Over You (1991 Box Set Version)

03:10

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Morton Krouse

27

I'll Look Around (Edit)

03:13

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Cory Cross - Composer/Author: Douglas Cross - Composer/Author: George Cory - Composer/Author: George Douglas

28

The Blues Are Brewin'

03:12

Billie Holiday, John Simmons & His Orchestra

Vocals: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: John Simmons & His Orchestra - Bass: John Simmons - Drums: Denzil Best - Piano: Bobby Tucker - Alto Saxophone: Lem Davis - Tenor Saxophone: Bob Dorsey - Trumpet: Rostelle Reese - Recording Arranger: Teddy Brannon

29

Guilty

03:11

Billie Holiday, John Simmons & His Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Musical Director: John Simmons - Featuring: John Simmons & His Orchestra

30

Deep Song

03:10

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Orchestra: Bob Haggart & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Douglass Cross - Composer/Author: George C. Cory Jr.

31

There Is No Greater Love

02:56

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Musical Director: Bob Haggart - Composer: Isham Jones

32

Easy Living

03:11

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Orchestra: Bob Haggart & His Orchestra - Composer: Ralph Rainger

33

Solitude

03:14

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Conductor: Bob Haggart

34

Weep No More

03:19

Billie Holiday, The Stardusters

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Tutti Camarata - Featuring: Stardusters - Composer/Author: Gordon Jenkins - Composer/Author: Tom Adair

35

Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys

03:13

Billie Holiday, The Stardusters

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Stardusters - Piano: Bobby Tucker - Featuring: Stardusters - Guitar: Mundell Lowe - Upright Bass: John Levy - Drums: Denzil Best - Composer/Author: Ralph Blane

36

Porgy

02:55

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Musical Director: Bob Haggart - Piano: Bobby Tucker - Guitar: Mundell Lowe - Upright Bass: John Levy - Drums: Denzil Best - Composer/Author: DuBose Heyward - Composer/Author: George Gershwin - Composer/Author: Ira Gershwin

37

My Man

02:57

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Piano: Bobby Tucker - Guitar: Mundell Lowe - Upright Bass: John Levy - Drums: Denzil Best - Composer/Author: Albert Lucien Willemetz

38

Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

03:19

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Trumpet: Jimmy Nottingham - Trumpet: Buck Clayton - Trumpet: Emmett Berry - Trombone: Dickie Wells - Trombone: George Matthews - Alto Saxophone: Rudy Powell - Alto Saxophone: George Dorsey - Baritone Saxophone: Sol Moore - Piano: Horace Henderson - Guitar: Mundell Lowe - Upright Bass: George Duvivier - Drums: Shadow Wilson - Other: Buster Harding - Composer/Author: Porter Grainger

39

Baby Get Lost

03:15

Billie Holiday, Buster Harding & His Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Buster Harding - Featuring: Buster Harding & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Billy Moore

40

Keeps On A Rainin'

03:15

Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Sy Oliver - Featuring: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Clarence Williams - Composer/Author: Max Korlander

41

Them There Eyes

02:49

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Sy Oliver - Recording Arranger: Sy Oliver - Orchestra: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Doris Tauber - Composer/Author: Maceo Pinkard - Composer/Author: William Tracey

42

Do Your Duty

03:14

Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Sy Oliver - Featuring: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Wesley Sox Wilson

43

Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer

02:44

Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Recording Arranger: Sy Oliver - Featuring: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Composer/Author: Wesley Sox Wilson

44

You Can't Lose A Broken Heart

03:15

Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

Artist: Louis Armstrong - Recording Arranger: Sy Oliver - Artist: Billie Holiday - Featuring: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Flourney E. Miller - Composer/Author: James P. Johnson

45

My Sweet Hunk O' Trash

03:11

Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

Artist: Louis Armstrong - Musical Director: Sy Oliver - Artist: Billie Holiday - Guitar: Everett Barksdale - Featuring: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Trumpet: Bernie Privin - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Flourney E. Miller - Composer/Author: James P. Johnson

46

Now Or Never

03:13

Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Conductor: Sy Oliver - Featuring: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra - Trumpet: Bernie Privin - Alto Saxophone: Sid Cooper - Alto Saxophone: Johnny Mince - Tenor Saxophone: Artie Drelinger - Tenor Saxophone: Pat Nizza - Piano: Billy Kyle - Guitar: Everett Barksdale - Bass: Joe Benjamin - Drums: Jimmy Crawford - Composer/Author: Billie Holiday - Composer/Author: Curtis Reginald Lewis

47

You're My Thrill

03:22

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Conductor: Gordon Jenkins - Composer: Jay Gorney

48

Crazy He Calls Me

03:01

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Conductor: Gordon Jenkins - Producer: Milt Gabler - Composer/Author: Bob Russell - Composer/Author: Carl Sigman

49

Please Tell Me Now

03:12

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Conductor: Gordon Jenkins - Composer/Author: Arnold Clawson - Composer/Author: Toussaint L. Pope

50

Somebody's On My Mind

02:57

Billie Holiday, Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Gordon Jenkins - Featuring: Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra - Composer/Author: Arthur Herzog Jr. - Composer/Author: Billie Holiday

51

God Bless The Child

03:08

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Producer: Milt Gabler - Recording Arranger: Gordon Jenkins - Drums: Nick Fatool - Upright Bass: Lou Butterman - Guitar: Bob Bain - Piano: Charles Lavere - Saxophone: Dent Eckels - Composer: Arthur Herzog Jr.

52

This Is Heaven To Me

02:51

Billie Holiday

Artist: Billie Holiday - Musical Director: Gordon Jenkins - Composer/Author: Ernest Schweikert - Composer/Author: Frank Reardon