- jazz, blues
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- Clef Records
Lady Sings the Blues is the sixth studio album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her autobiography of the same name.
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Grave, character-led, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- DownBeat5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1Lady Sings the Blues3:49
- A2Trav'lin' Light3:13
- A3I Must Have That Man3:09
- A4Some Other Spring3:43
- A5Strange Fruit3:09
- A6No Good Man3:27
- B1God Bless the Child4:02
- B2Good Morning Heartache3:33
- B3Love Me or Leave Me2:40
- B4Too Marvelous for Words2:18
- B5Willow Weep for Me3:15
- B6I Thought About You2:52
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billie Holiday
- Label
- Clef Records
- Released
- 1956
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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