Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough, Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1915 – New… Read Full Bio ↴Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough, Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1915 – New York City, NY, July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues." She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including "Easy Living" and "Strange Fruit."
Music critic Robert Christgau called her "uncoverable, possibly the greatest singer of the century".
Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever."
Billie Holiday had a difficult childhood, which greatly affected her life and career. Not much is known about the true details of her early life, though stories of it appeared in her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, first published in 1956 and later revealed to contain many inaccuracies.
Her professional pseudonym was taken from Billie Dove, an actress she admired, and Clarence Holiday, her probable father. At the outset of her career, she spelled her last name "Halliday", presumably to distance herself from her neglectful father, but eventually changed it back to "Holiday".
There is some controversy regarding Holiday's paternity, stemming from a copy of her birth certificate in the Baltimore archives that lists the father as a "Frank DeViese". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital or government worker.
Thrown out of her parents' home in Baltimore after becoming pregnant at thirteen, Billie's mother, Sadie Fagan, moved to Philadelphia where Billie was born. Mother and child eventually settled in a poor section of Baltimore. Her parents married when she was three, but they soon divorced, leaving her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. At the age of 10, she reported that she had been raped. That claim, combined with her frequent truancy, resulted in her being sent to The House of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic reform school, in 1925. It was only through the assistance of a family friend that she was released two years later. Scarred by these experiences, Holiday moved to New York City with her mother in 1928. In 1929 Holiday's mother discovered a neighbor, Wilbert Rich, in the act of raping her daughter; Rich was sentenced to three months in jail.
According to Billie Holiday's own account, she was recruited by a brothel, worked as a prostitute in 1930, and was eventually imprisoned for a short time for solicitation. It was in Harlem, New York in the early 1930s that she started singing for tips in various night clubs. According to legend, penniless and facing eviction, she sang "Travelin All Alone" in a local club and reduced the audience to tears. She later worked at various clubs for tips, ultimately landing at Pod's and Jerry's, a well known Harlem jazz club. Her early work history is hard to verify, though accounts say she was working at a club named Monette's in 1933 when she was discovered by talent scout John Hammond.
Hammond arranged for Holiday to make her recording debut in November 1933 with Benny Goodman singing two songs: "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" and "Riffin' the Scotch." Goodman was also on hand in 1935, when she continued her recording career with a group led by pianist Teddy Wilson. Their first collaboration included "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" and "Miss Brown To You," which helped to establish Holiday as a major vocalist. She began recording under her own name a year later, producing a series of extraordinary performances with groups comprising the Swing Era's finest musicians.
Wilson was signed to Brunswick Records by John Hammond for the purpose of recording current pop tunes in the new Swing style for the growing jukebox trade. They were given free rein to improvise the material. Holiday's amazing method of improvising the melody line to fit the emotion was revolutionary. (Wilson and Holiday took pedestrian pop tunes like "Twenty-Four Hours A Day" or "Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town" and turned them into jazz classics with their arrangements.) With few exceptions, the recordings she made with Wilson or under her own name during the 1930s and early 1940s are regarded as important parts of the jazz vocal library.
Billie also wrote songs during the 1930s. Such songs include "Billie's Blues", "Tell Me More (And Then Some)", "Everything Happens For The Best", "Our Love Is Different", and "Long Gone Blues".
Among the musicians who accompanied her frequently was tenor saxophonist Lester Young, who had been a boarder at her mother's house in 1934 and with whom she had a special rapport. "Well, I think you can hear that on some of the old records, you know. Some time I'd sit down and listen to 'em myself, and it sound like two of the same voices, if you don't be careful, you know, or the same mind, or something like that."[9] Young nicknamed her "Lady Day" and she, in turn, dubbed him "Prez." She did a three-month residency at Clark Monroe's Uptown House in New York in 1937. In the late 1930s, she also had brief stints as a big band vocalist with Count Basie (1937) and Artie Shaw (1938). The latter association placed her among the first black women to work with a white orchestra, an arrangement that went against the tenor of the times.
Holiday was recording for Columbia in the late 1930s when she was introduced to "Strange Fruit", a song based on a poem about lynching written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx. Meeropol used the pseudonym "Lewis Allan" for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings. It was eventually heard by Barney Josephson, proprietor of Café Society, an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, who introduced it to Holiday. She performed it at the club in 1939, with some trepidation, fearing possible retaliation. Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her resistance to performing it. In a 1958 interview, she also bemoaned the fact that many people did not grasp the song's message: "They'll ask me to 'sing that sexy song about the people swinging'", she said.
When Holiday's producers at Columbia found the subject matter too sensitive, Milt Gabler agreed to record it for his Commodore Records. That was done in April, 1939 and "Strange Fruit" remained in her repertoire for twenty years. She later recorded it again for Verve. While the Commodore release did not get airplay, the controversial song sold well, though Gabler attributed that mostly to the record's other side, "Fine and Mellow", which was a jukebox hit.
In addition to owning Commodore Records, Milt Gabler was an A&R man for Decca Records, and he signed Holiday to the label in 1944. Her first recording for Decca, "Lover Man", was a song written especially for her by Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, and Jimmy Sherman. Although its lyrics describe a woman who has never known love ("I long to try something I never had"), its theme—a woman longing for a missing lover—and its refrain, "Lover man, oh, where can you be?", struck a chord in wartime America and the record became one of her biggest hits.
Holiday continued to record for Decca until 1950, including sessions with the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras, and two duets with Louis Armstrong. Holiday's Decca recordings featured big bands and, sometimes, strings, contrasting her intimate small group Columbia accompaniments. Some of the songs from her Decca repertoire became signatures, including "Don't Explain" and "Good Morning Heartache".
Holiday made one major film appearance, opposite Louis Armstrong in New Orleans (1947). The musical drama featured Holiday singing with Armstrong and his band and was directed by Arthur Lubin. Holiday was not pleased that her role was that of a maid, as she recalled in her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues: "I thought I was going to play myself in it. I thought I was going to be Billie Holiday doing a couple of songs in a nightclub setting and that would be that. I should have known better. When I saw the script, I did. You just tell one Negro girl who's made movies who didn't play a maid or a whore. I don't know any. I found out I was going to do a little singing, but I was still playing the part of a maid."
On May 16, 1947, Holiday was arrested for the possession of narcotics and drugs in her New York apartment. On May 27, 1947, she was in court. "It was called 'The United States of America versus Billie Holiday'. And that's just the way it felt," Holiday recalled in her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. Holiday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia. Holiday said she never "sang a note" at Alderson even though people wanted her to. Luckily for Holiday, she was released early (March 16, 1948) due to good behavior. When she arrived at Newark, everybody was there to welcome her back, including her pianist Bobby Tucker. "I might just as well have wheeled into Penn Station and had a quiet little get-together with the Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service."
Ed Fishman (who fought with Joe Glaser to be Holiday's manager) thought of the idea to throw a comeback concert at Carnegie Hall. Holiday hesitated at the idea because she thought that nobody would accept her back, but she decided to go with the idea.
On March 27, 1948, the Carnegie concert was a success. Everything was sold out before the concert started. It isn't certain how many sets Holiday did. She did sing Cole Porter's "Night and Day" and "Strange Fruit". The concert was not recorded.
Although childless, Billie Holiday had two godchildren: singer Billie Lorraine Feather, daughter of Leonard Feather, and Bevan Dufty, son of William Dufty.
Holiday stated that she began using hard drugs in the early 1940s. She married trombonist Jimmy Monroe on August 25, 1941. While still married to Monroe, she became romantically involved with trumpeter Joe Guy, her drug dealer, eventually becoming his common law wife. She finally divorced Monroe in 1947, and also split with Guy. Because of her 1947 conviction, her New York City Cabaret Card was revoked which kept her from working in clubs there for the remaining 12 years of her life, except when she played at the Ebony Club in 1948, where she opened under the permission of John Levy.
By the 1950s, Holiday's drug abuse, drinking, and relations with abusive men led to deteriorating health. As evidenced by her later recordings, Holiday's voice coarsened and did not project the vibrance it once had. However, she retained — and, perhaps, strengthened — the emotional impact of her delivery (See below).
On March 28, 1952, Holiday married Louis McKay, a Mafia enforcer. McKay, like most of the men in her life, was abusive, but he did try to get her off drugs. They were separated at the time of her death, but McKay had plans to start a chain of Billie Holiday vocal studios, a la Arthur Murray dance schools.
