1939-Apr-20

Billie Holiday Discography

Session 1939-Apr-20

Date:	Thursday, April 20, 1939
Location:	New York City, 711 Fifth Avenue, World Broadcasting Studio
Band:	Frank Newton and his Café Society Orchestra
Type:	AT/MT
Photo:

[Date] tag when session info, session songs or session musicians are new or updated.

Songs recorded during this session:
No:	Songtitle	Type	Matrix:	Label	Time
1	Strange fruit	AT	WP24403-A	Commodore XFL14428	3'21"
2	Strange fruit	MT	WP24403-B	Commodore 526	3'13"
3	Yesterdays	MT	WP24404-A	Commodore 527	3'26"
4	Yesterdays	AT	WP24404-B	Commodore XFL14428	3'00"
5	Fine and mellow	MT	WP24405-A	Commodore 526	3'18"
6	I gotta right to sing the blues	AT	WP24406-A	Commodore XFL14428	2'51"
7	I gotta right to sing the blues	MT	WP24406-B	Commodore 527	2'51"

[No] tag when songs of the sessions are new or updated. [Matrix] tag when track is unknown, unique (only 1 album), very rare (2 or 3 albums) or rare (3-7 albums).

Albums containing tracks of this session:
No:	Type	Coverage	Albumtitle (albumcode)	SongNo^#
No:	Type	Coverage	Albumtitle (albumcode)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1		28%	1 Single Artist (Lata 013)		2			9
2		28%	18 Top Tracks (CD Jazz 044-005)		6	7
3		42%	20 Golden Greats (DVLP 2018)		D2	C4		C3
4		28%	20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Hip-O 589995)		1			2
5		28%	25 Greatest Hits (PLATCD 1111)		2					19
6		42%	40 Great Songs, Vol. 2/2 (MUCD9507)		13			14		15
7		28%	49 Original Recordings, Vol. 1/2 (Platbx 2208)		2					19
8		28%	49 Original Recordings, Vol. 2/2 (Platbx 2208)			16		7
9		14%	Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Vol. 1/4 (CBS ?)			B1
10		28%	Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Vol. 4/4 (CBS ?)		A1			B1
11		14%	All Of Me (JAZZ CD 001)		4
12		28%	Anthology 1944-1959 [Japan Bonus Tracks] (Crown Japan 8846/7)	18				6?
13		14%	Ballads (RKC 144)		18
14		14%	BD Jazz - Vol. 1/2 Bluesy Billie (JZBD 004)			20
15		28%	Best Of 1935-1948, Vol. 1/2 (3046782)		24			25
16		14%	Best Of 1935-1948, Vol. 2/2 (3046782)							1
17		14%	Billie Holiday (2MJP 1024)					A5
18		14%	Billie Holiday (TM1204)		16
19		14%	Billie Holiday (Kbox), Vol. 2/3 (KBOX3150A)					7
20		57%	Billie Holiday - Commodore Records (LP GXC 3143)		A1	A2		A3		A4
21		14%	Billie Holiday - The Jazz Singer (PACK 006)					8
22		28%	Billie Holiday 2CD, Vol. 2/2 (KBOX 2101)		14			7
23		57%	Billie Holiday Sings (J-1209)		B2	A3		A2		A1
24		57%	Billie Holiday, Vol.2 - Fine And Mellow 1936-1941 (Naxos 8.120583)		15	14		16		13
25		14%	Billie's Blues (Collector's Edition TKC4)		7
26		14%	Billie's Blues (Disky)					14
27		14%	Billie’s Blues (LATA084)							9
28		42%	Billie's Blues (MCPS SUN2088)		6	7		8
29		28%	Billie's Blues (RGCD 1054)					18?		19?
30		14%	Billie's Love Songs (NI 2000)					15
31		42%	Billy Remembers Billie (Verve 0602498648827)		12	9		3
32		42%	Bitter Fruit (Jazz 95)		2	3				4
