Billie's Blues (song)

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“Billie's Blues”
Single by Billie Holiday
A-side Summertime
Format 78 rpm
Recorded July 10, 1936
Genre Blues
Length 2:37
Label Vocalion
Writer(s) Billie Holiday
Producer Bernie Hanighen

"Billie's Blues" is a blues song written by the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, composing it just before the recording session in 1936.[1]

Contents

[edit] Recording Session

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, (Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Artie Shaw, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, piano; Dick McDonough, guitar; Arthur "Pete" Peterson, bass; Cozy Cole, drummer)

[edit] Notable cover versions

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

[edit] Resource

Vladimir, Bogdanov. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues, Backbeat Books (2003), page 240 - ISBN 0879307366