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Music : 16 Most Requested Songs
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16 Most Requested Songs by: Billie Holiday |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099747440120 Format: Import Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: January 17, 2005 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 155550 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: The emphasis on this single-CD collection of Columbia-era tunes is on both the familiar chestnuts that were frequently requested at Billie Holiday's live performances and those that made up her radio hits output. Several of the tracks are repeats from the Love Songs and Greatest Hits discs, representing a neatly packaged 16-song sampler of Holiday's efforts in the late 1930s (and in one case, the 1950s). Benny Goodman pops up as another of Holiday's accompanist-admirers, contributing to the opening track, "Miss Brown to You." And from 1941 comes the always disquieting "Gloomy Sunday," a chronicle of suicide. Not much touches Holiday at her best, as she is here. --Willard Jenkins Amazon.com: The title of 16 Most Requested Songs isn't quite right: In fact, these are some chart hits (and some non-hits) that Holiday recorded with Teddy Brown's orchestra and her own early in her career (between 1935 and 1941), plus the awkward, very late number "I'm a Fool to Want You," from 1958. On the earlier tracks, Billie's a gritty but fairly ordinary jazz singer with a few nifty devices, though the bands are ace (they include Benny Goodman, Lester Young, and members of Duke Ellington and Count Basie's groups), and she swings like she rarely would later on. By the end of the disc, though, the classics start coming--"Gloomy Sunday," "God Bless the Child"--and the deep, abiding sadness that made her great emerges. --Douglas Wolk Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - give this gal a spotlight !!!Sixteen (16) Most Requested Songs is a Billie Holiday sampler CD that allows newcomers and casual fans to hear some of Billie's great recordings and then decide for themselves if they want to delve further and buy more CDs by this immortal artist. The sound quality is excellent; and the artwork is very nicely done. The CD starts with Billie singing "Miss Brown To You." This number features Billie at her best in the 1930s. Billie sings very well and she never misses a note! Billie's excellent diction and timing enhance her performance; you will know you are truly listening to a master when this CD starts! "If You Were Mine" features a magnificent piano arrangement; "If You Were Mine" is another great highlight of this album. Read More: Rating: - PERFECTION AT ITS BESTBille Holiday is a Fantastic Singer who left us much too soon. I enjoyed this CD and play it everyday. Her voice is like no other. Rating: - One of Billies Best16 Most Requested Songs is one of my favorite album's with such hits as Body & Soul, I'm a Fool to Want You, and God Bless the Child it just doesn't get any better. I discovered Billie Holiday about 6 years ago and have been in love with her music and voice since. I beleive that this album is right up there with "Billie Holiday Sings Standards." I think every Billie Holiday fan should own this album. |
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