Sony/ATV’s "Musical Notes" #45 - Billie Holiday
Oct 09, 2009
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.
From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant
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NEW ALBUM SPOTLIGHT
John Fogerty’s latest Verve album “The Blue Ridge Rangers” is a collection of wonderful revivals of favorite songs of yesteryear. Leading the pack is Phil Everly’s WHEN WILL I BE LOVED on which the former Creedence frontman is joined by Bruce Springsteen; they turn this Everly Brothers oldie into a no-holds barred country jam. Two other Sony/ATV songs are featured in the set: Rick Nelson’s GARDEN PARTY and Bob Geddins’ fun-filled HAUNTED HOUSE.
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he UNFORGETTABLE BILLIE HOLIDAY
50 years and her legend lives on
Billie Holiday died at 3.10.a.m. on Friday July 17, 1959 in New York’s Metropolitan hospital; she was just forty-four years old. Known affectionately as Lady Day, she was one of the great jazz singers though a longtime addiction to drugs and alcohol robbed her of a regular lifestyle. Frank Sinatra said: “Billie was the greatest single musical influence on me. She taught me matters of shading, phrasing, dark tones, light tones and bending notes.”
Billie Holiday’s records are still being played and we list below twenty Sony/ATV songs that she recorded for various labels. Listen to the samples on our Associated Playlist and you’ll realize what haunting mood-pieces they are which could easily find a place on movie or TV soundtracks.
ALL OF ME (Marks/Simons)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1941), (United Artists/Capitol: 1954)
APRIL IN MY HEART AGAIN (Carmichael/Meinardi)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1938 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)
DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME (Ellington/Russell)
By Billie Holiday (Verve/Universal: 1955), (Verve/Universal: 1956)
EASY LIVING (Rainger/Robin)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1937 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra), (Decca/Universal: 1947)
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE (Higginbotham/Drake/Fisher)
By Billie Holiday (Decca/Universal: 1946)(Clef/Universal: 1956)
I HEAR MUSIC (Lane/Loesser)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1940)
I WISHED ON THE MOON (Parker/Rainger)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1935 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra), (Verve: 1955), (Verve/Universal: 1957)
I’M YOURS (Harburg/Green)
By Billie Holiday (Commodore: 1944)
IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER* (Rodgers/Hart)
By Billie Holiday (Columbia/Sony: 1958)
JUST ONE MORE CHANCE (Coslow/Johnston)
By Billie Holiday (MGM/Universal: 1959)
MISS BROWN TO YOU (Rainger/Robin/Whiting)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1935 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)
THE MOOD THAT I’M IN (Sherman/Silver)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1937 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra), (Verve/Univeral: 1955)
MY OLD FLAME (Coslow/Johnston)
By Billie Holiday (Commodore: 1944)
NO GOOD MAN (Higginbotham/Gallop/Fisher)
By Billie Holiday (Decca/Universal: 1946)
PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR DREAMS (Lawnhurst/Seymour)
By Billie Holiday (Vocalion/Sony: 1937)
PRELUDE TO A KISS (Ellington/Gordon/Mills)
By Billie Holiday (Clef/Universal: 1955)
ROMANCE IN THE DARK (Coslow/Neisen)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1941)
SAYS MY HEART (Lane/Loesser)
By Billie Holiday (Vocalion/Sony: 1938)
SOLITUDE (Ellington/Delange/Mills)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1941), (Decca/Universal: 1947)
SOPHISTICATED LADY (Ellington/Parish/Mills)
By Billie Holiday (Verve/Universal: 1956)
*IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER was recorded in New York on 2/19/58 and is part of the “Lady In Satin” album pictured above, all the songs of which featured Ray Ellis arrangements.
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HALLOWEEN & MONSTER SONGS
With Halloween fast approaching, here’s a reminder of some Sony/ATV songs which contain lyrics that spin the web of monsters, ghouls, witches, black magic and other horror-related themes.
(DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER (Roeser)
By Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia/Sony: 1976)
HAUNTED HOUSE (Geddins)
By Johnny Fuller (Specialty/Concord: 1959)
By Jumpin’ Gene Simmons (Hi/Fat Possum: 1964)
SPOOKY(Buie/Cobb/Middlebrooks/Shapiro)
By Classics IV (Imperial/Capitol: 1968)
By Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor/Universal: 1979)
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (Mercer/Arlen)
By Louis Prima & Keely Smith (Capitol: 1958)
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE (Cooper/Wagner)
By Alice Cooper (Atlantic/WMG: 1975)
WITCHRAFT (Bartholomew/King)
By The Spiders (Imperial/Capitol: 1955)
By Elvis Presley (RCA/Sony: 1963)
Also recommended:
ALLIGATOR WINE (Leiber/Stoller)
By Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (OKeh/Sony: 1958)
BLOOD IS REDDER THAN WINE (Leiber/Stoller)
By Little Willie Littlefield (Federal/King: 1952)
DRACULA’S TANGO (A SUCKER FOR YOUR LOVE)(Greedus/Blue)
By Toto Coelo (Radialchoice: 1982)
VAMPIRES (Tennant/Lowe)
By Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone/Capitol: 1999)
WOKE UP WITH A MONSTER (Nielsen/Zander/Petersson)
By Cheap Trick (Warner Bros/WMG: 1994)
Click here for Associated Playlist
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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine
9/09
Oct 09, 2009
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.