Her late recordings on Verve constitute about a third of her commercial recorded legacy and are as well remembered as her earlier work for the Columbia, Commodore and Decca labels. In later years her voice became more fragile, but it never lost the edge that had always made it so distinctive. On November 10, 1956, she performed before a packed audience at Carnegie Hall, a major accomplishment for any artist, especially a black artist of the segregated period of American history. Her performance of "Fine And Mellow" on CBS's The Sound of Jazz program is memorable for her interplay with her long-time friend Lester Young; both were less than two years from death. (see the clip here)
Holiday first toured Europe in 1954, as part of a Leonard Feather package that also included Buddy DeFranco and Red Norvo. When she returned, almost five years later, she made one of her last television appearances for Granada's "Chelsea at Nine", in London. Her final studio recordings were made for MGM in 1959, with lush backing from Ray Ellis and his Orchestra, who had also accompanied her on Columbia's Lady in Satin album the previous year — see below). The MGM sessions were released posthumously on a self-titled album, later re-titled and re-released as Last Recordings.
Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, was ghostwritten by William Dufty and published in 1956. Dufty, a New York Post writer and editor then married to Holiday's close friend Maely Dufty, wrote the book quickly from a series of conversations with the singer in the Duftys' 93rd Street apartment, drawing on the work of earlier interviewers as well. His aim was to let Holiday tell her story her way.
On May 31, 1959, she was taken to Metropolitan Hospital in New York suffering from liver and heart disease. Police officers were stationed at the door to her room. She was arrested for drug possession as she lay dying and her hospital room was raided by authorities.[12] Holiday remained under police guard at the hospital until she died from cirrhosis of the liver on July 17, 1959. In the final years of her life, she had been progressively swindled out of her earnings, and she died with $0.70 in the bank and $750 (a tabloid fee) on her person.
Her distinct delivery made Billie Holiday's performances instantly recognizable throughout her career. Her voice lacked range and was somewhat thin, plus years of abuse eventually altered the texture of her voice and gave it a prepossessing fragility. Nonetheless, the emotion with which she imbued each song remained not only intact but also profound.[13]. Her last major recording, a 1958 album entitled Lady in Satin, features the backing of a 40-piece orchestra conducted and arranged by Ray Ellis, who said of the album in 1997: "I would say that the most emotional moment was her listening to the playback of "I'm a Fool to Want You." There were tears in her eyes ... After we finished the album I went into the control room and listened to all the takes. I must admit I was unhappy with her performance, but I was just listening musically instead of emotionally. It wasn't until I heard the final mix a few weeks later that I realized how great her performance really was".
In 1972, Diana Ross portrayed her in the film Lady Sings the Blues, which is loosely based on the 1959 autobiography of the same name. The 1972 film earned Ross a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1987, Billie Holiday was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1994, the United States Postal Service introduced a Billie Holiday postage stamp, she ranked #6 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock n' Roll in 1999, and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Over the years, there have been many tributes to Billie Holiday, including "The Day Lady Died", a 1959 poem by Frank O'Hara, and "Angel of Harlem", a 1988 release by the group U2.
Songs composed by Holiday
"Billie's Blues" (1936)
"Don't Explain" (1944)
"Everything Happens For The Best" (1939)
"Fine and Mellow" (1939)
"God Bless the Child" (1941)
"Lady Sings the Blues" (1956)
"Long Gone Blues" (1939)
"Now or Never" (1949)
"Our Love Is Different" (1939)
"Stormy Blues" (1954)
Discography
Holiday recorded extensively for four labels: Columbia Records, issued on its subsidiary labels Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records, and OKeh Records, from 1933 through 1942, and the label proper in 1958; Commodore Records in 1939 and 1944; Decca Records from 1944 through 1950; and Verve Records, also on its earlier imprint Clef Records, from 1952 through 1958. Many of Holiday's recordings appeared on 78 rpm records prior to the long-playing vinyl record era, and only Clef, Verve, and Columbia issued Holiday albums in the 1950s during her lifetime that were not compilations of previously released material. Many compilations have been issued since her death; comprehensive box sets and a selection of live recordings are listed below.
Grammy Hall of Fame
Billie Holiday was posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."
Billie Holiday: Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
Year Recorded Title Genre Label Year Inducted Notes
1944 "Embraceable You" Jazz (single) Commodore 2005
1958 Lady in Satin Jazz (album) Columbia 2000
1945 "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" Jazz (single) Decca 1989
1939 "Strange Fruit" Jazz (single) Commodore 1978 Listed also in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2002
1941 "God Bless the Child" Jazz (single) Okeh 1976
Grammy Best Historical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979.
2002 Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday Columbia 1933-1944 Winner
1994 The Complete Billie Holiday Verve 1945-1959 Winner
1992 Billie Holiday — The Complete Decca Recordings Verve 1944-1950 Winner
1980 Billie Holiday — Giants of Jazz Time-Life Winner
Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," and "Lady Sings the Blues." She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including "Easy Living" and "Strange Fruit."
Music critic Robert Christgau called her "uncoverable, possibly the greatest singer of the century".
Critic John Bush wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever."
Billie Holiday had a difficult childhood, which greatly affected her life and career. Not much is known about the true details of her early life, though stories of it appeared in her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, first published in 1956 and later revealed to contain many inaccuracies.
Her professional pseudonym was taken from Billie Dove, an actress she admired, and Clarence Holiday, her probable father. At the outset of her career, she spelled her last name "Halliday", presumably to distance herself from her neglectful father, but eventually changed it back to "Holiday".
There is some controversy regarding Holiday's paternity, stemming from a copy of her birth certificate in the Baltimore archives that lists the father as a "Frank DeViese". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital or government worker.
Thrown out of her parents' home in Baltimore after becoming pregnant at thirteen, Billie's mother, Sadie Fagan, moved to Philadelphia where Billie was born. Mother and child eventually settled in a poor section of Baltimore. Her parents married when she was three, but they soon divorced, leaving her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. At the age of 10, she reported that she had been raped. That claim, combined with her frequent truancy, resulted in her being sent to The House of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic reform school, in 1925. It was only through the assistance of a family friend that she was released two years later. Scarred by these experiences, Holiday moved to New York City with her mother in 1928. In 1929 Holiday's mother discovered a neighbor, Wilbert Rich, in the act of raping her daughter; Rich was sentenced to three months in jail.
According to Billie Holiday's own account, she was recruited by a brothel, worked as a prostitute in 1930, and was eventually imprisoned for a short time for solicitation. It was in Harlem, New York in the early 1930s that she started singing for tips in various night clubs. According to legend, penniless and facing eviction, she sang "Travelin All Alone" in a local club and reduced the audience to tears. She later worked at various clubs for tips, ultimately landing at Pod's and Jerry's, a well known Harlem jazz club. Her early work history is hard to verify, though accounts say she was working at a club named Monette's in 1933 when she was discovered by talent scout John Hammond.
Hammond arranged for Holiday to make her recording debut in November 1933 with Benny Goodman singing two songs: "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" and "Riffin' the Scotch." Goodman was also on hand in 1935, when she continued her recording career with a group led by pianist Teddy Wilson. Their first collaboration included "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" and "Miss Brown To You," which helped to establish Holiday as a major vocalist. She began recording under her own name a year later, producing a series of extraordinary performances with groups comprising the Swing Era's finest musicians.
Wilson was signed to Brunswick Records by John Hammond for the purpose of recording current pop tunes in the new Swing style for the growing jukebox trade. They were given free rein to improvise the material. Holiday's amazing method of improvising the melody line to fit the emotion was revolutionary. (Wilson and Holiday took pedestrian pop tunes like "Twenty-Four Hours A Day" or "Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town" and turned them into jazz classics with their arrangements.) With few exceptions, the recordings she made with Wilson or under her own name during the 1930s and early 1940s are regarded as important parts of the jazz vocal library.
Billie also wrote songs during the 1930s. Such songs include "Billie's Blues", "Tell Me More (And Then Some)", "Everything Happens For The Best", "Our Love Is Different", and "Long Gone Blues".
Among the musicians who accompanied her frequently was tenor saxophonist Lester Young, who had been a boarder at her mother's house in 1934 and with whom she had a special rapport. "Well, I think you can hear that on some of the old records, you know. Some time I'd sit down and listen to 'em myself, and it sound like two of the same voices, if you don't be careful, you know, or the same mind, or something like that."[9] Young nicknamed her "Lady Day" and she, in turn, dubbed him "Prez." She did a three-month residency at Clark Monroe's Uptown House in New York in 1937. In the late 1930s, she also had brief stints as a big band vocalist with Count Basie (1937) and Artie Shaw (1938). The latter association placed her among the first black women to work with a white orchestra, an arrangement that went against the tenor of the times.
