Billie Holiday discography

The discography of Billie Holiday, an American jazz singer, consists of 12 studio albums, three live albums, 24 compilations, six box sets, and 38 singles.

Holiday recorded extensively for six labels: Columbia Records (on its subsidiary labels Brunswick Records, Vocalion Records, and Okeh Records), from 1933 through 1942; Commodore Records in 1939 and 1944; Decca Records from 1944 through 1950; briefly for Aladdin Records in 1951; Verve Records and its earlier imprint Clef Records, from 1952 through 1957; again for Columbia Records from 1957 to 1958 and MGM Records in 1959. Many of Holiday's recordings were released on 78-rpm records, before the advent of long-playing vinyl records, and only Clef, Verve, and Columbia issued Holiday albums during her lifetime that were not compilations of previously released material. Many compilations have been issued since her death, including comprehensive box sets and live recordings.

Studio albums

Clef Records and Verve Records, 1952–1958

Columbia Records and MGM Records, 1958–1959

Live albums

Compilation albums

Most of Holiday's albums prior to 1952 were made up of material previously released as singles.

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Box sets

Remix albums

Singles

Compositions

• 1936: "Billie's Blues" (also known as "I Love My Man")
• 1939: "Our Love Is Different"
• 1939: "Long Gone Blues"
• 1939: "Fine and Mellow"
• 1939: "Everything Happens for the Best"
• 1940: "Tell Me More and More and Then Some"
• 1941: "God Bless the Child"
• 1944: "Don't Explain"
• 1949: "Somebody's on My Mind"
• 1949: "Now or Never"
• 1954: "Stormy Blues"
• 1956: "Lady Sings the Blues"

Never recorded

• 1939: "Lost at the Crossroads of Love"
• 1940: "Say I'm Yours Again"
• 1949: "Close Dem Eyes My Darlin'"
• 1952: "Please Don't Do It in Here"
• 1952: "You'd Do It Anyway"
• 1955: "Preacher Boy"
• 1957: "Left Alone"
• 1957: "Who Needs You (Baby)"

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