Billie Holiday - Happy Holiday [CD]

It is inevitable that every account of Billie Holiday's life focuses on the prolonged addiction to drink and drugs that culminated in her premature death at the age of 44 on the 17th July, 1959. This compilation, however, is entitled "Happy Holiday" and thus attempts to concentrate on the upbeat side of her career.

Having said that, although many of the songs included here are upbeat musically, lyrically or both, Billie's voice is so plaintive and her phrasing and melodic invention so unique that even seemingly 'happy' songs often sound wistful and melancholic. Several songs whose lyrical content would seem to qualify them as 'happy' have been omitted simply because of Billie's delivery. Nevertheless, Billie handles the bitter-sweet comedy of numbers such as "A Fine Romance", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" and "My Sweet Hunk O' Trash" (in a duet with Louis Armstrong) with great style and humour, justifying record producer and talent scout John Hammond's description of her: "She was not a blues singer, but she sang popular songs in a manner that made them completely her own. She had an uncanny ear, an excellent memory for lyrics, and she sang with an exquisite sense of phrasing. She always loved Armstrong's sound and it is not too much to say that she sang the way he played horn. Further, she was absolutely beautiful, with a look and a bearing that were, indeed, Lady-like and never deserted her, even in the degraded final years."

Let's Do It

What A Little Moonlight Can Do

Having Myself A Time

Now They Call It Swing

T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Miss Brown To You

What A Night, What A Moon, What A Girl

Nice Work If You Can Get It

You Showed Me The Way

Pennies From Heaven

Yours And Mine

Laughing At Life

Easy Living

Getting Some Fun Out Of Life

He's Funny That Way

Things Are Looking Up

When You're Smiling

Me, Myself And I

Back In Your Own Backyard

I've Got A Date With A Dream

Here It Is Tomorrow Again

My Sweet Hunk O' Trash

Romance In The Dark

Crazy He Calls Me

Mandy Is Two

Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town

You're My Thrill

Eeny Meeny Miney Mo

A Fine Romance

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

One, Two, Button Your Shoe

I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

With Thee I Swing

The Mood That I'm In

Say It With A Kiss

Tenderly

You're So Desirable

Life Begins When You're In Love

Sugar

Them There Eyes

Our Love Is Different

I Wished On The Moon

You're A Lucky Guy

These 'N' That 'N' Those

Time On My Hands

It's Too Hot For Words

I'm Pulling Through

Swing, Brother, Swing

Practice Makes Perfect

Spreadin' Rhythm Around

I Hear Music

• Genre: Jazz
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 604988040524
• Release Date: August 16, 2004

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