- Lady Sings the Blues (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Lady Sings the Blues
Artist =Billie Holiday
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Recorded =July 6 ,1956 , New York City, Fine Sound Studios
Genre = Blues
Label = Clef, Verve
Length = 3:46
Writer =Billie Holiday Herbie Nichols
Producer ="Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by
jazz singer Billie Holiday , andjazz pianist Herbie Nichols . [ [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=420003132&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1 ASC] ]
It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records (MGC 721/Verve MV 2047).
Recording Session
Studio Session #75
New York ,June 6 ,1956 , Tony Scott & His Orchestra (Verve), withCharlie Shavers (clarinet), Tony Scott (clarinet),Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone),Wynton Kelly (piano),Kenny Burrell (guitar), Aaron Bell (bass), Lennie Mc Browne (drums),Billie Holiday (vocal) [ [http://www.billieholidaysongs.com/ Billie Holiday Songs] ]Notable cover versions
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Ella Fitzgerald (1957 )
*Archie Shepp (1966 )
*Diana Ross (1972 )
*Terence Blanchard (1993 )
*Peter Nero (1995 )
*Nnenna Freelon (1999 )
*Lonnie Liston Smith (1999 )
*Smokey Robinson (2001 )Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.ladyday.net/ The Unofficial Billie Holiday Website]
* [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:hzfqxx9jldhe Song: Billie Blues]
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