Billie's Blues

"Billie's Blues" is a blues song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, composing it just before being recorded in a session on July 10, 1936. According to the article in Melody Maker, on August 1, 1936:

Recording session

• "Did I Remember?"
• "Summertime"
• "No Regrets"
• "Billie's Blues"

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, (Bunny Berigan, trumpet; Artie Shaw, clarinet; Joe Bushkin, piano; Dick McDonough, guitar; Arthur "Pete" Peterson, bass; Cozy Cole, drums)

Notable cover versions

• Blossom Dearie (1957)
• Carmen McRae (1986)
• Mary Coughlan (2000)
• Jazz at the Philharmonic (2004)

Footnotes

Resource

Vladimir, Bogdanov. All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues, Backbeat Books (2003), p. 240,

External links

• The Unofficial Billie Holiday Website
• [ Song: Billie Blues]