Greatest Hits [MCA] (1995)

About this title: GRP's Greatest Hits is not designed for collectors or serious fans, as it will likely frustrate them. Casual fans, however, and the curious will be well served by this 19-track collection of highlights from Billie Holiday's Decca recordings, featuring such songs as "Easy Living," "Solitude," "God Bless the Child," "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do," "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)" and "Crazy He Calls Me." It's not an ideal collection, and it doesn't contain all of her great performances for Decca, but it's a nice sampler that makes for an effective introduction to this era. Stephen Thomas ... read more

Tracks:

1. Easy Living [Rainger/Robin]
2. What Is This Thing Called Love? [Porter]
3. Solitude [DeLange/Ellington]
4. You're My Thrill [Clare/Gorney]
5. Them There Eyes [Pinkard/Tauber/Trac]
6. No More [Camarata/Russell]
7. God Bless the Child [Herzog/Holiday]
8. My Man [Charles/Pollack/Wil]
9. Don't Explain [Herzog/Holiday]
10. There Is No Greater Love [Jones/Symes]
11. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do [Grainger/Prince/Wil]
12. You Better Go Now [Graham/Reichmer]
13. Big Stuff [Bernstein]
14. Good Morning Heartache [Drake/Fisher/Higgin]
15. I Loves You, Porgy [From Porgy and Bess] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
16. Guilty [Akst/Kahn/Whiting]
17. Lover Man [Davis/Ramirez/Sherm]
18. They Can't Take That Away from Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
19. That Ole Devil Called Love [Fisher/Roberts]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.