From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant
***************
NEW ALBUM SPOTLIGHT
John Fogerty’s latest Verve album “The Blue Ridge Rangers” is a collection of wonderful revivals of favorite songs of yesteryear. Leading the pack is Phil Everly’s WHEN WILL I BE LOVED on which the former Creedence frontman is joined by Bruce Springsteen; they turn this Everly Brothers oldie into a no-holds barred country jam. Two other Sony/ATV songs are featured in the set: Rick Nelson’s GARDEN PARTY and Bob Geddins’ fun-filled HAUNTED HOUSE.
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he UNFORGETTABLE BILLIE HOLIDAY
50 years and her legend lives on
Billie Holiday died at 3.10.a.m. on Friday July 17, 1959 in New York’s Metropolitan hospital; she was just forty-four years old. Known affectionately as Lady Day, she was one of the great jazz singers though a longtime addiction to drugs and alcohol robbed her of a regular lifestyle. Frank Sinatra said: “Billie was the greatest single musical influence on me. She taught me matters of shading, phrasing, dark tones, light tones and bending notes.”
Billie Holiday’s records are still being played and we list below twenty Sony/ATV songs that she recorded for various labels. Listen to the samples on our Associated Playlist and you’ll realize what haunting mood-pieces they are which could easily find a place on movie or TV soundtracks.
ALL OF ME (Marks/Simons)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1941), (United Artists/Capitol: 1954)
APRIL IN MY HEART AGAIN (Carmichael/Meinardi)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1938 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)
DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME (Ellington/Russell)
By Billie Holiday (Verve/Universal: 1955), (Verve/Universal: 1956)
EASY LIVING (Rainger/Robin)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1937 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra), (Decca/Universal: 1947)
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE (Higginbotham/Drake/Fisher)
By Billie Holiday (Decca/Universal: 1946)(Clef/Universal: 1956)
I HEAR MUSIC (Lane/Loesser)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1940)
I WISHED ON THE MOON (Parker/Rainger)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1935 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra), (Verve: 1955), (Verve/Universal: 1957)
I’M YOURS (Harburg/Green)
By Billie Holiday (Commodore: 1944)
IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER* (Rodgers/Hart)
By Billie Holiday (Columbia/Sony: 1958)
JUST ONE MORE CHANCE (Coslow/Johnston)
By Billie Holiday (MGM/Universal: 1959)
MISS BROWN TO YOU (Rainger/Robin/Whiting)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1935 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra)
THE MOOD THAT I’M IN (Sherman/Silver)
By Billie Holiday (Brunswick/Sony: 1937 with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra), (Verve/Univeral: 1955)
MY OLD FLAME (Coslow/Johnston)
By Billie Holiday (Commodore: 1944)
NO GOOD MAN (Higginbotham/Gallop/Fisher)
By Billie Holiday (Decca/Universal: 1946)
PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR DREAMS (Lawnhurst/Seymour)
By Billie Holiday (Vocalion/Sony: 1937)
PRELUDE TO A KISS (Ellington/Gordon/Mills)
By Billie Holiday (Clef/Universal: 1955)
ROMANCE IN THE DARK (Coslow/Neisen)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1941)
SAYS MY HEART (Lane/Loesser)
By Billie Holiday (Vocalion/Sony: 1938)
SOLITUDE (Ellington/Delange/Mills)
By Billie Holiday (OKeh/Sony: 1941), (Decca/Universal: 1947)
SOPHISTICATED LADY (Ellington/Parish/Mills)
By Billie Holiday (Verve/Universal: 1956)
*IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER was recorded in New York on 2/19/58 and is part of the “Lady In Satin” album pictured above, all the songs of which featured Ray Ellis arrangements.
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HALLOWEEN & MONSTER SONGS
With Halloween fast approaching, here’s a reminder of some Sony/ATV songs which contain lyrics that spin the web of monsters, ghouls, witches, black magic and other horror-related themes.
(DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER (Roeser)
By Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia/Sony: 1976)
HAUNTED HOUSE (Geddins)
By Johnny Fuller (Specialty/Concord: 1959)
By Jumpin’ Gene Simmons (Hi/Fat Possum: 1964)
SPOOKY(Buie/Cobb/Middlebrooks/Shapiro)
By Classics IV (Imperial/Capitol: 1968)
By Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor/Universal: 1979)
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (Mercer/Arlen)
By Louis Prima & Keely Smith (Capitol: 1958)
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE (Cooper/Wagner)
By Alice Cooper (Atlantic/WMG: 1975)
WITCHRAFT (Bartholomew/King)
By The Spiders (Imperial/Capitol: 1955)
By Elvis Presley (RCA/Sony: 1963)
Also recommended:
ALLIGATOR WINE (Leiber/Stoller)
By Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (OKeh/Sony: 1958)
BLOOD IS REDDER THAN WINE (Leiber/Stoller)
By Little Willie Littlefield (Federal/King: 1952)
DRACULA’S TANGO (A SUCKER FOR YOUR LOVE)(Greedus/Blue)
By Toto Coelo (Radialchoice: 1982)
VAMPIRES (Tennant/Lowe)
By Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone/Capitol: 1999)
WOKE UP WITH A MONSTER (Nielsen/Zander/Petersson)
By Cheap Trick (Warner Bros/WMG: 1994)
Click here for Associated Playlist
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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine
9/09
