Lady in Satin

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Lady in Satin
Studio album by Billie Holiday
Released	June 1958
Recorded	19-21 February 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:36
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Irving Townsend
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Billie Holiday chronology
Body and Soul 1957 Lady in Satin Blues are Brewin' 1958

Lady in Satin is a 1958 album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday and featuring bandleader Ray Ellis. Ellis said of the album in 1997:

I would say that the most emotional moment was her listening to the playback of "I'm a Fool to Want You". There were tears in her eyes...After we finished the album I went into the control room and listened to all the takes. I must admit I was unhappy with her performance, but I was just listening musically instead of emotionally. It wasn't until I heard the final mix a few weeks later that I realized how great her performance really was.^{[citation needed]}

"Lady in Satin" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000.^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:23
2. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) – 3:26
3. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) – 3:48
4. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:59
5. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:53
6. "Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 3:24
7. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 3:17
8. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:01
9. "But Beautiful" (w. Johnny Burke, m. Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:29
10. "Glad to Be Unhappy" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:07
11. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) – 3:23
12. "The End of a Love Affair" [Mono Version] (Edward Redding) – 4:46
13. "I'm a Fool to Want You" – 3:24 †
14. "I'm a Fool to Want You" – 3:23 †
15. The End of a Love Affair: The Audio Story – 9:49 †
16. "The End of a Love Affair" – 4:46 †

† Bonus tracks included with the 1997 Columbia CD Reissue (65144)

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