33		57%	Blue Billie - Saga Jazz 57 (981 063-4)		11	12		13		14
34		14%	Blue Moon (FDM 36749-2)			19
35		28%	Body And Soul (LATA054)		2			9
36		28%	CD Livre (Cd Livre 2-909828-19-02)		13			14
37		28%	Classic Decade (Prism 254)		2					19
38		57%	Commodore Recording (SL 10007)		B1	A1		B4		A2
39		57%	Commodore Jazz Classics (MS 56000, S/6000)		A1	B3		A3		B4
40		42%	Complete 1936-1944 Alternates Vol. 2 1938-1940 (BlueMoon CD 1502)	14			15		16
41		42%	Complete Billie Holiday Alternates Vol. 2 1938-40 (King Jazz KJ 172 FS)	16			17		18
42		100%	Complete Commodore Recordings (Japan), Vol. 1/2 (KICJ 43)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
43		100%	Complete Commodore Recordings, Original American, Vol. 1/2 (Jazz Factory 22820)	10	1	2	11	3	12	4
44		100%	Complete Commodore Recordings, Vol. 1/2 (CMD 24012)	2	1	3	4	5	7	6
45		42%	Easy To Love - CD 1/2 (274 1363.64 1)		21	23		22
46		14%	Essential Billie Holiday, The, Vol. 1/3 (SOHO CD002)	20
47		28%	Essential Billie Holiday, The, Vol. 2/3 (SOHO CD002)			7				9
48		14%	Essential Billie Holiday, The, Vol. 3/3 (Rajon EMPRCD 899)		20
49		14%	Essential Billie Holiday, The, Vol. 3/3 (SOHO CD002)					3
50		28%	Feel The Blues (SUMCD 4005)			14				15
51		28%	Fine & Mellow (IGOCD 2034)		24			18
52		57%	Fine And Mellow (Collector's Edition 24)		11	12		13		14
53		57%	Fine And Mellow (Newsound)		11	12		13		14
54		100%	Fine And Mellow 1939 And 1944 (AG 6.24055)	A2	A1	A3	A4	A5	A7	A6
55		100%	Fine And Mellow 1939 And 1944 (Commodore 8.24055)	2	1	3	4	5	7	6
56		100%	Fine And Mellow Vol. 1 (Commodore)	A2	A1	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7
57		28%	From Baltimore (WES 4005)		1			7
58		42%	Giants Of Jazz, Vol. 3/3 (TimeLife Records)		A5	A6		A7
59		57%	God Bless The Child (CDD 3421 Nichevo Productio)		11	12		13		14
60		28%	Greatets Hits (AA08606)		A1	B3
61		57%	Henry Allen: Red Allen And His Friends (Merrit 26)		A1	A2		A3		A4
62		14%	Her Best Recordings: 1935-1942 (Best Of Jazz 4003)		12
63		42%	Her Finest Studio Recordings, Vol. 1/3 (BT 3007)		5			6		7
64		57%	History Of Jazz - Billie Holiday (Joker SM 3289)		B4	A3		A2		A1
65		42%	Hits & Highlights - Billie Holiday - Ghost Of Yesterday - CD 1/2 (BLUE101CD(1))		14	16		15
66		57%	I’ve Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Jazz Greats JG-622)		B2	A3		A2		A1
67		57%	Immortal Sessions (Sonet SLP 1000)		A1	A2		A3		A4
68		57%	Immortal Sessions - As Time Goes By (DLP 2-788)		A1	C2		D5		C1
69		14%	Immortal Sessions 1939-45 Vol 1 (7") (Sonet SXP 2023)							A1
70		28%	In A Soulful Mood CD 2/2 (MCCD597)		23			18
71		14%	Jazz After Dark, Vol. 2 (Public Music 8007)					2?
72		28%	Jazz After Hours (Jazz After Hours 200004)		5			16?
73		14%	Jazz Classic's, Vol.1/2 (52197-2 Zaiks/Biem)			3
74		14%	Jazz Masters (JZ 003)					7
75		57%	Jazz Roots, Vol.4/4 (CDB 1804/4)		9	10		8	7
76		14%	Jukebox Hits (ACMCD 4078)		18
77		28%	Ken Burns Jazz (Verve 549 081)		5	6
