I'm somewhat new to Billie Holiday. I've been enjoying the Complete Columbia Recordings 10-CD box set for a couple of years, and over the past month or so I've been listening to some of her late-career albums a ton. I'd like to become more familiar with her recordings between Columbia and Verve. What box sets or compilations should I check out? I'm interested in Commodore, Decca, Verve, etc. Or other Columbia works that might be missing from the 10-CD box set. If these compilations or box sets are out of print, but there digital versions available, do I miss a lot by not getting the booklets?
Billie Holiday The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters Verve Music Group 2010 In 1959, Nina Simone made a black-pride point about her hit single, 'I Loves You Porgy,' very publicly proclaiming that she refused to use the (to her) demeaning dialect pronunciation 'loves,' substituting 'love.' It was the same year that Billie Holiday died, but few remembered that Holiday had, without fanfare.
The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message. E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at Title: Billie Holiday: the complete Commodore recordings. Author: Billie Holiday; Lewis Allan; Otto Harbach; Ted Koehler; Harold Arlen; Dorothy Parker; Jack King; Arthur Johnston; Sam Coslow; Roy Turk; Fred E Ahlert; Edward Heyman; Johnny Green; Irving Kahal; Sammy Fain; E Y Harburg; Ira Gershwin; Herman Hupfeld; Neil Moret; Richard A Whiting; Oscar Hammerstein, II; Dorothy Fields; Jimmy McHugh; Jerome Kern; George Gershwin; Sigmund Romberg Publisher: New York, NY: GRP Records, ℗1997. Find more information about: OCLC Number: 36852181 Notes: Program notes by Stuart Nicholson and discography (41 p.: ports.)-inserted in container. Credits: Originally produced by Milt Gabler; reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews & Joel Dorn.
Performer(s): Billie Holiday, vocals; with acc. Event notes: Recorded in New York City between Apr.
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20, 1939 and Apr. Description: 2 audio discs: digital; 4 3/4 in.
Contents: Disc one.