Category
page 1Billie Holiday songs
Gloomy Sunday
Hungarian song
Strange Fruit
original song written and composed by Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol); first recorded by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
Saint Louis Blues
original song written and composed by W. C. Handy
Blue Moon
song written and composed by Rodgers and Hart; reworking of the earlier "The Bad in Every Man" with new lyrics
Cheek to Cheek
original song written and composed by Irving Berlin; from the 1935 film "Top Hat"
These Foolish Things
original show tune composed by Jack Strachey with Harry Link, lyrics by Eric Maschwitz; from the 1936 musical revue "Spread It Abroad"
Love for Sale
original show tune written and composed by Cole Porter; from the 1930 musical "The New Yorkers"
All of Me
original song written and composed by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons; jazz standard
Sophisticated Lady
song composed by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love
original show tune written and composed by Cole Porter; from the 1928 musical "Paris"
Willow Weep for Me
original song written and composed by Ann Ronell
What Is This Thing Called Love?
original show tune written and composed by Cole Porter; from the 1929 musical "Wake Up and Dream"
Pennies from Heaven
1936 song by Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke
Lover, Come Back to Me
original show tune composed by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; from the 1927 operetta "The New Moon"
Lover Man
original song written and composed by Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, and James Sherman; first recorded by Billie Holiday
God Bless the Child
1939 song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.; first recorded by Billie Holiday
The Very Thought of You
song written and composed by Ray Noble
Mon homme
song composed by Maurice Yvain with French lyrics by Jacques-Charles and Albert Willemetz; English lyrics by Channing Pollock.
You've Changed
original song composed by Carl T. Fischer, lyrics by Bill Carey
You Go to My Head
original song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie
Just One of Those Things
original show tune written and composed by Cole Porter; from the 1935 musical "Jubilee"
I Cover the Waterfront
original song composed by Johnny Green, lyrics by Edward Heyman
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
original song written and composed by Brooks Bowman
I Can't Get Started
original show tune composed by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Ira Gershwin; from the 1936 musical "Ziegfeld Follies"
Speak Low
original show tune composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ogden Nash; from the 1943 musical "One Touch of Venus"
Too Marvelous for Words
original song composed by Richard A. Whitling, lyrics by Johnny Mercer; from the 1937 film "Ready, Willing, and Able"
Love Me or Leave Me
original show tune composed by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn; from the 1928 musical "Whoopee!"