Holiday was recording for Columbia in the late 1930s when she was introduced to "Strange Fruit", a song based on a poem about lynching written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx. Meeropol used the pseudonym "Lewis Allan" for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings. It was eventually heard by Barney Josephson, proprietor of Café Society, an integrated nightclub in Greenwich Village, who introduced it to Holiday. She performed it at the club in 1939, with some trepidation, fearing possible retaliation. Holiday later said that the imagery in "Strange Fruit" reminded her of her father's death, and that this played a role in her resistance to performing it. In a 1958 interview, she also bemoaned the fact that many people did not grasp the song's message: "They'll ask me to 'sing that sexy song about the people swinging'", she said.
When Holiday's producers at Columbia found the subject matter too sensitive, Milt Gabler agreed to record it for his Commodore Records. That was done in April, 1939 and "Strange Fruit" remained in her repertoire for twenty years. She later recorded it again for Verve. While the Commodore release did not get airplay, the controversial song sold well, though Gabler attributed that mostly to the record's other side, "Fine and Mellow", which was a jukebox hit.
In addition to owning Commodore Records, Milt Gabler was an A&R man for Decca Records, and he signed Holiday to the label in 1944. Her first recording for Decca, "Lover Man", was a song written especially for her by Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, and Jimmy Sherman. Although its lyrics describe a woman who has never known love ("I long to try something I never had"), its theme—a woman longing for a missing lover—and its refrain, "Lover man, oh, where can you be?", struck a chord in wartime America and the record became one of her biggest hits.
Holiday continued to record for Decca until 1950, including sessions with the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras, and two duets with Louis Armstrong. Holiday's Decca recordings featured big bands and, sometimes, strings, contrasting her intimate small group Columbia accompaniments. Some of the songs from her Decca repertoire became signatures, including "Don't Explain" and "Good Morning Heartache".
Holiday made one major film appearance, opposite Louis Armstrong in New Orleans (1947). The musical drama featured Holiday singing with Armstrong and his band and was directed by Arthur Lubin. Holiday was not pleased that her role was that of a maid, as she recalled in her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues: "I thought I was going to play myself in it. I thought I was going to be Billie Holiday doing a couple of songs in a nightclub setting and that would be that. I should have known better. When I saw the script, I did. You just tell one Negro girl who's made movies who didn't play a maid or a whore. I don't know any. I found out I was going to do a little singing, but I was still playing the part of a maid."
On May 16, 1947, Holiday was arrested for the possession of narcotics and drugs in her New York apartment. On May 27, 1947, she was in court. "It was called 'The United States of America versus Billie Holiday'. And that's just the way it felt," Holiday recalled in her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. Holiday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia. Holiday said she never "sang a note" at Alderson even though people wanted her to. Luckily for Holiday, she was released early (March 16, 1948) due to good behavior. When she arrived at Newark, everybody was there to welcome her back, including her pianist Bobby Tucker. "I might just as well have wheeled into Penn Station and had a quiet little get-together with the Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service."
Ed Fishman (who fought with Joe Glaser to be Holiday's manager) thought of the idea to throw a comeback concert at Carnegie Hall. Holiday hesitated at the idea because she thought that nobody would accept her back, but she decided to go with the idea.
On March 27, 1948, the Carnegie concert was a success. Everything was sold out before the concert started. It isn't certain how many sets Holiday did. She did sing Cole Porter's "Night and Day" and "Strange Fruit". The concert was not recorded.
Although childless, Billie Holiday had two godchildren: singer Billie Lorraine Feather, daughter of Leonard Feather, and Bevan Dufty, son of William Dufty.
Holiday stated that she began using hard drugs in the early 1940s. She married trombonist Jimmy Monroe on August 25, 1941. While still married to Monroe, she became romantically involved with trumpeter Joe Guy, her drug dealer, eventually becoming his common law wife. She finally divorced Monroe in 1947, and also split with Guy. Because of her 1947 conviction, her New York City Cabaret Card was revoked which kept her from working in clubs there for the remaining 12 years of her life, except when she played at the Ebony Club in 1948, where she opened under the permission of John Levy.
By the 1950s, Holiday's drug abuse, drinking, and relations with abusive men led to deteriorating health. As evidenced by her later recordings, Holiday's voice coarsened and did not project the vibrance it once had. However, she retained — and, perhaps, strengthened — the emotional impact of her delivery (See below).
On March 28, 1952, Holiday married Louis McKay, a Mafia enforcer. McKay, like most of the men in her life, was abusive, but he did try to get her off drugs. They were separated at the time of her death, but McKay had plans to start a chain of Billie Holiday vocal studios, a la Arthur Murray dance schools.
Her late recordings on Verve constitute about a third of her commercial recorded legacy and are as well remembered as her earlier work for the Columbia, Commodore and Decca labels. In later years her voice became more fragile, but it never lost the edge that had always made it so distinctive. On November 10, 1956, she performed before a packed audience at Carnegie Hall, a major accomplishment for any artist, especially a black artist of the segregated period of American history. Her performance of "Fine And Mellow" on CBS's The Sound of Jazz program is memorable for her interplay with her long-time friend Lester Young; both were less than two years from death. (see the clip here)
Holiday first toured Europe in 1954, as part of a Leonard Feather package that also included Buddy DeFranco and Red Norvo. When she returned, almost five years later, she made one of her last television appearances for Granada's "Chelsea at Nine", in London. Her final studio recordings were made for MGM in 1959, with lush backing from Ray Ellis and his Orchestra, who had also accompanied her on Columbia's Lady in Satin album the previous year — see below). The MGM sessions were released posthumously on a self-titled album, later re-titled and re-released as Last Recordings.
Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues, was ghostwritten by William Dufty and published in 1956. Dufty, a New York Post writer and editor then married to Holiday's close friend Maely Dufty, wrote the book quickly from a series of conversations with the singer in the Duftys' 93rd Street apartment, drawing on the work of earlier interviewers as well. His aim was to let Holiday tell her story her way.
On May 31, 1959, she was taken to Metropolitan Hospital in New York suffering from liver and heart disease. Police officers were stationed at the door to her room. She was arrested for drug possession as she lay dying and her hospital room was raided by authorities.[12] Holiday remained under police guard at the hospital until she died from cirrhosis of the liver on July 17, 1959. In the final years of her life, she had been progressively swindled out of her earnings, and she died with $0.70 in the bank and $750 (a tabloid fee) on her person.
Her distinct delivery made Billie Holiday's performances instantly recognizable throughout her career. Her voice lacked range and was somewhat thin, plus years of abuse eventually altered the texture of her voice and gave it a prepossessing fragility. Nonetheless, the emotion with which she imbued each song remained not only intact but also profound.[13]. Her last major recording, a 1958 album entitled Lady in Satin, features the backing of a 40-piece orchestra conducted and arranged by Ray Ellis, who said of the album in 1997: "I would say that the most emotional moment was her listening to the playback of "I'm a Fool to Want You." There were tears in her eyes ... After we finished the album I went into the control room and listened to all the takes. I must admit I was unhappy with her performance, but I was just listening musically instead of emotionally. It wasn't until I heard the final mix a few weeks later that I realized how great her performance really was".
In 1972, Diana Ross portrayed her in the film Lady Sings the Blues, which is loosely based on the 1959 autobiography of the same name. The 1972 film earned Ross a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1987, Billie Holiday was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1994, the United States Postal Service introduced a Billie Holiday postage stamp, she ranked #6 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock n' Roll in 1999, and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Over the years, there have been many tributes to Billie Holiday, including "The Day Lady Died", a 1959 poem by Frank O'Hara, and "Angel of Harlem", a 1988 release by the group U2.
Songs composed by Holiday
"Billie's Blues" (1936)
"Don't Explain" (1944)
"Everything Happens For The Best" (1939)
"Fine and Mellow" (1939)
"God Bless the Child" (1941)
"Lady Sings the Blues" (1956)
"Long Gone Blues" (1939)
"Now or Never" (1949)
"Our Love Is Different" (1939)
"Stormy Blues" (1954)
Discography
Holiday recorded extensively for four labels: Columbia Records, issued on its subsidiary labels Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records, and OKeh Records, from 1933 through 1942, and the label proper in 1958; Commodore Records in 1939 and 1944; Decca Records from 1944 through 1950; and Verve Records, also on its earlier imprint Clef Records, from 1952 through 1958. Many of Holiday's recordings appeared on 78 rpm records prior to the long-playing vinyl record era, and only Clef, Verve, and Columbia issued Holiday albums in the 1950s during her lifetime that were not compilations of previously released material. Many compilations have been issued since her death; comprehensive box sets and a selection of live recordings are listed below.
