Lady Sings the Blues (album)

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Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues cover
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released October 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Jazz
Length 57:10
Label Motown
M 758-D
Professional reviews
Diana Ross chronology
Surrender
(1971)		 Lady Sings the Blues
(1972)		 Touch Me in the Morning
(1973)

Lady Sings the Blues was the successful soundtrack to the Billie Holiday biopic of the same name, which starred Diana Ross in her screen debut in 1972. The album went on to be Ross' only #1 album on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart as a solo act.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

  1. "The Arrest" – 0:15
  2. "Lady Sings the Blues" – 1:03
  3. "Baltimore Brothel" – 0:25
  4. "Billie Sneaks Into Dean & Dean's/Swinging Uptown" – 0:49
  5. "'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" – 1:06
  6. "Big Ben/C.C. Rider" – 1:06
  7. "All of Me" – 2:19
  8. "The Man I Love" – 2:27
  9. "Them There Eyes" – 1:03
  10. "Gardenias from Louis" – 2:03
  11. "Cafe Manhattan/Had You Been Around/Love Theme" – 2:03

[edit] Side Two

  1. "Any Happy Home" – 0:37
  2. "I Cried For You" – 0:37
  3. "Billie & Harry/Don't Explain" – 0:37
  4. "Mean to Me" – 1:18
  5. "Fine and Mellow" – 0:45
  6. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" – 2:09
  7. "Louis Visits Billie on Tour/Love Theme" – 0:45
  8. "Cafe Manhattan Party" – 1:37
  9. "Persuasion/'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" – 3:48
  10. "Agent's Office" – 1:09
  11. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" – 2:01

[edit] Side Three

  1. "Fine and Mellow" – 2:54
  2. "Lover Man" – 3:22
  3. "You've Changed" – 2:34
  4. "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" – 2:06
  5. "Good Morning Heartache" – 2:21
  6. "All of Me" – 2:04

[edit] Side Four

  1. "Love Theme" – 2:53
  2. "My Man" – 2:26
  3. "Don't Explain" – 2:10
  4. "I Cried for You" – 2:13
  5. "Strange Fruit" – 3:35
  6. "God Bless the Child" – 2:42
  7. "Closing Theme" – 1:08

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1973 Billboard 200 1
Preceded by
Dueling Banjos by Eric Weissberg		 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 7 - April 20, 1973		 Succeeded by
Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper
v • d • e
Diana Ross
Studio albums
Live albums
Duet albums
Soundtrack albums
Lady Sings the Blues
Other albums
Singles
(US/UK Top Tens)
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Remember Me" · "I'm Still Waiting" · "Surrender" · "Touch Me in the Morning" · "All of My Life" · "You Are Everything" · "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" · "Love Hangover" · "Upside Down" · "I'm Coming Out" · "My Old Piano" · "It's My Turn" · "Endless Love" · "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" · "Mirror, Mirror" · "Work That Body" · "Muscles" · "Missing You" · "Chain Reaction" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" · "One Shining Moment" · "Not Over You Yet" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
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