An Introduction to Billie Holiday: Her Best Recordings 1935-1942

Album by Billie Holiday

An Introduction to Billie Holiday: Her Best Recordings 1935-1942 is a compilation album by American jazz singer Billie Holiday, comprising recordings made between 1935 and 1942. The collection highlights her intimate, conversational phrasing, melancholic timbre and blend of jazz, blues and swing elements accompanied by small jazz ensembles, and documents her formative years when she refined a vocal approach that helped define jazz singing in the mid-20th century.
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  1. 1.
    What a Little Moonlight Can Do
    3:02
  2. 2.
    I Must Have That Man
    2:56
  3. 3.
    The Mood That I'm In
    3:01
  4. 4.
    Moanin' Low
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Yours and Mine
    3:21
  6. 6.
    Mean to Me
    3:09
  7. 7.
    I'll Never Be the Same
    3:04
  8. 8.
    A Sailboat in the Moonlight
    2:51
  9. 9.
    I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
    2:46
  10. 10.
    I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)
    2:09
  11. 11.
    More Than You Know
    3:10
  12. 12.
    Strange Fruit
    3:07
  13. 13.
    Night and Day
    3:00
  14. 14.
    The Man I Love
    3:07
  15. 15.
    Tell Me More
    3:09
  16. 16.
    Let's Do It
    2:58
  17. 17.
    All of Me
    3:02
  18. 18.
    God Bless the Child
    2:57
  19. 19.
    I Cover the Waterfront
    2:57
  20. 20.
    Gloomy Sunday
    3:13
  21. 21.
    Until the Real Thing Comes Along
    3:10
  22. 22.
    Trav'lin' Light
    3:15

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