Billie Holiday

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Billie Holiday's story is so huge, her artistry so vast, and her impact so incalculable, that even attempting to corral a representative sampling of it within a single collection of recordings is an overwhelming, perhaps foolhardy task. Many have ... more Billie Holiday's story is so huge, her artistry so vast, and her impact so incalculable, that even attempting to corral a representative sampling of it within a single collection of recordings is an overwhelming, perhaps foolhardy task. Many have tried, of course, and literally hundreds of options of varying quality and legitimacy, scattered across dozens of labels, are available to the consumer. Neophytes, or those not willing to commit to a gargantuan listening session, can settle for any number of single- or double-CD best-ofs that adequately present Holiday's most important, better-known music. Columbia/Legacy's single-disc God Bless the Child: The Very Best of Billie Holiday and the same label's two-disc 2001 Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday are ideal for that purpose, the cr

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	I Wished On The Moon	3:01
2	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	2:55
3	Miss Brown To You	2:58
4	If You Were Mine	3:09
5	These 'N' That 'N' Those	3:12
6	You Let Me Down	2:52
7	Spreadin' Rhythm Around	2:53
8	Life Begins When You're In Love	3:02
9	It's Like Reaching For The Moon	3:20
10	These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)	3:17
11	I Cried For You	3:11
12	Did I Remember?	2:49
13	No Regrets	2:35
14	Summertime	2:53
15	Billie's Blues	2:38
16	A Fine Romance	2:51
17	One, Two, Button Your Shoe	2:47
18	Easy To Love	3:11
19	The Way You Look Tonight	3:00
20	Pennies From Heaven	3:15
1	That's Life I Guess	3:08
2	I Can't Give You Anything But Love	3:26
3	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	2:55
4	He Ain't Got Rhythm	2:49
5	This Year's Kisses	3:08
6	Why Was I Born?	2:50
7	I Must Have That Man	2:55
8	The Mood That I'm In	2:59
9	You Showed Me The Way	2:58
10	My Last Affair	3:08
11	Moanin' Low	3:03
12	Where Is The Sun?	2:45
13	Let's Call The Whole Thing Off	2:36
14	They Can't Take That Away From Me	3:01
15	Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'	2:45
16	I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)	3:07
17	Mean To Me	3:06
18	Foolin' Myself	3:00
19	Easy Living	3:02
20	I'll Never Be The Same	3:01
1	Me, Myself And I	2:35
2	A Sailboat In The Moonlight	2:49
3	Without Your Love	2:51
4	Trav'lin' All Alone	2:12
5	He's Funny That Way	2:39
6	Nice Work If You Can Get It	3:07
7	Things Are Looking Up	3:19
8	My Man	3:01
9	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	3:15
10	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	2:49
11	On The Sentimental Side	3:04
12	When A Woman Loves A Man	2:24
13	You Go To My Head	2:52
14	I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key)	2:06
15	The Very Thought Of You	2:45
16	I Can't Get Started	2:46
17	More Than You Know	3:04
18	Sugar	2:45
19	Long Gone Blues	3:05
20	Some Other Spring	3:00
1	Them There Eyes	2:48
2	Swing! Brother, Swing!	2:55
3	Night And Day	2:58
4	The Man I Love	3:04
5	Body And Soul	2:57
6	Falling In Love Again	2:46
7	Laughing At Life	2:54
8	Time On My Hands (You In My Arms)	3:04
9	St. Louis Blues	2:53
10	Loveless Love	3:15
11	Let's Do It	2:55
12	Georgia On My Mind	3:17
13	All Of Me	2:59
14	God Bless The Child	2:54
15	Am I Blue?	2:45
16	I Cover The Waterfront	2:55
17	Love Me Or Leave Me	3:19
18	Gloomy Sunday	3:10
19	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	3:01
20	Until The Real Thing Comes Along	3:08