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Song: All or Nothing at All
Artist: Billie Holiday
Album: All or Nothing at All (Verve, 1957) *
Personnel:
*Note: All or Nothing at All, released in 1957, was Lady’s last album for Verve Records. Later that year in December, she would sign back with Columbia Records, where she made her first recordings over 20 years earlier.
Song: Body and Soul (1957 Version)
Artist: Billie Holiday
Album: Body and Soul (Verve, 1957)
Requested by: [papajazzman]
Personnel:
Song: I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
Artist: Billie Holiday
Album: Velvet Mood (Clef [Verve], 1956)
Billie Holiday (vocals), Jimmy Rowles (piano/celeste), Barney Kessel (guitar), Larry Bunker (drums), John Simmons (bass)
Song of the day: Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (1955)
Personnel:
Another song from her Music For Torching album, Billie sings another one of her favorite songs, added to her repertoire at the latter part of her career in the 50’s. She would go on to sing Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone in live shows, and even on a couple of television appearances.
Song of the day: I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore (1955)
Personnel:
It is said that I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore, was one of Billie’s favorite, but hardest song because according to her “nobody fucked with it”. This is originally from her album Music For Torching