Grammy Hall of Fame
Billie Holiday was posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."
Billie Holiday: Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
Year Recorded Title Genre Label Year Inducted Notes
1944 "Embraceable You" Jazz (single) Commodore 2005
1958 Lady in Satin Jazz (album) Columbia 2000
1945 "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" Jazz (single) Decca 1989
1939 "Strange Fruit" Jazz (single) Commodore 1978 Listed also in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2002
1941 "God Bless the Child" Jazz (single) Okeh 1976
Grammy Best Historical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979.
2002 Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday Columbia 1933-1944 Winner
1994 The Complete Billie Holiday Verve 1945-1959 Winner
1992 Billie Holiday — The Complete Decca Recordings Verve 1944-1950 Winner
1980 Billie Holiday — Giants of Jazz Time-Life Winner
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Billie Holiday Lyrics
'Deed I Do Do I need you? Oh my do i Honey, indeed I do Do…
'tain 't Nobody's Business If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
* Prelude to a Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
02. Miss Brown To You Who do you think is comin' to town You'll never guess…
03 Come Rain or Come Shine I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you Come rain…
08. I Can't Get Started I've been around the world in a plane Settled revolutions in…
16 On the sunny side of the street Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worry on…
22-easy to love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
24 Hours A Day Like a little old fashioned music box With just one tune…
A Cattage for Sale Love for sale. Appetizing, young love for sale. Love that's …
A Fine Romance A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend…
A Fine Romance ) A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend…
A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
A Ghost Of A Chance I need your love so badly I love you oh so…
A Ghost Of A Chance With You I need your love so badly I love you oh so…
A Sailboat in the Moonlight A sailboat in the moonlight and you Wouldn't that be heaven …
A Sunbonnet Blue A sunbonnet blue and a yellow straw hat Shy little he…
A Yiddishe Momme My yiddishe momme I need her more then ever now My yiddishe…
Aam I Blue Lord I love my man, tell the world I do I…
Ain No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk…
Ain't Nobody Bizz-ness If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
Ain’t misbehavin’ No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk…
Ain’t Nobody’s Business There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (NY City Mix) Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins There ain't nothing I can…
Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
All of Me You took my kisses and all my love You taught me…
All of Me (Charles Feelgood & All of me Why not take all of me Can't you see…
All Of Me ) You took my kisses and all my love You taught me…
All Of You I love the look(s) of you, (and) the lure of…
All Or Nothing At All All or nothing at all Half love never appealed to me If…
All The Way When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you,…
Always I'll be loving you always With a love that's true always W…
Am I Blue It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning I…
Announcement Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Any Old Time Any old time you want me I am yours for the…
April in My Heart There's snowflakes in the sky And geese are flying high But …
April In Paris April in Paris Chestnuts in blossom Holiday tables under the…
As Time Goes By You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss A sigh…
Autumn in New York Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting? Autumn…
Baby Get Lost Well, good morning, baby, welcome back to town How do, fine…
Baby I Don't Cry Over You Had my lunch all alone Waited for you to phone Said you…
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Baby won't you please come home Cause your daddy's all alone…
Baby Won't You Please Come Home? Baby won't you please come home Cause your daddy's all alon…
Back In Your Own Back Yard We leave home expecting to find a blue bird, Hoping ev'ry…
Basin Street Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi? We'll take …
Be Fair to Me I'm helpless without you, baby I've almost lost my man Yes, …
Big Stuff So you cry What's it about, baby? You ask why Blues had to…
Big Stuff-Bernstein So you cry What's it about, baby? You ask why Blues had t…
Billie I love my man I'm a liar if I say I…
Billie s blues I love my man I'm a liar if I say I…
Billie's Blues I love my man I'm a liar if I say I…
Billie’s Blues I love my man I'm a liar if I say I…
Blonde Crazy- When Your Lover Has Gone What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That co…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Blue Moon ) Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Blue Turning Grey Over You Gee, how I miss Your tender kiss, And the wonderful things…
BLUES I've been down so long That down don't worry me I've been…
Blues Are Bluer When the moon's kinda dreamy Starry eyed and dreamy And nigh…
Blues Are Brewin' When the moon's kinda dreamy Starry eyed and dreamy And ni…
Body & Soul My days have grown so lonely For you I cry, for…
Body and Soul My days have grown so lonely For you I cry, for…
Born to Love There's something that rules our destiny Right from the firs…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad It's quiet or it's mad It's…
But Beautiful (Tony Humphries THP Remix) Love is funny or it's sad Or it's quiet or it's…
But Not for Me They're writing songs of love, but not for me. A lucky…
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't…
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Oscar Hammerstein ii / Jerome Kern Oh listen, sister I love…
Carelessly How carelessly You gave me your heart And carelessly I broke…
Cheek To Cheek Irving berlin Heaven, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so t…
Come Love Comes a rainstorm, put your rubbers on your feet Comes a…
Come Rain Or Come Shine I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you Come rain…
Comes Love Comes a rainstorm, put your rubbers on your feet Comes a…
Crazy I say I'll move the mountains And I'll move the mountains …
Crazy He Calls Me I say I'll move the mountains And I'll move the mountains If…
Dames: I Only Have Eyes for You My love must be a kind of blind love, I can't…
Darn That Dream Darn that dream I dream each night You say you love me…
Day in Day Out Day in, day out The same old voodoo follows me about The…
Deed I Do Do I want you oh my do I Honey 'deed I…
Deep Song Lonely grief is hounding me Like the lonely shadow hounding …
Detour Ahead Smooth road, clear day But why am I the only one Travelin'…
Did I Remember Did I remember to tell you I adore you And I…
Discussion: God Bless the Child (Mama may have, Papa may have) (But God bless the child…
Discussion; Jeepers Creepers Jeepers, creepers, where'd ya get those peepers, jeepers, cr…
Discussion; Moonlight In Vermont Pennies in a stream Falling leaves a sycamore Moonlight in V…
Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It Holding hands at midnight 'Neath the starry sky Nice work if…
Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't …
Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't …
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me / I'll Get By Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Do Nothing 'till You Hear from Me Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me / I'll Get By Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't…
Do You Know What It Mean To Miss New Orleans Do you know what is means to miss New Orleans I…
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Do you know what is means to miss New Orleans I…
Do You Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't …
Do Your Duty If I call three times a day Come and drive my…
Don Hush now, don't explain I know you ain't staying I'm glad…
Don't Come Over Had my lunch all alone Waited for you to phone Said you…
Don't Explain Hush now, don't explain I know you ain't staying I'm glad…
Don't Explain (first version) Hush now, don't explain Just say you'll remain I'm glad you'…
Don't Explain ) Hush now, don't explain I know you ain't staying I'm glad…
Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin' You've got me on the road Runnin' to and fro Lookin' high…
Don't Worry 'Bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
Dont Explain Hush now, don't explain I know you ain't staying I'm glad…
Don’t Worry ’Bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
Dream A Little Dream Of Me Please keep me in your dreams In your sweet dreams let…
Dream of Life My life was empty when you went away Even the blue…
East of the Sun East of the sun and west of the moon We'll build…
Easy Living Living for you is easy living It's easy to live when…
Easy Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Easy to Remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo Eeny meeny miney mo Catch your troubles by the toe If it…
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Eeny meeny miney mo Catch your troubles by the toe If it…
Embraceable You Embrace me My sweet embraceable you Embrace me My irreplacea…
Everybody's Laughing Everybody's laughing Yes everybody's laughing They know that…
Everyhing I have is yours Everything I have is yours You're part of me Everything I ha…
Everything Happens for the Best Always blue all in a mist It's plain as can be You're…
Everything Happens to Me Black cats creep across my path Until I'm almost mad I must…
Everything I Have Is Yours Everything I have is yours You're part of me Everything I ha…
Fallin' In Love Again Always blue all in a mist It's plain as can be You're…
Falling In Love Again Always blue all in a mist It's plain as can be You're…
Farewell To Storyville All, you old-time queens, from New Orleans, who lived in…
Fine and Mellow My man don't love me Treats me oh so mean My man…
Foolin' Myself I try to keep you out of my heart But…
Fooling Myself I try to keep you out of my heart But somehow…
Foolin’ Myself I try to keep you out of my heart But…
For All We Know Sweetheart, the night is growing old Sweetheart, my love is …
