The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 1 (1933-1935)

• Artist: Billie Holiday
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1987
• Total Time: 47:01
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

After years of reissuing Billie Holiday's recordings in piecemeal fashion, Columbia finally got it right with this nine-CD Quintessential series. All of Lady Day's 1933-1942 studio recordings (although without the alternate takes) receive the treatment they deserve in this program. Vol. 1 has Holiday's first two tentative performances from 1933 along with her initial recordings with Teddy Wilson's all-star bands. High points include "I Wished on the Moon," "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," "Miss Brown to You," and "Twenty-Four Hours a Day." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Your Mother's Son-In-Law (Lyrics)	Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols	Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	(2:43)
Riffin' the Scotch (Lyrics)	Johnny Mercer, Dick McDonough, Benny Goodman, Fred Buck	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday	(2:33)
I Wished on the Moon (Lyrics)	Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger	Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson	(3:05)
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Lyrics)	Harry Woods	Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson	(2:59)
Miss Brown to You	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting	Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday	(3:01)
A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat)	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal	Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson	(2:49)
What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl	John Jacob Loeb	Billie Holiday	(2:57)
I'm Painting the Town Red	Charles Newman, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias	Billie Holiday	(2:59)
It's Too Hot for Words	Leonard Whitcup, Walter Samuels, Teddy Powell	Billie Holiday	(2:47)
Twenty-Four Hours a Day	James F. Hanley, Arthur Swanstrom	Billie Holiday	(3:01)
Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town	Arthur Freed, Bernie Hanighen	Billie Holiday	(2:44)
Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo	Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer	Billie Holiday	(3:12)
If You Were Mine (Lyrics)	Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck	Billie Holiday	(3:12)
These 'N' That 'N' Those	Edgar Fairchild	Billie Holiday	(3:12)
You Let Me Down	Harry Warren, Al Dubin	Billie Holiday	(2:53)
Spreadin' Rhythm Around (Lyrics)	Ted Koehler, Jimmy McHugh	Billie Holiday	(2:54)

Credits

Artie Bernstein (Bass), Dick Clark (Trumpet), Hilton Jefferson (Sax (Alto)), John Kirby (String Bass), Roy Eldridge (Trumpet), Dick McDonough (Guitar), John Hammond, Sr. (Producer), Tom Macey (Clarinet), Lawrence Lucie (Guitar), Joe Sullivan (Piano), John Trueheart (Guitar), Artie Bernstein (String Bass), Art Karle (Sax (Tenor)), Teddy Wilson (Performer), Dave Barbour (Guitar), Gene Krupa (Drums), Teddy Wilson (Piano), Richard Clark (Trumpet), John Kirby (Bass), Benny Morton (Trombone), Ben Webster (Sax (Tenor)), Billie Holiday (Vocals), Cozy Cole (Drums), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Performer), Buck Washington (Piano), Benny Goodman (Clarinet), Johnny Hodges (Sax (Alto)), Michael Brooks (Liner Notes), Grachan Moncur II (Bass), Shirley Clay (Trumpet), Jack Teagarden (Trombone), Cecil Scott (Clarinet), Larry Keyes (Engineer), Chu Berry (Sax (Tenor)), Teddy Wilson (?), Benny Goodman (?), Charlie Teagarden (Trumpet)