Lady Sings the Blues (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Lady Sings the Blues


Artist = Billie Holiday
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Recorded = July 6, 1956, New York City, Fine Sound Studios
Genre = Blues
Label = Clef, Verve
Length = 3:46
Writer = Billie Holiday
Herbie Nichols
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"Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, and jazz pianist Herbie Nichols. [ [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=420003132&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1 ASC
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It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records (MGC 721/Verve MV 2047).

Recording Session

Studio Session #75 New York, June 6, 1956, Tony Scott & His Orchestra (Verve), with Charlie Shavers (clarinet), Tony Scott (clarinet), Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Aaron Bell (bass), Lennie Mc Browne (drums), Billie Holiday (vocal) [ [http://www.billieholidaysongs.com/ Billie Holiday Songs] ]

Notable cover versions

* Ella Fitzgerald (1957)
* Archie Shepp (1966)
* Diana Ross (1972)
* Terence Blanchard (1993)
* Peter Nero (1995)
* Nnenna Freelon (1999)
* Lonnie Liston Smith (1999)
* Smokey Robinson (2001)

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.ladyday.net/ The Unofficial Billie Holiday Website]
* [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:hzfqxx9jldhe Song: Billie Blues]