Description

Picture disc. Limited to 500 numbered copies

The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever. This picture disc features some of her best tracks like; “Lover Man,” “Don’t Explain,” and her own composition “God Bless the Child”. In her autobiography Lady Sings The Blues Holiday indicated an argument with her mother over money led to the song. She indicated that during the argument her mother said the line “God bless the child that’s got his own.” The anger over the incident led her to turn that line into a starting point for a song, Listen and enjoy these tracks as they remain among the most sensitive and accomplished vocal performances ever recorded.

Track list:
1. Any Old Time
2. Lover Man
3. Don’t Explain
4. God Bless The Child
5. My Man
6. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
7. Swing, Brother Swing
8. I Can’t Get Started
9. Fine And Mellow
10. The Blues Are Brewin
11. Do You Know What It Mens To Miss New Orleans