78		57%	Kind Of Holiday Vol. 03/10 - Early Greats Vol. 3 (220121/3)		1	2		3		4
79		28%	L’Art Vocal, Vol.1, La Sélection 1935 - 1939 (DK025)		21			22
80		57%	La Regina Del Blues (Variety LP. No. Rel-St 19186)		B1	A5		A4		A1
81		14%	Lady Blues (Imagem 6054)		A1
82		57%	Lady Day (Tristar 80903)		9	8		12		5
83		14%	Lady Day - The Very Best Of Billie Holiday (MOODCD52)		13
84		28%	Lady Day Vol. 2/3 (GSS 5289)			8		13
85		57%	Lady Day Vol. 3 (Magnum 34 / CECD 034)		3	2		4		1
86		28%	Lady Day Vol. 3/3 (GSS 5289)		1					3
87		28%	Lady Day’s 25 Greatest 1933 – 1944 (CD AJA 5181)	25				16
88		57%	Lady Day's Immortal Performances 1939 - 1944 (LPJT 40 Sarabandas)		B6	A7		A8		A2
89		57%	Lady Day’s Immortal Performances, Vol. 3/3 (Giants Of Jazz CDB1204)		4	3		2		1
90		57%	Lady Day, Vol. 2/7 - 'Lady Day's Immortal Performances' (LP JT40)		B6	A7		A8		A2
91		57%	Lady Of Jazz, Vol. 3/4 (CD Dig 11)	11		12		13		14
92		57%	Lady Sings The Blues (6188442)		15	12		2		1
93		42%	Lady Sings The Blues (BGTS LATA 085)			7		8		6
94		14%	Lady Sings The Blues - Vol. 4/4 (TKO LATA527A)			1
95		14%	Leading Ladies - Vol. 2/3 (Wegram KBOX3190A)					2
96		57%	Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons De Billie Holiday, Vol. 2/4 (7243 8106052)		18	19		20		21
97		14%	Lover Man (WMO 90334)			11
98		100%	Masters Of Jazz - Vol. 08 '39 (MJCD 070)	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
99		28%	Masters Of Jazz, Vol. 2/2 (Média 7 R2CD 8007/2)			1		2
100		14%	Me Myself And I (35717-2)			15
101		14%	Members Edition (Members Edition 30122)		5
102		42%	Mémoire Du Jazz (7243 8 39345 2 2)	11		12		13
103		28%	Milt Gabler Story, The (B0003911-00)		1			2
104		28%	Moanin’ Low, Vol. 1/2 (AJS 282 2)		25			16
105		14%	More Billie Holiday (GRP GRBD-9917)				3
106		14%	Night And Day (RAJCD 857)			9
107		14%	On The Sentimental Side (LATA083)		5
108		57%	Portrait, Vol. 1/2 (Storyville)		A1	A2		A3		A4
109		14%	Prime All–Time– Hits Vol.1 (WSC 99901)		1
110		28%	Real Gold, CD 2/2 (Licensemusic. APS)		14			7
111		28%	Retrospective 1935-1952, CD 1/3 (Saga 983 953-3)		14			10
112		28%	Side By Side - Ella Fitzgerald And Billie Holiday (Newsound 304)		10			15
113		42%	Sings The Blues (KATCD209)	5				2		17
114		14%	Sings The Great American Songbook (Jazz Factory 22818)			14
115		14%	Songbook (Jazz Factory 22817)					4
116		14%	Star Power: Billie Holiday (Direct Source 1457)		4
117		28%	Stormy Weather (2 CD Box), Vol. 2/2 (BB242)		14			7
118		57%	Strange Fruit (Atlantic SD 1614)		B1	A8		B4		A5
119		14%	Strange Fruit (Crown Collection 2014)	20
120		57%	Strange Fruit (Giants Of Jazz CD 53085)	4		3		2		1
121		57%	Strange Fruit (Proper 1202)		19	20		21		22
122		28%	Strange Fruit (7") (Sonet SXP 2800)		A1			A2
123		14%	Summertime (Mastersound 50088)							19
124		14%	Tenderly (BGTS LATA 086)			7
125		28%	That Ole Devil Called Love (Prism Leisure 567)			16		7
126		14%	The Best Of Billie Holiday & Lester Young (CN1028)					19
