[78-L] Billie

[David Lennick]

Definitely Eddie Heywood. March 21, 1941.

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Milan P Milovanovic wrote:
> Was it Eddie Heywood on "Georgia..." at the piano, not Wilson, back around 
> 1940. when Billie recorded it?
> 
> Milan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill McClung" <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Billie
> 
> 
>> I'll be playing Billie's 78s she did with Oscar Peterson on Mercury late 
>> in
>> her career.  Her voice is playfully craggy.  The musicians are loose and
>> having fun and aren't making her carry the full weight of any song.
>>
>> These versions of Moonglow, Lover Come Back to Me,  I Only Have Eyes for
>> You, and Blue Moon are how I like to think of her first, even before
>> Wilson's Georgia on My Mind, my favorite of the Columbias.
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
>>> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Date: 7/17/2009 3:27:43 PM
>>> Subject: [78-L] Billie
>>>
>>>
>>> Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the death of Billie Holiday. Everyone
>> pull out "God Bless the Child" and give it a spin for Billie. Me? That's
>> too much of a downer to play by itself, so I'm adding her 1935 Brunswick
>> recording of "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" with Benny and Teddy.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>