Billie Holiday / The Lady Sings (US, Decca, DL 8215) <1956 ; Recorded in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950>

Billie Holiday / The Lady Sings (US, Decca, DL 8215) <1956 ; Recorded in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950>
(SIDE 1) MG4366T1
(SIDE 2) MG4367T2

The Lady Sings (DL 8215) is a compilation album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released by Decca Records in 1956.The featured songs on the album are from when Holiday was signed with Decca in the mid to late 1940s. By the time this album was released, she was on Norman Granz's jazz label Verve Records.

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SIDE 1
"Deep Song" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 3:13
"You Better Go Now" (Irving Graham, S. Bickley Reichner) - 2:36
"Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) - 3:24
"Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins) - 3:20
"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) - 3:09
"Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) - 2:52

SIDE 2
"Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) - 3:08
"No More" (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell) - 2:48
"No Good Man" (Irene Higginbotham, Dan Fisher, Sammy Gallop) - 3:08
"I'll Look Around" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) - 3:16
"Easy Living (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:13
"What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) - 3:05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o9GKoYTagc

[Chorus]
Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad you're back
Don't explain

[Bridge]
Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

[Verse]
You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I'm so completely yours
Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet

[Chorus]
Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours, love
Don't explain

[Verse]
You know that I love you
And what love endures
Nothing rates above you
For I'm so completely yours
Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet

[Chorus]
Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours, love
Don't explain

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