America, Vol. 13: Jazz - Jazz Divas from Bessie to Billie

Various Artists

• Released on 26/01/2015 by Le Chant du Monde
• Main artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Jazz

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1 Nobody knows you

Bessie Smith 00:02:59

Bessie Smith, Performer, Primary - Ida Cox, Composer

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2 I feel a song comin' on

Frances Langford 00:02:59

Frances Langford, Performer, Primary - Dorothy Fields, Composer

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3 Ol'man Mose

Patricia Norman 00:02:31

Patricia Norman, Performer, Primary - Zilner Randolph, Composer

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4 Laugh and call it love

Nan Wynn 00:02:57

Nan Wynn, Performer, Primary - Johnny Burke, Composer

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5 My heart belongs to daddy

Helen Humes 00:03:00

Helen Humes, Performer, Primary - Cole Porter, Composer

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6 Body & soul

Martha Raye 00:02:58

Martha Raye, Performer, Primary - Johnny Waldo Green, Composer - Robert Sour, Composer - Frank Eyton, Composer

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7 I got rhythm

Viola Jefferson 00:02:33

Viola Jefferson, Performer, Primary - Ira Gershwin, Composer

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8 It never entered my mind

Shirley Ross 00:03:12

Shirley Ross, Performer, Primary - Lorenz Hart, Composer

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9 The Hour of parting

Maxine Sullivan 00:02:50

Maxine Sullivan, Performer, Primary - Gus Kahn, Composer

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10 My castle's rockin'

Alberta Hunter 00:02:34

Alberta Hunter, Composer, Performer, Primary

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11 Embraceable you

Helen Ward 00:03:18

Helen Ward, Performer, Primary - Ira Gershwin, Composer

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12 Beautiful eyes

Una Mae Carlisle 00:03:07

Una Mae Carlisle, Performer, Primary - Ted Snyder, Composer

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13 Smoke gets in your eyes

Helen Forrest 00:03:16

Helen Forrest, Performer, Primary - Otto Harbach, Composer

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14 I cover the waterfront

Billie Holiday 00:02:59

Billie Holiday, Performer, Primary - Johnny Waldo Green, Composer

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15 The Man I love

Lena Horne 00:03:22

Lena Horne, Performer, Primary - Ira Gershwin, Composer

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16 You took my love

Jo Stafford 00:03:20

Jo Stafford, Performer, Primary - Thomas Montgomery Adair, Composer

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17 But not for me

Judy Garland 00:02:36

Judy Garland, Performer, Primary - Ira Gershwin, Composer

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18 Go away blues

Betty Roché 00:02:05

Betty Roche, Performer, Primary - Edward Kennedy Ellington, Composer

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19 Close to you

Ida James 00:03:47

Ida James, Performer, Primary - Jerry Livingstone, Composer - Al Hoffman, Composer

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20 It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)

Joya Sherrill 00:03:02

Joya Sherrill, Performer, Primary - Kay Davis, Performer, Primary - Marie Ellington, Performer, Primary - Eddie DeLange, Composer

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21 There's no you

Wayne Frances 00:03:36

Wayne Frances, Performer, Primary - Thomas Montgomery Adair, Composer

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22 Lover, come back to me

Mildred Bailey 00:03:14

Mildred Bailey, Performer, Primary - Oscar Hammerstein, Composer

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23 Take it greasy

Myra Taylor 00:02:58

Myra Taylor, Composer, Performer, Primary

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24 Meet me at no special place

Ann Baker 00:03:06

Ann Baker, Performer, Primary - Arthur Terker, Composer - Joseph Russell Robinson, Composer

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25 Once upon a dream

Dolores Parker 00:03:02

Dolores Parker, Performer, Primary - Edward Kennedy Ellington, Composer - Billy Strayhorn, Composer

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26 As time goes by

Kay Penton 00:02:57

Kay Penton, Performer, Primary - Herman Hupfeld, Composer

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DISC 2

1 Busy line

Rose Murphy 00:02:48

Rose Murphy, Performer, Primary - Murray Semos, Composer

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2 The Hucklebuck

Betty Carter 00:03:11

Betty Carter, Performer, Primary - Roy Alfred, Composer

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3 The Very thought of you

Doris Day 00:03:03

Doris Day, Performer, Primary - Raymond Stanlay Noble, Composer

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4 Soon

Ella Fitzgerald 00:02:50

Ella Fitzgerald, Performer, Primary - Ira Gershwin, Composer

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5 Sooner or later

Dinah Shore 00:03:19

Dinah Shore, Performer, Primary - Ray Gilbert, Composer

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6 You better go now

Jeri Southern 00:03:02

Jeri Southern, Performer, Primary - Bickley Reichner, Composer

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7 Do it again

Marylin Monroe 00:03:15

Marylin Monroe, Performer, Primary - Buddy DeSylva, Composer

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8 Black coffee

Peggy Lee 00:03:11

Peggy Lee, Performer, Primary - Paul Francis Webster, Composer

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9 Daddy, daddy

Ella Mae Morse 00:02:40

Ella Mae Morse, Performer, Primary - Rudy Toombs, Composer

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10 Prelude to a kiss

Sarah Vaughan 00:02:54

Sarah Vaughan, Performer, Primary - Irving Gordon, Composer

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11 Lullaby of Birdland

Chris Connor 00:02:24

Chris Connor, Performer, Primary - George David Weiss, Composer

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12 Softly as in a morning sunrise

June Christy 00:02:17

June Christy, Performer, Primary - Oscar Hammerstein, Composer

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13 Just one of those things

Carmen McRae 00:02:43

Carmen McRae, Performer, Primary - Cole Porter, Composer

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14 Cry me a river

Julie London 00:02:59

Julie LONDON, Performer, Primary - Arthur Hamilton, Composer

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15 Full moon and empty arms

Donna Brooks 00:02:43

Donna Brooks, Performer, Primary - Buddy Kaye, Composer

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16 Just a-sittin' and a-rockin'

Rosemary Clooney 00:02:41

Rosemary Clooney, Performer, Primary - Lee Gaines, Composer - Billy Strayhorn, Composer

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17 Easy living

Mary Ann McCall 00:02:56

Mary Ann McCall, Performer, Primary - Ralph Rainger, Composer

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18 Lover man

Blossom Dearie 00:02:48

Blossom Dearie, Performer, Primary - Jimmy Davis, Composer - James Sherman, Composer

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19 Perdido

Dinah Washington 00:03:29

Dinah Washington, Performer, Primary - Ervin Drake, Composer - Juan Tizol, Composer

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20 My baby just cares for me

Nina Simone 00:03:39

Nina Simone, Performer, Primary - Gus Kahn, Composer

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21 Just imagine

Helen Merrill 00:03:24

Helen Merrill, Performer, Primary - Ray Henderson, Composer - Buddy DeSylva, Composer

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22 Sing, sing, sing

Anita O'Day 00:03:34

Anita O'Day, Performer, Primary - Louis Prima, Composer

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23 I'm in love

Abbey Lincoln 00:02:48

Abbey Lincoln, Performer, Primary - Cole Porter, Composer

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24 Comes love

Irene Kral 00:02:36

Irene Kral, Performer, Primary - Lew Brown, Composer - Sam Stept, Composer

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About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 52 track(s)
• Total length: 02:35:24
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artist: Various Artists
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Le Chant du Monde
• Genre: Jazz
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