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All Of You

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1959 – The Complete BH on Verve Volume 10


As últimas em estúdio de sua carreira. Foram gravadas durante seu contrato com a MGM, que resultou em no LP Billie Holiday lançado após sua morte. Aparentemente, ela ficou satisfeita com o resultado de seu trabalho anterior com a Columbia e repetiu a dose de arranjos orquestrais melosos.


Sessão #89 New York 11/Março/1959 Ray Ellis and his Orchestra (MGM)

Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison Joe Wilder (tp) Billy Byers (tb) Al Cohn (ts) Danny Bank(bs) Hank Jones (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Billie Holiday (v)


Billie está com voz estranhamente infantil nesta sessão (há rumores que a gravação de sua voz teria sido acelerada). Felizmente não há cordas, embora mantenha-se o pesado arranjo de metais. A seleção é de quatro canções clássicas, embora menos conhecidas, e que Billie gravou aqui pela primeira vez.


(MT 329) All Of You Å [stereo] composição recente de Cole Porter (1955)

All Of You (1954)

Lyrics and music by Cole Porter

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1959 MT 329 Complete on Verve v.10 24 2’30”

[stereo]

I love the looks of you, the lure of you
The sweet of you, the pure of you
The eyes, the arms, the mouth of you
The east, west, north, and the south of you

I’d love to gain complete control of you
And handle even the heart and soul of you
So love at least a small percent of me do
For I love all of you

(bridge)

I’d love to gain complete control of you
And handle even the heart and soul of you
So love at least a small percent of me do
For I love all of you
Of you
Of you
Of you
(fade out)

Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do

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7. Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do

Porter Grainger & Everett Robbins

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1949 MT 200 Complete on Decca v.2 10 3’19”

There ain’t nothing I can do
Or nothing I can say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If my man ain’t got no money
And I say take all mine honey
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Well I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my Papa
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Nobody’s business
Ain’t nobody’s business
Nobody’s business if I do

 

2nd version

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1949 AT 200a Complete on Decca v.2 9 3’15”

There ain’t nothing I can do
Or nothing I can say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If my man ain’t got no money
And I say take all mine honey
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Well I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my Papa
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Nobody’s business
Ain’t nobody’s business
Nobody’s business if I do

 

3rd version

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1951 LR 73 Perfect Complete Collection v.4 7 2’20”

There ain’t nothing I ever do
Or nothing I ever say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should take a notion
To jump right into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If my man ain’t got no money
And I say take all mine honey
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my Papa
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Ain’t nobody’s business
Nobody’s business
Nobody’s business if I do

 

4th version

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1951 LR 89 Perfect Complete Collection v.4 21 2’54”

There ain’t nothing I ever do
Or nothing I ever say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should take a notion
To jump right into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If my man ain’t got no money
And I say take all mine honey
Ain’t nobody’s business what I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my Papa
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Ain’t nobody’s business
Nobody’s business
Nobody’s business if I do

 

5th version

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1954 LR 136 Perfect Complete Collection v.7 18 2’24”

There ain’t nothing I ever do
Or nothing I ever say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Cabaret all day Monday
Nobody’s business what I do

My man ain’t got no money
Take all mine honey
Nobody’s business what I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle

I’d rather my man would hit me
Jump up and quit me
Nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
Beat up by my Papa
Nobody’s business if I do

Nobody’s business,
Nobody’s business,
Nobody’s business if I do

 

6th version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1956 LR 163 Complete on Verve v.8 3 2’30”

There ain’t nothing I ever do
Or nothing I ever say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to, anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should jump into an ocean
Right into the ocean
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If my man ain’t got no money
And I say take all of mine honey
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my papa
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Ain’t nobody’s business,
Nobody’s business,
Nobody’s business if I do

 

7th version

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1958 LR 207 Private Recording – 3’46”

Introduction
Fanfare: Oh, Lady Be Good

There ain’t nothing I ever do
Nothing I ever say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say

If I should take an ocean
To jump right into the ocean
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

If my man ain’t got no money
And I say take all of mine honey
It ain’t nobody’s business what I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my papa
It ain’t nobody’s business if I do

Ain’t nobody’s business
Nobody’s business
Nobody’s business if I do

(applauses)

