Now or Never (Billie Holiday song)

Now or Never (Billie Holiday song)
"Now or Never"
Single by Billie Holiday
A-side "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)"
Format 78rpm
Recorded September 30, 1949
Genre Jazz
Length 2:32
Label Decca
Writer(s) Billie Holiday
Curtis Reginald Lewis

"Now or Never" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday, and composer Curtis Reginald Lewis.[1]

Contents

Recording Session

Studio Session #63, New York, September 30, 1949, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (Decca), with Bernie Privin (trumpet), Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (alto saxophone), Artie Drellinger, Pat Nizza (tenor saxophone), Billy Kyle (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Joe Benjamin (bass), Jimmy Crawford (drums), and Billie Holiday (vocal).

Notable cover versions

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