Billie Holiday - Great Women Of Song: Billie Holiday - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Body and Soul is a studio album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, originally released in 1957. A perfect companion piece to Songs For Distingué Lovers featuring classic versions of 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' and 'Let's Call The Whole Thing Off'. Album Tracks 1. Body and Soul 2. They Can't Take That Away from Me 3. Darn That Dream 4. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 1. Comes Love 2. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 3. Embraceable You 4. Moonlight in Vermont

Vinyl LP repressing of this album from the Jazz legend. The Los Angeles sessions dating from 1954 offer a fresher-sounding Billie, but that in no way diminishes the quality of the songs recorded in New York City. When it was originally released on Clef records, Down Beat magazine gave the album a glowing review and five stars. In their review of the 78-rpm of 'Love Me Or Leave Me' coupled with 'I Thought About You,' Down Beat said 'What counts is the penetratingly personal presence of Lady Day.' When the album came out, there was a concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall on 10 November 1956 featuring much of this material along with readings from her autobiography. It was a sellout and despite the limitations with Billie's voice she delivered a superb performance. In less than three years, however, she would be dead. Album Tracks 1. Lady Sings the Blues (Side 1) 2. Trav'lin Light (Side 1) 3. Must Have That Man! (Side 1) 4. Some Other Spring (Side 1) 5. Strange Fruit (Side 1) 6. No Good Man (Side 1) 7. God Bless the Child (Side 2) 8. Good Morning Heartache (Side 2) 9. Love Me or Leave Me (Side 2) 10. Too Marvelous for Words (Side 2) 11. Willow Weep for Me (Side 2) 12. I Thought About You (Side 2)

Dinah Washington - As Duke Ellington would have said, Dinah Washington was Inchbeyond category.Inch Subtle and inventive enough to hold an honored place in the jazz pantheon yet tough and forceful enough to command the attention of blues, R&B and rock n' roll audiences. Album Tracks 1. What a Difference a Day Made 2. It's Magic 3. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 4. Baby, You've Got What It Takes 5. I Get a Kick Out of You 6. September in the Rain 7. This Bitter Earth 1. Teach Me Tonight 2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3. Cry Me a River 4. Mad About the Boy 5. After You've Gone 6. Is You or Is You Ain't My Baby? 7. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)