For Heaven's Sake For heaven's sake, let's fall in love It's no mistake to…
For Heaven’s Sake For heaven's sake, let's fall in love It's no mistake to…
Forget If You Can Forget if you can Romantic music one magical night A corner …
Gee Baby Love makes me treat you the way that I do Gee…
Gee baby ain't good to you What makes me treat you the way I do Gee,…
Gee Baby Ain't I Good For You! Lord makes me treat you the way I Do, Gee baby,ain't I…
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You What makes me treat you the way I do Gee,…
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You Lord makes me treat you the way i do, gee…
GEORGIA Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Gettin' Some Fun out of Life When we want to love, we love When we want to…
Ghost of a Chance I need your love so badly I love you oh so…
Ghost of Yesterday Ghost of yesterday Stalking 'round my room All night long yo…
Gimme a Pigfoot Up in Harlem every Saturday night Where the highbrows get to…
Gimmie a Pigfoot Up in Harlem every Saturday night Where the highbrows get t…
Gimmie a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Up in Harlem every Saturday night Where the highbrows get to…
Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys Girls were made to take care of boys To be kind…
Glad To Be Unhappy Look at yourself If you had the sense of humor You would…
Gloomy Sunday Sunday is gloomy My hours are slumberless Dearest the shadow…
Gob Bless the Child (Mama may have, Papa may have) (But God bless the child…
God Bless the Child (Re-Recorded) Them that's got shall have Them that's not shall lose So the…
God Bless the Child 1 (Mama may have, Papa may have) (But God bless the child…
Gone With the Wind Gone with the wind Just like a leaf that has blown…
Good Morning Blues Good morning heartache You old gloomy sight Good morning h…
Good Morning Heartache Good morning heartache You old gloomy sight Good morning hea…
Good Morning, Heartache Good morning, heartache, you ole gloomy sight Good morning, …
Goodmorning Heartache Good morning heartache You old gloomy sight Good morning h…
Guess Who Somebody thrills the skies When she looks in your eyes Guess…
Guilty Is it a sin Is it a crime Loving you dear like…
Havin' Myself a Time I'm having myself a time I mean I'm having what I…
Having Myself a Time I'm having myself a time I mean I'm having what I…
He I'm not much to look at Nothing to see Just glad I'm…
He Ain't Got Rhythm 'Cause he ain't got rhythm Every night he sits in the…
He s funny that way I'm not much to look at Nothing to see Just glad I'm…
He's a Real Gone Guy i met a guy while walking down the st i met…
He's Funny That Way I'm not much to look at Nothing to see Just glad I'm…
Hello My Darlin' I'll forget your tender kiss I'll be brave after this kiss I…
Here It Is Tomorrow Again Let me hear you say it Say it with a kiss It…
Hes Funny That Way I'm not much to look at Nothing to see Just glad I'm…
He’s Funny That Way I'm not much to look at Nothing to see Just glad I'm…
How Am I to Know Oh, how am I to know If it's really love That's found…
How Am I to Know No.2 Oh, how am I to know If it's really love That's found…
How Am I To Know? Oh, how am I to know If it's really love That's found…
How Could You Just when romance got a start You decided it was time…
How Could You? Just when romance got a start You decided it was time…
How Deep Is The Ocean How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How…
How Deep Is the Ocean ? How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How…
How Deep Is The Ocean? How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How…
I I'm in a lowdown groove From carrying a torch for you Oh,…
I Can I've been around the world in a plane Settled revolutions in…
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me Your eyes of blue, your kisses too I never knew what…
I Can't Face the Music Breeze, stop moaning those wit melodies My man has left me,…
I Can't Get Started I've been around the world in a plane Settled revolutions in…
I Can't Give You Anything but Love Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby I can't give you anything but love, baby That's the only…
I Can't Pretend I can't pretend I'm sorry we're apart I can't pretend I just…
I can´t believe that you´re in love with me Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I can´t face the music Breeze, stop moaning those wit melodies My man has left me,…
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I Can’t Face the Music Breeze, stop moaning those wit melodies My man has left me,…
I Can’t Get Started I've been around the world in a plane Settled revolutions i…
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Can’t Pretend I can't pretend I'm sorry we're apart I can't pretend I just…
I Cover the Waterfont I cover the waterfront I'm watching the sea Will the one I…
I Cover the Waterfront I cover the waterfront I'm watching the sea Will the one I…
I Cried For You I cried for you, now it's your turn to cry…
I Didn' Know What Time It Was Once I was young Yesterday, perhaps Danced with Jim and…
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was Once I was young Yesterday, perhaps Danced with Jim and…
I Don Had my lunch all alone Waited for you to phone Said you…
I Don't Know If I'm Coming or Going You've got me on the road Runnin' to and fro Lookin' high…
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You I need your love so badly I love you oh so…
I Don't Want To Cry Any More Each night, just about sunset I watch you passing my door It…
I Don´t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You I need your love so badly I love you oh so…
I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore Each night, just about sunset I watch you passing my door …
I Fell in Love with an Airman Your eyes of blue, your kisses too I never knew what…
I Get a Kick Out of You My story is much too sad to be told, But practically…
I Get Along Without You Very Well I get along without you very well Of course, I do Except…
I Got a Date with a Dream I've got a date with a dream A dream divine I've got…
I Got a Right to Sing the Blues I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to…
I Got It Bad The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Never treats me sweet and gentle The way he should Cause I…
I Got Rhythm The snow is snowing The wind is blowing But I can weather…
I Got the Right to Sing the Blues I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to…
I Hadn I hadn't anyone till you I was a lonely one till…
I Hadn’t Anyone Till You I hadn't anyone till you I was a lonely one till…
I Hear Music I hear music Mighty fine music The murmur of a morning breez…
I ll look around I'll look around Until I've found Someone who laughs like …
I Love My Man Lord I love my man, tell the world I do I…
I Love You I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him…
I m yours Ask the sky above And ask the earth below Why I'm so…
I Must Have That Man Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
I Only Have Eyes for You My love must be a kind of blind love, I can't…
I Thought About You I took a trip on a train And I thought about…
I Wish I Had You Joys that come to others Seldom come to me But if I…
I Wished On The Moon I wished on the moon For something I never knew Wished on…
I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone All I know is that I'm in love with you Even…
I'll Be Around I'll be around no matter how you treat me now I'll…
I'll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this…
I'll Get By I'll get by As long as I have you Oh there be…
I'll Look Around I'll look around Until I've found Someone who laughs like yo…
I'll Never Be the Same I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
I'll Never Fail You I'll never fail you Whatever may be I'll never tail you Depe…
I'll Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never lau…
I'm a fool to love you I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
I'm a Fool to Want You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
I'm All for You Let our friends say what they want to say If I'm…
I'm Gonna Lock My Heart I'm gonna lock my heart And throw away the key I'm wise…
I'm in a Low Down Groove I'm in a lowdown groove From carrying a torch for you Oh,…
I'm In A Low-Down Groove I'm in a lowdown groove From carrying a torch for you Oh,…
I'm Painting the Town Red A smile on my face A song on my lips Pretending is…
I'm Pulling Through I'm pulling through and it's because of you! When I was…
I'm Your's Ask the sky above And ask the earth below Why I'm so…
I've Got a Date with a Dream I've got a date with a dream A dream divine I've got…
I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to…
I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm The snow is snowing The wind is blowing But I can weather…
I've Gotta Right to Sing the Blues I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to…
I´m In A Low-Down Groove I'm in a lowdown groove From carrying a torch for you Oh,…
i’ll look around I'll look around Until I've found Someone who laughs like yo…
If Dreams Come True If dreams come true I'll be with you I love that smile…
If I Wear You If I were you Here's what I'd do I'd give my heart…
If My Heart Could Only Talk If my heart could only talk Heaven would be mine If my…
If the Mood Turns Green If you were mine I could be a ruler of kings And…
Ill Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this…
Ill Get By I'll get by As long as I have you Oh there be…
Ill Wind Blow, ill wind, blow away Let me rest today You're blowin' m…
Im A Fool To Want You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
Im All for You Let our friends say what they want to say If I'm…
Im Gonna Lock My Heart I'm gonna lock my heart And throw away the key I'm wise…
Imagine my frustration I went down to the dance Such a clown by the…
In My Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
In The Dark Romance in the dark with you All at once I knew Darlin'…
Isn You can't stop people from talking And they're talking, my d…
Isn't It A Lovely Day The weather is frightening The thunder and lightning Seem to…
Isn't This a Lovely Day? The weather is frightening. The thunder and lightning Seem…
isn’t this a lovely day The weather is frightening The thunder and lightning Seem to…
It Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
It Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
It Had To Be You Why do I do, just as you say Why must I…
It s like reaching for the moon It's like reaching for the moon It's like reaching for the…
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie Be sure it's true when you say "I love you" It's a…
It's Easy to Blame the Weather Honestly I'm glad it's snowing It helps to keep our friends…
It's Easy to Remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
It's Like Reachin' For The Moon It's like reaching for the moon It's like reaching for the…
It's Not For Me To Say It's not for me to say you love me It's not…
It's The Same Old Story The same old story It's as old as the stars above The…
It's Too Hot for Words It's too hot for words Why bother with conversation Don't le…
it’s easy to remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
Its Easy To Remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you lo…
Its the Same Old Story The same old story It's as old as the stars above The…
It´s a Sin To Tell A Lie Be sure it's true when you say "I love you" It's a…
It’s Easy to Blame the Weather Honestly I'm glad it's snowing It helps to keep our friends…
It’s Easy to Remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
It’s Like Reaching For The Moon It's like reaching for the moon It's like reaching for the…
It’s Not for Me to Say It's not for me to say you love me It's not…
It’s the Same Old Story The same old story It's as old as the stars above The…
It’s Too Hot for Words It's too hot for words Why bother with conversation Don't le…
I\'ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm The snow is snowing The wind is blowing But I can weather…
I\xC2\xB4m In A Low-Down Groove I'm in a lowdown groove From carrying a torch for you Oh,…
I\xE2\x80\x99ll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this…
I´ll Get By I'll get by As long as I have you Oh there be…
I´m In A Low-Down Groove I'm in a lowdown groove From carrying a torch for you Oh,…
I’ll Be Around I'll be around no matter how you treat me now I'll…
I’ll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this…
I’ll Get By I'll get by As long as I have you Oh there be…
I’ll Look Around I'll look around Until I've found Someone who laughs like …
I’ll Never Be the Same I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
I’ll Never Fail You I'll never fail you Whatever may be I'll never tail you Depe…
I’ll Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
I’m a Fool to Want You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
I’m All for You Let our friends say what they want to say If I'm…
I’m Gonna Lock My Heart I'm gonna lock my heart And throw away the key I'm wise…
I’m Pulling Through I'm pulling through and it's because of you! When I was…
I’m Yours Ask the sky above And ask the earth below Why I'm so…
I’ve Got a Date With a Dream I've got a date with a dream A dream divine I've got…
I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to…
I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm The snow is snowing The wind is blowing But I can weather…
Jeepers Creepers Jeepers, creepers, where'd ya get those peepers, jeepers, c…
Jim Jim doesn't ever bring me pretty flowers Jim never tries to…
Just Foolin' Myself I try to keep you out of my heart But…
Just Friends Just friends Lovers no more Just friends But not like before…
Just One More Chance Just one more chance To prove it's you alone I care…
Just One Of Those Things As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend: "Fare thee…
Keep On A Rainin' One dark and stormy night Big John was feeling blue Ain't he…
Keeps on a Rainin One dark and stormy night Big John was feeling blue Ain't …
Keeps on Raining One dark and stormy night Big John was feeling blue Things d…
Keeps' On Rainin' One dark and stormy night Big John was feeling blue Ain't he…
Lad Sings The Blues I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to…
Lady be Good!: The Man I Love Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big…
Lady Sing The Blues Lady sing the blues She's got them bad She feels so sad And…
Lady Sings The Blues ) Lady sings the blues She's got them bad She feels so sad Wan…
Lady Sings The Blues With Reading From Lady Sings The Blues Lady sing the blues She's got them bad She feels so sad And…
Laughin' At Life Don't mind the rain drops Wait till the rain stops Smile t…
Laughing at Life Don't mind the rain drops Wait till the rain stops Smile thr…
Let When we're in a friendly situation My conversation may not b…
Let's Call the Wall Thing Off You say either And I say either You say neither And I say…
Let's Do It Chinks do it. Japs do it Upper Lapland little Lapps…
Let's Dream in the Moolight Let's dream in the moonlight Tell me that you love me Tell…
Let's Dream in the Moonlight Let's dream in the moonlight Tell me that you love me Tell…
Let's The Call the Whole Thing Off You say either And I say either You say neither And I say…
Lets Call A Heaart A Heart When we're in a friendly situation My conversation may not b…
Lets Call a Heart a Heart When we're in a friendly situation My conversation may not …
Lets Do It Chinks do it. Japs do it Upper Lapland little Lapps…
Lets Do It (Lets Fall In Love) Chinks do it, Japs do it Upper Lapland little Lapps do…
Let´s Call The Whole Thing Off You say either And I say either You say neither And I say…
Let´s Do It Chinks do it. Japs do it Upper Lapland little Lapps…
Let’s Call A Heart A Heart When we're in a friendly situation My conversation may not b…
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off Things have come to a pretty pass Our romance is growing…
Let’s Do It Chinks do it. Japs do it Upper Lapland little Lapps…
Let’s Dream in the Moonlight Let's dream in the moonlight Tell me that you love me Tell…
Life Begins When You're in Love Life begins when you're in love You have the whole world…
Life Begins When You’re In Love Life begins when you're in love You have the whole world…
Long gone blues Talk to me baby Tell me what's the matter now Tell me,…
Long Gone Blues (GXR remix) Billie Holiday Talk to me baby Tell me what's the matter no…
Lost My Man Blues Lord I love my man, tell the world I do I…
Love Come Back to Me The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so…
Love For Sale Love for sale. Appetizing, young love for sale. Love that's …
Love Is Here To Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Love Me or Leave Me Love me or leave me or let me be lonely You…
Love My Man Lord I love my man, tell the world I do I…
Love or Leave Me Love me or leave me or let me be lonely You…
Loveless Love Love is like a hydrant turns off and on Like some…
Lover I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad I long…
Lover Come Back to Me The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so…
Lover Man I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad I long…
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) Jimmy davis / ram ramirez / james sherman I don't know…
Lover Man - Oh, Where Can You Be? I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad I long…
Lover, Come Back to Me The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so…
Loverman I don't know why, but I'm feeling so sad I long…
Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be) I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad I long…
Mack The Knife Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows…
Man I Love Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big…
Mandy Is Two Mandy is two You ought to see her eyes of cornflower…
Maybe You'll Be There Each time I see a crowd of people Just like a…
Me Myself and I Me, myself and I Are all in love with you We all…
Me, Myself and I Irving gordon / allan roberts / alvin s. kaufman Me, myself…
Mean to Me You're mean to me Why must you be mean to me? Gee,…
Misery You know, lady If you could sing this damn song You′d flip…
Miss Brown to You Who do you think is comin' to town You'll never guess…
Mississippi: It's Easy to Remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
Misty Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a…
Moanin Moanin' low, my sweet man, I love him so Though he's…
Moanin' Low Moanin' low, my sweet man, I love him so Though he's…
Moanin’ Low Moanin' low, my sweet man, I love him so Though he's…
Moonglow It must have been moonglow, way up in the blue It…
Moonlight In Vermont Pennies in a stream Falling leaves a sycamore Moonlight in…
More Than You Know Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false…
More Than You Know (Jazzeem's Throwback remix) Billy Rose / Edward Eliscu / Vincent Youmans More than you…
Moten Swing / They Can't Take That Away from Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Must Have That Man Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
My First Impression of You My first impression of you Was like the sight of flowers…
My Funny Valentine ft. Louie Armstrong My funny Valentine, sweet comic Valentine, you make me smil…
My Good Man No good man Lovin' all the no good things Never treats me…
My Last Affair Can't you see What love and romance have done to me I'm…
My Lost Affair Can't you see What love and romance have done to me I'm…
My Man It's cost me a lot But there's one thing that I've…
My Man (Remix) It cost me a lot But there's one thing that I've…
My Man ) It's cost me a lot But there's one thing that I've…
My Man - Mon Homme It cost me a lot But there's one thing that i've…
My Old fame My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's…
My Old Flame My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's…
My Old Flame #3 My old flame I can't even think of his name But it's…
My Sweet Big Hunk o Trash You don't act up too much Ain't got that glamour touch You'r…
My Yiddishe Mama My yiddishe momme I need her more then ever now My yiddish…
Nice Work I You Can Get It Holding hands at midnight 'Neath the starry sky Nice work if…
Night & Day Night and day, you are the one Only you beneath the…
No Detour Ahead Smooth road, clear day But why am I the only one Travelin'…
No Detour to You You're just a no account You never will amount to nothin'…
No Good Man No-good man Lovin' all the no-good things Never treats me as…
No Good Man - No good man Lovin' all the no good things Never treats me…
