Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release The Centennial Collection, a new 20-song Billie Holiday collection, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the iconic vocalist. The set will be available on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
The recordings cover 1935-45, and include songs Billie originally cut (as 78 rpm singles) for the Brunswick, Vocalion, OKeh, Commodore and Decca labels.
Track list
1. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Billie Holiday, vocal; Brunswick, 1935)
2. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Billie Holiday, vocal; Brunswick, 1936)
3. Summertime
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1936)
4. Billie’s Blues
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1936)
5. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1937)
6. Why Was I Born?
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Billie Holiday, vocal; Brunswick, 1937)
7. I Must Have That Man
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Billie Holiday, vocal; Brunswick, 1937)
8. I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Billie Holiday, vocal; Brunswick, 1937)
9. Mean To Me
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (Billie Holiday, vocal; Brunswick, 1937)
10. When A Women Loves A Man
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1938)
11. You Go to My Head
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1938)
12. The Very Thought Of You
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1938)
13. I Can’t Get Started
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1938)
14. Them There Eyes
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Vocalion, 1939)
15. All of Me
Billie Holiday, accompanied by Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra (OKeh, 1941)
16. God Bless The Child
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (OKeh, 1941)
17. Gloomy Sunday
Billie Holiday, accompanied by Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (OKeh, 1941)
18. Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Commodore, 1939)
19. Fine and Mellow
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Commodore, 1939)
20. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (Decca, 1945)
New Billie Holiday Collection Coming From Legacy
20-track set covers 1935-45
