Billie Holiday Discography

Compact Disc (1.Studio Recordings)		This section presents a Cd list including all the songs recorded in studio. It is not a comprehensive roll of all the existent editons, but instead a brief selection of the most recent issues commercially available.
Compact Disc (2. Live Recordings)		Differently from the studio tracks, most of the live recordings were issued by independent labels, frequently outside USA. Here I tried to select the records that gather all the existing takes and that may be easier found in the market (not an easy task).
Vinyl discography original records		An historic list, in chronological order, of all the studio songs commercially issued along her life. Initially printed in 78 rpm discs, it evolved to compact 45 rpm and long-plays. A total of 140 records. A colector's item.
Long Play original records		This section details the original long-plays, the ones issued during her lifetime. Some contain tracks re-issued from 78 rpm discs, while others consist only of original tracks, including even some live sessions. 19 historic albums are presented.
Title summary	Song title	In this table you will find, in alphabetical order, the existent 559 song tracks - recorded in studio or live - to make it easier to locate them in the commented sections and in the discography.
Lyrics	Song lyrics	Billie recorded 305 different songs, several of them recorded in many live and studio versions. In this section, each one of them was transcripted: a total of 678 lyrics, including 13 that exist only in incomplete rehearsal tracks.

Note: You can find more comprehensive discographies with hundreds of discs and special compilations issued post-mortem in other specialized sites in the internet (see "related sites").

version 16.6 December 2011

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