No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
No More You ain't gonna bother me no more No how Love goes just…
No Regrets No regrets altho' our love affair has gone astray No regrets…
Nobody's Business There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
Now Baby Or Never Hey fat daddy make up your mind 'Cause I've been waiting…
Now I Know Oh, how am I to know If it's really love That's found…
Now or Never Hey fat daddy make up your mind 'Cause I've been waiting…
Now They Call It Swing Once they called it ragtime And it had its fling It's the…
Oh What A Little Moonlight Can Do Ooh, what a little Moonlight can do Ooh, what a little moonl…
On the Sentimental Side If you wonder why I'm near you Even though I've been…
On the Sunny Side of the Street Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worry on…
One For My Baby My baby don't care for shows My baby don't care for…
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Johnny mercer / harold arlen It's quarter to three, there's…
One Never Knows One never knows, does one? When love will come along Then …
One Never Knows Does One ? One never knows, does one? When love will come along Then so…
One Two Button Your Shoe One two button your shoe Put on your coat and hat I'll…
Our Love Is Different Our love is different dear It's like a mighty symphony I c…
Our Love Is Here To Stay The more I read the papers The less I comprehend The world…
P. S. I Love You Dear, I thought I drop a line The weather is cool The…
P.S. I Love You Dear, I thought I drop a line The weather is cool The…
Pennies from Heaven Oh every time it rains It rains pennies from heaven Don't yo…
Please don Please don't talk about me when I'm gone Honey, though our…
Please Don't Talk About Me Please don't talk about me when I'm gone Honey, though our…
Please don´t talk about me when I´m gone Please don't talk about me when I'm gone Honey, though our…
Please Keep Me in Your Dreams Please keep me in your dreams In your sweet dreams let…
Please Tell Me How Please tell me now How much you care Before we say good…
Porgy I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him…
Porgy I Love You I love you, Porgy Don't let him take me Don't let him…
Practice Makes Perfect If practice makes perfect Let's try that old embrace In so…
Prelude To A Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
PS I Love You Dear, I thought I drop a line The weather is cool The…
Raymond St. Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Remember Your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you look…
Restless Before we do that Let me play this right right here…
Riffin' The Scotch I jumped out of the fryin' pan And right into the…
Riffin’ the Scotch Johnny Mercer / D. Mcdonough / Benny Goodman / Buck I…
Road to Love Smooth road Clear day But why am I the only one Travelin' th…
Rocky Mountain Blues I cried last night I cried all the night before I cried…
Romance in the Dark Romance in the dark with you All at once I knew Darlin'…
Saint Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Say It Isn You can't stop people from talking And they're talking, my …
Say It Isn't So You can't stop people from talking And they're talking, my d…
Say It Isn’t So You can't stop people from talking And they're talking, my …
Say It with a Kiss Let me hear you say it Say it with a kiss It…
Says My Heart Fall in love, tall in love Says my heart, It's romance, take…
Sentimental & Melancholy Sentimental and melancholy Whenever I think about you It…
Sentimental and Melancholy Sentimental and melancholy Whenever I think about you It's…
She's Funny That Way Once she dressed in silks and lace, Owned a Rolls…
Shoo Shoo Baby You've seen him up and down the avenue And now he's…
Show Boat- Can't help lovin' dat man Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't…
Softly Softly, baby Softly, baby Take me in your arms Oh, easy, …
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Some Other Spring Some other spring I'll try to love Now I still cling To fade…
Somebody Loves Me The snow is snowing The wind is blowing But I can weather…
Somebody's On My Mind Somebody's on my mind Like an old sweet song, the lasting…
Somebody’s on My Mind Somebody's on my mind Like an old sweet song, the lasting…
Someone Elses Roses You can't be mine And someone else's too Someday you'll find…
Sometimes I Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue My disposition, it …
Sometimes I'm Happy Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue My disposition depen…
Sophisticated Lady They say Into your early life romance came And then this hea…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love Our summer day withers away…
Speak Low (Bent remix) Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash Speak low when you speak, love Our…
Speak Low - Speak low when you speak, love Our summer day withers away…
Spread'N Rhythm Around Music everywhere, feet are pattin' Puttin' tempo in old Manh…
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around Music everywhere, feet are pattin' Puttin' tempo in old Man…
St Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
St. Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate…
Star Fell On Alabama We lived our little drama We kissed in a field of…
Stormy Blues I've been down so long That down don't worry me I've been…
Stormy Weather Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky Stormy…
Storyville All, you old-time queens from New Orleans Who live in Storyv…
Strange Fruit Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and…
Strange Fruit - Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and bl…
Strange Fruit No.2 Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and…
Strange Fruits Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and b…
Studio Talk: When Your Lover Has Gone What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That co…
Sugar Sugar, I call my baby my sugar I never maybe my…
Summer Time Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the…
Summertime Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the…
Sun Showers Sun showers Never mind the rain The sun will shine again Thr…
Swing Brother Swing Deep rhythm captivates me Hot rhythms stimulate me Can't hel…
Swing! Brother Swing! Deep rhythm captivates me Hot rhythms stimulate me Can't h…
Swing, Brother, Swing Deep rhythm captivates me Hot rhythms stimulate me Can't hel…
T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say Just…
T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
Tain't Nobody's Business There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say Just…
Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That…
Take The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Take Me Back Baby The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so…
Talk If my heart could only talk Heaven would be mine If my…
Tell Me More Tell me more and then some Daddy you know what I…
Tell Me More and More and Then Some Tell me more and more and then some You know what…
Tell Me More-More-Then Some Tell me more and then some Daddy you know what I…
Tenderly The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
That Old Devil Called Love It's that ole devil called love game Gets behind me and…
That Ole Devil Called Love It's that ole devil called love game Gets behind me and…
That's All I Ask Of You You've heard my story before I've often told it you know Wel…
That's Life I Guess Sometimes I wonder What's in store for me Your love could op…
That’s All I Ask of You You've heard my story before I've often told it you know Wel…
That’s Life I Guess Sometimes I wonder What's in store for me Your love could …
The Blues Are Brewin When the moon's kinda dreamy Starry eyed and dreamy And nigh…
The Can't Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
The Come Back Story The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so…
The End of a Love Affair So I walk a little too fast And I drive a…
The End of a Love Affair (mono) Edward C. Redding So I walk a little too fast and…
The End of a Love Affair ) So I walk a little too fast And I drive a…
The End of a Love Affair: The Audio Story So I walk a little too fast So I, so I,…
The End of the Affair So I walk a little too fast And I drive a…
The Man I Love Someday he'll come along The man I love And he'll be big…
The Mood That I'm In Never dared to have your arms around me Not that I…
The Mood That I’m In Never dared to have your arms around me Not that I…
The Moon Looks Down And Laughs The moon looks down and laughs And says, "I told you…
The Nearness of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
The Ole Devil Called Love It's that ole devil called love game Gets behind me and…
The Same Old Story The same old story It's as old as the stars above The…
The Sunny Side Of The Street Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worry on…
The There Eyes I fell in love with you the first time I…
The V A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend…
The Very Thought of You The very thought of you And I forget to do Those little…
The Way You Look Tonight Someday when I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will…
Them Their Eyes I fell in love with you the first time I…
Theme Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Ther Is No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
There I fell in love with you the first time I…
There Is No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
There'll Be Some Changes Made They say don't change the old for the new But I've…
There's a Lull in My Life Oh, there's a lull in my life It's just a…
There’ll Be Some Changes Made They say don't change the old for the new But I've…
These 'n That 'n Those These are nights below And that's the moon above And those a…
These 'N' That 'N' Those These are nights below And that's the moon above And those…
These And That And Those These are nights below And that's the moon above And those a…
These Foolish Things A cigarette that bares a lipstick's traces An airline ticket…
These ’n’ That ’n’ Those These are nights below And that's the moon above And those a…
They Can There are many, many crazy things That will keep me loving…
They Can' Take That Away from Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
They Can't Take That Away from Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
