Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues

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Label:	Verve Records – MG V-8099
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
Country:	US
Released:	1960
Genre:	Jazz, Blues
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Tracklist

A1		Lady Sings The Blues Written-By – Holiday, Nichols
A2		Trav'lin' Light Written-By – Mundy, Mercer
A3		I Must Have That Man Written-By – McHugh-Fields*
A4		Some Other Spring Written-By – Herzog, Kitchings
A5		Strange Fruit Written-By – Allan*
A6		No Good Man Written-By – Fisher, Higginbotham, Gallop*
B1		God Bless The Child Written-By – Herzog, Holiday
B2		Good Morning Heartache Written-By – Fisher, Drake, Higginbotham*
B3		Love Me Or Leave Me Written-By – Kahn, Donaldson
B4		Too Marvelous For Words Written-By – Mercer, Whiting
B5		Willow Weep For Me Written-By – Ronell*
B6		I Thought About You Written-By – Van Heusen, Mercer

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Verve Records, Inc.
Published By – Northern Music Corp.
Published By – Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
Published By – Mills Music, Inc.
Published By – Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
Published By – Harms, Inc.
Published By – Bourne, Inc.
Published By – Burke And Van Heusen, Inc.

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith (2) (tracks: B3 to B6)
Clarinet – Anthony Sciacca (tracks: A1 to B2)
Double Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: A1 to B2), Red Callender (tracks: B3 to B6)
Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: B3 to B6)
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: B3 to B6), Kenny Burrell (tracks: A1 to B2)
Photography By – Herman Leonard
Piano – Bobby Tucker (tracks: B3 to B6), Wynton Kelly (tracks: A1 to B2)
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Quinichette (tracks: A1 to B2)
Trumpet – Charlie Shavers (tracks: A1 to B2), Harry Edison (tracks: B3 to B6)

Notes

Songs from A1 to B2 were recorded in New York, June 6, 7, 1956
The last four tunes (B3 to B6) in Los Angeles September 3, 1954

This version has LONG PLAYING MICROGROOVE VERVE RECORDS, INC - MADE IN U.S.A. printed on labels (labels are deepgrooved)
There is no registered trademark on the label

this is a reissue circa 1956-1960

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1 to A3, A6, B2 to B6): ASCAP
Rights Society (A4, A5, B1): BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MG V-8099 A (11,656)
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MG V-8099 B (11,657)
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): V-8099A 11,656- 2 C IIIV
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): V-8099-B 11,657 I C IIIV

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Lady Sings The Blues (LP, Album)	Clef Records	MG C-721	US	1956
New Submission	Lady Sings The Blues (LP, Album, Reissue, Mono)	Verve Records	MG V-8099	US	1956
New Submission	Lady Sings The Blues (LP, Album)	Clef Records	MG C-721	Denmark	1956
New Submission	Lady Sings The Blues (LP, Album)	Clef Records	MG C-721	US	1956
New Submission	Lady Sings The Blues (LP, Album, Reissue, Mono)	Verve Records, Verve Records	MG V-8099, MGV-8099	US	1956