Left Alone (song)

"Left Alone" is a jazz song written by singer Billie Holiday, and pianist/composer Mal Waldron and published by E.B. Marks. This is one of seven songs written by or co-written by Holiday that she never recorded.^[1][2]

Mal Waldron began working as pianist for Holiday in mid-1953. Holiday had intended to record the song a number of times but "always forget the damned sheet music."^[3] However, Waldron himself recorded the song on his 1959 album Left Alone, and near the end of the LP discusses the origin of the song.^[4]

An instrumental version of the song appeared on Joe Satriani's Time Machine in 1993.

External links

• MP3 Lyrics Website

Notes

References

• Stuart Nicholson, Billie Holiday, ISBN 1-55553-303-5
• Billie Holiday, THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY: Songs Recorded and Made Famous By Lady Day. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-7935-3687-1.
• Donald Clarke, Wishing On the Moon. Viking. ISBN 0-670-83771-7.
• John Chilton, Billie's Blues. Da Capo Preess. ISBN 0-306-80363-1
• John White, Billie Holiday: Her Life and Times ISBN 0-87663-668-7
• Mal Waldron, Left Alone LP Liner Notes ASIN: B00004YR36
• Amazon.com Editorial Review for Mal Waldron CD Left Alone
• Ken Vail, Lady Day's Diary. Sanctuary Publishing. ISBN 1-86074-131-2

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