They Say They say you have no lips For a fool such as…
Things Are Looking Up Things are looking up I've been looking the landscape over …
This 'n' That 'n' Those These are nights below And that's the moon above And those a…
This Is Heaven to Me When I hear them say There's better living Let them go their…
This is my last affair Can't you see What love and romance have done to me I'm…
This Year This year's crop of kisses Don't seem as sweet to me This…
This year's kisses This year's crop of kisses Don't seem as sweet to me This…
This Year’s Kisses This year's crop of kisses Don't seem as sweet to me This…
Those Foolish Things A cigarette that bares a lipstick's traces An airline ticket…
Tiger Rag Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! …
Time On My Hands When the day fades away into twilight The moon is my…
to marvelous for words You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words Like glor…
Too Darn Hot It's too hot for words Why bother with conversation Don't le…
Too Marvelous for Words You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words Like glo…
Trav I'm trav'lin' light because my man has gone, So from now…
Trav lin light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on…
Trav'lin All Alone I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like heavy stone Trave…
Trav'lin Light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on I…
Trav'lin' All Alone I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like heavy stone Trave…
Trav'lin' All Alone (Nickodemus & Zeb remix) J.c. johnson I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like hea…
Trav'lin' Light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on I…
Travelin light I'm travelin' light because my man has gone So from now…
Travelin' All Alone I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like heavy stone Trave…
Travelin' Light I'm travelin' light because my man has gone So from now…
Travellin’ All Alone I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like heavy stone Tra…
Travlin' All Alone I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like heavy stone Trave…
Travlin' Light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on I…
Trav’lin’ All Alone I'm so weary and all alone Feel tired like heavy stone Tra…
Trav’lin’ Light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on I…
Trouble In Mind I think that you don't care, And its more than…
Twenty Four Hours a Day Like a little old fashioned music box With just one tune…
Under a Blue Jungle Moon Life's just like a dream Just a beautiful dream Under a blue…
Until the Real Thing Come Along I'd wait for you I'd slave for you I'd be a beggar…
Violets for Your Furs You brought me violets for my furs And it was spring…
Way The You Look Tonight Someday when I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will…
We Sweetheart, the night is growing old Sweetheart, my love is …
We'll all be together again No tears No fears Remember there's always tomorrow So wha…
Weep No More I'm just about fed up I've finally had my fill Of sitting…
We’ll Be Together Again No tears No fears Remember there's always tomorrow So wha…
What a Difference a Day Made { Ella Fitzgerald Sarah Vaughn & Dinah Washington } What a difference a day made Twenty-four little hours Brough…
What a Little Moonlight Can Do Ooh, what a little Moonlight can do Ooh, what a little moonl…
What a Night What a Moon What a Girl What a night! What a moon' What a boy! What a moon' What a…
What a Night What a Moon What a Gril What a night! What a moon' What a boy! What a moon' What…
What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl John Jacob Loeb What a night! What a moon' What a boy! What…
What Is This Going To Get Us What is this going to get us Where are we headin'…
What Is This Going to Get Us? What is this going to get us Where are we headin'…
What Is This Thing Called Love What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love…
What Is This Thing Called Love? What is this thing called love? This funny thing called lov…
What Shall I Say What shall I say When our neighbors want us to come…
What's New Do you know what is means to miss New Orleans I…
What's New? What's new How is the world treating you? You haven't chan…
What's News What's new how is the world treating you? You haven't change…
When A Man Loves A Woman Maybe he's not much Just another man Doing what he can But w…
When It Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
When You're Smiling When you're smiling When you're smiling The whole world smil…
When Your Love Has Gone What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That c…
when your smiling When you're smiling When you're smiling The whole world sm…
Where Is the Sun Oh clouds above me Where are the birds that used to…
Where Is the Sun? Oh clouds above me Where are the birds that used to…
Wherever You Are Everywhere in every home Hope is burning bright While millio…
Who Loves You Who loves you Ask yourself the question Who loves you, swe…
Who Loves You? Who loves you Ask yourself the question Who loves you, sweet…
Who Wants Love Who wants love? Love is a joy we borrow Pay back in…
Why Did I Always Depend On You Why did I always depend on you When I knew that…
Why Did I Always Depend on You? Why did I always depend on you When I knew that…
Why Do Fools Fall In Love Chinks do it. Japs do it Upper Lapland little Lapps…
Why don't you do right You had a plenty money 1922 You let other women make…
Why Not Take All Of Me All of me Why not take all of me Can't you see I'm…
Why Was I Born Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to…
Why Was I Born ? Why was I born Why am I livin' What do I get What…
Willow Weep for Me Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bent your branches dow…
With Thee I Swing With thee I swing, baby With thee it's just not a…
Without Your Love Without your love I'm like a song without words Just like a…
Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town Yankee Doodle never went to town I just discovered the story…
Yesterday Yesterdays, yesterdays Days I knew as happy sweet Sequestere…
Yiddishe Mama My yiddishe momme I need her more then ever now My yiddish…
You Embrace me My sweet embraceable you Embrace me My irrepl…
You Ain't Gonna Bother Me No More You ain't gonna bother me no more No how Love just goes…
You Ain't Gonne Bother Me No More You ain't gonna bother me no more No how Love just goes…
You Are Too Lovely Just when you are near When I hold you fast Then my…
You Belong To Me Do nothing till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
You Better Go Now You better go now Because I like you much, too much You…
You can t be mine You can't be mine and someone else's too Someday you'll fin…
You Can't Be Mine And Somebody Else's Too You can't be mine And someone else's too Someday you'll fi…
You can't loose a broken heart Don't lose your head Then lose your guy You can't lose a…
You Can´t Be Mine You can't be mine and someone else's too Someday you'll find…
You Can’t Be Mine You can't be mine and someone else's too Someday you'll fin…
You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart Don't lose your head Then lose your guy You can't lose a…
You Don I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
You Don't Know What Love Is You don't know what love is Until you've learned the meaning…
You Go to My Head You go to my head You linger like a haunting refrain And…
You Let Me Down You told me that I was like an angel Told me…
You Made Me Care You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
you mother's son-in-law You don't have to have a hanker To be a broker…
You Showed Me The Way You showed me the way When I was someone in distress A…
You Took Advantage Of Me I'm a sentimental sap, that's all What's the use of trying…
You Turn The Tables On Me You turned the tables on me And now I'm falling for…
You Turned The Tables On Me You turned the tables on me And now I'm falling for…
You'd Better Go Now You better go now Because I like you much, too much You…
You're A Lucky Girl You're a lucky guy when you consider The highest bidder can'…
You're Drivin Me Crazy You, you're driving me crazy! What did I do? What…
You're Drivin' Me Crazy You, you're driving me crazy! What did I do? What…
You're Driving Me Crazy You, you're driving me crazy! What did I do? What…
You're Driving Me Crazy Pt. 1 You, you're driving me crazy What did I do? What ever…
You're Driving Me Crazy Pt. 2 You, you're driving me crazy! What did I do? What…
You're Gonna See a Lot More of Me I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you I'll make you…
You're Gonna See a Lot of Me I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you I'll make you…
You're Just a No Account You're just a no account You never will amount to nothin'…
You're Just a No-Account You're just a no account You never will amount to nothin'…
You're My Thrill You're my thrill You do something to me You send chills righ…
You're So Desiderable You're so desirable I just can't resist you You're so desira…
You're Too Lovely to Last Just when you are near When I hold you fast Then my…
You've Changed You've changed That sparkle in your eyes is gone Your smile …
Your Mother You don't have to have a hanker To be a broker…
Your Mother’s Son‐In‐Law You don't have to have a hanker To be a broker…
Your Turned the Tables on Me You turned the tables on me And now I'm falling for…
Yours and Mine The stars that shine Are yours and mine The rainbows in th…
You’re a Lucky Guy You're a lucky guy when you consider The highest bidder can…
You’re Gonna See a Lot of Me I'll forget your tender kiss I'll be brave after this kiss …
You’re My Thrill You're my thrill You do something to me You send chills righ…
You’re So Desirable You're so desirable I just can't resist you You're so desi…
You’re Too Lovely to Last Just when you are near When I hold you fast Then my…
You’ve Changed You've changed That sparkle in your eyes is gone Your smile …
’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say Just…
Anonymous
on As Time Goes By
As Time Goes By - Anna Nalick - Lyrics
You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that, you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs, never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
Musical Interlude
Moonlight and love songs, never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by