Ain’t Misbehavin’

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Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929)

Lyrics by Andy Razaf
Music by Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller & Harry Brooks

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1955 MT 256 Complete on Verve v.3 18 4’39”

No one to talk with
All by myself
No one to walk with
But I’m happy on the shelf
Ain’t misbehavin’
I’m savin’ my love for you

I know for certain
The one I love
I’m through with flirtin’
It’s just you I’m thinkin’ of
Ain’t misbehavin’
Savin’ my love for you

Like Jack Horner
In the corner
Don’t go nowhere
What do I care?
Your kisses are worth waitin’ for
Believe me

I don’t stay out late
Don’t care to go
I’m home about eight
Just me and my radio
Ain’t misbehavin’
Savin’ my love for you

(long bridge)

No one to talk with
All by myself
No one to walk with
But I’m happy on the shelf
Ain’t misbehavin’
Savin’ my love for you

I know for certain
The one I love
I’m through with flirtin’
It’s you I’m thinkin’ of
Ain’t misbehavin’
Savin’ my love for you

Like Jack Horner
In the corner
I don’t go nowhere
What do I care?
Your kisses are worth waitin’ for
Believe me

I don’t stay out late
I don’t care to go
I’m home about eight
Just me and my radio
Ain’t misbehavin’
Savin’ my love for you

Ghost Of A Chance

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Ghost Of A Chance (I Don’t Stand A)

Bing Crosby & Ned Washington & Victor P. Young

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1955 MT 259 Complete on Verve v.5 6 4’26”

I need your love so badly
I love you, oh, so madly
But I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance with you

I thought at last I’d found you
But other loves surround you
And I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance with you

If you’d surrender
Just for a tender kiss or two
You might discover
That I’m the lover meant for you
And I’d be true

But what’s the good of scheming
I know I must be dreaming
For I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance with you

(bridge)

If you’d surrender
Just for a tender kiss or two
You might discover
That I’m the lover meant for you
And I’d be true

But what’s the good of scheming
I know I must be dreaming
For I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance
With you

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1956 LR 145 Perfect Complete Collection v.8 16 3’14”

I need your love so badly
I love you, oh, so madly
But I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance with you

I thought at last I’d found you
But other loves surround you
And I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance with you

If you’d surrender
Just for a tender kiss or two
You might discover
That I’m the lover meant for you
And I’d be true

But what’s the good of scheming
I know I must be dreaming
For I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance with you

If you’d surrender
Just for a tender kiss or two
You might discover
That I’m the lover meant for you
And I’d be true

But what’s the good of scheming
I know I must be dreaming
For I don’t stand
A ghost of a chance
With you

A Foggy Day

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A Foggy Day (1937)

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1957 MT 291 Complete on Verve v.8 21 4’40”

I was a stranger in the city
Out of town were the people I knew
I had that feeling of self-pity
What to do? What to do? What to do?
The outlook was decidedly blue
But as walked through the foggy streets alone
It turned out to be the luckiest day I’ve known

A foggy day in London town
Had me low and had me down
I viewed the morning with such alarm
The British Museum had lost its charm

How long I wondered could this thing last
But the age of miracles hadn’t past
For suddenly I saw you there
And through foggy London town
The sun was shining everywhere

(bridge)

A foggy day in London town
Had me low, had me down
I viewed the morning with such alarm
The British Museum had lost its charm

How long I wondered could this thing last
But the age of miracles hadn’t past
For suddenly I saw you there
And through foggy London town
The sun was shining upside down

All of Me

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All Of Me (1931)

Lyrics and music: Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1941 MT 146 Complete in Columbia v.7 2 3’00”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them

Your good-bye

Left me with eyes that cry
How can I

Go on dear without you
You took the part

That once was my heart
So why not take

All of me?

(bridge)

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them

Your good-bye

Left me with eyes that cry
How can I

Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest
Baby, take all of me

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1941 AT 146a Complete in Columbia v.10 9 2’57”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them

Your good-bye

Left me with eyes that cry
How can I

Go on dear without you
You took the part

That once was my heart
So why not take

All of me?