127		57%	The Best Of Billie Holiday, Vol.3 (Carlton 311172)		4	19		11		10
128		14%	The Best, Vol. 1 (Platinum Disc 1607)							4
129		14%	The Best, Vol. 2 (Platinum Disc 1608)				8?
130		42%	The Billie Holiday Collection, CD 2/2 (MUS 10003-2)		1	11				10
131		42%	The Billie Holiday Story, 4-CD-Set, Vol. 4/4 (LPS 8001/2)		1			2		3
132		57%	The Chronological 1939-1940 (Melodie Jazz Classics 601)		3	4		5		6
133		57%	The Commodore Master Takes (GRP 543272)		1	2		3		4
134		57%	The Commodore Years (Decca AHC 184)		A1	A2		A3		A4
135		14%	The Definitive Collection 1939-1948, Vol. 1/2 (CDRTV0130)		13
136		28%	The Diva Series (Verve 065 204-2)		11			15
137		28%	The Essential Lady Day, Vol.2 (CPCD 8264-2)			1		2
138		14%	The Essential Billie Holiday (MCUTACD19)		1
139		28%	The Essential Billie Holiday (METRO CD098)		24			18
140		14%	The Genius Of Billie Holiday, Vol. 1/2 (Ucj - 9828894)					19
141		28%	The Genius Of Billie Holiday, Vol. 2/2 (Ucj - 9828894)		1	14
142		42%	The Golden Era Of Jazz Vol.2, CD 1/2 (RMB 4012-2 A)		1	11				10
143		28%	The Great Jazz Artist Series (OB-3023)		9	10
144		57%	The Incomparable, Vol. 4 (ABMMCD 1144)		10	11		12		13
145		14%	The Lady Sings (Charly Budget 1005)			11
146		57%	The Lady Sings The Blues (CeDe International 66002)	14		3		13		1
147		14%	The Life And Songs Of Billie Holiday (CMCD.01)	2
148		14%	The Man I Love (FDM 36723-2)					19
149		42%	The Man I Love (PD 5065-2 Zyx Music)		1	12				11
150		42%	The Man I Love (PDI 6110-2)		1	12				11
151		14%	The Most Important Recordings Of Billie Holiday, Vol. 1/2 (Official Denmark 83048-2)		16
152		42%	The One And Only Lady Day, CD 2/2 (PRMCD6026A)		1			2		3
153		28%	The Very Best (APWCD1186)			11		16
154		14%	The Very Best Of Billie Holiday - Gold - God Bless The Child - CD 3/3 (White Puma Records 6633)	8
155		28%	The Very Best Of Billie Holiday, CD 1/2 (Mastertech 580292)			8		9
156		14%	The Very Best Of Billie Holiday, CD 2/2 (Mastertech 580292)		20
157		14%	The Very Best Of Billie Holiday, Vol.1 (Verve 547 494-2)		4
158		100%	The Voice Of Jazz Complete Recordings 1933-1940 Vol. 7/8 (AFS BOX 1019-7)	8	9	10	11	12	14	13
159		28%	The Voice Of Lady Day, The Essential Billie Holiday - CD 2/2 (METROCD552 CD2)		1			2
160		14%	These Foolish Things, Vol. 1 (IMPORT-GBR)		7
161		28%	Trav’lin’ Light, Trav’lin’ All Alone (CDCD 1202)			19		5
162		42%	Yesterdays (PIESD 043)			19		14		10
163		14%	You Go To My Head (FDM 36742-2)		10

^# The cellcontent is the tracknumber on the album of the sessionsong. [No] tag when album is new or updated.

Session musician(s):
Instrument	Musician Name:
Bass	Williams, John
Drums	Dougherty, Eddie
Guitar	McLin, Jimmy
Piano	White, Sonny
Sax, Alt	Smith, Tab
Sax, Soprano	Smith, Tab
Sax, Tenor	Hollon, Kenneth / Payne, Stanley
Trumpet	Newton, Frankie

[Musician name] tag when musician is added to session or updated in session.

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Session 1939-Apr-20