(bridge)

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them

Your good-bye

Left me with eyes that cry
How can I

Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest
Baby, take all of me

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1941 MT 147 Complete in Columbia v.10 10 3’50”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them

Your good-bye

Left me with eyes that cry
How can I

Go on dear without you
You took the part

That once was my heart
So why not take

All of me?

(bridge)

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them

Your good-bye

Left me with eyes that cry
How can I

Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Baby, take all of me

(studio talks, that have been erased in the LP)

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1944 LR 19 Perfect Complete Collection v.1 17 1’45”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby,
Take all of me

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1945 LR 26 Perfect Complete Collection v.1 23 1’56”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Baby, take all of me

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1946 LR 32 Complete on Verve v.1 8 1’56”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby
Take all of me

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1949 LR 67 Perfect Complete Collection v.3 20 3’49”

(TV program intro)

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby
Take all of me

(compliments by Art Ford)

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1951 LR 90 Perfect Complete Collection v.4 22 1’41”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby
Take all of me

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 LR 111 Perfect Complete Collection v.7 2 1’41”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby
Take all of me

(applauses)

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1954 LR 119 Complete on Verve v.2 17 1’43”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby
Take all of me

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 LR 133 Perfect Complete Collection v.7 15 1’53”

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
So why not take the rest?
Hey, baby
Take all of me

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 LR 135 Perfect Complete Collection v.7 17 1’48”

(introduction)

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the part
That once was my heart
So why not take
All of me?

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can’t you see
I’m no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I’ll never use them
Your good-bye
Left me with eyes that cry
How can I
Go on dear without you
You took the best
Take the rest
Hey, baby
Take all of me

A Yiddische Momme

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A Yiddishe Momme

Lew Pollack & Jack Yellen

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1956 REH – Complete on Verve v.6 22 –

[Rehearsal Fragment]

My yiddishe momme
I need her more then ever now
My yiddishe momme
I long to kiss her wrinkled brow
I long to hold her hands as in days gone by
And ask her to forgive me for
Things I did to make her cry
How few were her treasures
She never cared for fashion’s styles
Her jewels and her pleasures
She found them in her baby’s smiles
Oh I know what I owe
And I am today
To that dear little lady so old and gray
To that dear little yiddishe momme
Mother of mine

All or Nothing at All

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All Or Nothing At All (1943)

Lyrics by Jack Lawrence
Music by Arthur Altman

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1956 MT 286 Complete on Verve v.7 14 5’39”

All or nothing at all
Half a love never appealed to me
If your heart never could yield to me
Then I’d rather have nothing at all

All or nothing at all
If it’s love there is no in between
Why begin then cry for something that might have been
No, I’d rather have nothing at all

But please don’t bring your lips so close to my cheek
Don’t smile or I’ll be lost beyond recall
The kiss in your eyes the touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart may grow dizzy and fall

And if I fell under the spell of your call
I would be caught in the undertow
So you see I’ve got to say no, no
All or nothing at all

(bridge)

All or nothing at all
Half a love never appealed to me
If your heart never could yield to me
Then I’d rather have nothing at all

All or nothing at all
If it’s love there is no in between
Why begin then cry for something that might have been
No, I’d rather have nothing at all

So please don’t bring your lips so close to my cheek
Don’t smile or I’ll be lost beyond recall
The kiss in your eyes the touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart may grow dizzy and fall

And if I fell under the spell of your call
I would be caught in the undertow
So you see I’ve got to say no, no
All or nothing at all
All or nothing at all

A Sailboat in the Moonlight

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A Sailboat In The Moonlight (1937)

Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb

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1937 MT 64 Complete on Columbia v.3 16 2’49”

A sailboat in the moonlight
And you
Wouldn’t that be heaven
A heaven just for two
A soft breeze on a June night and you
What a perfect setting
For letting dreams come true

A chance to sail away
To Sweetheart Bay
Beneath the stars that shine
A chance to drift
For you to lift
Your tender lips to mine
The things dear
That I long for are few
Just give me a sailboat in the moonlight and you

(bridge)

A chance to sail away
To Sweetheart Bay
Beneath the stars that shine
A chance to drift
For you to lift
Your tender lips to mine
The things dear
That I long for are few
Just give me a sailboat in the moonlight and you