![]() ![]() In his book Wishing on the Moon, biographer Donald Clarke wrote: "Meanwhile, it was back to the West Coast for Lady, where she went to Jazz City over Christmas, and a marathon five sessions across seven days in January 1957 followed she recorded eighteen tunes with the same crew as in August (Mitchell on bass, Stoller on drums and probably Bunker on the last four tracks). Billie Holiday - Stars Fell On Alabama (1957) Digitally Remastered. 1956-57 proved a busy period for Billie Holiday, who after overcoming many breakdowns had just. Key: C -6 -6 -5 -5 7 -7 Moon-light and mag-no-lia, 7 7 6 6 -7 star-light in your hair -7 -7 -6 -6 8 -8 7 All the world a dream come true -6 -6 -5 -5 7 -7 Did it real-ly hap-pen, 7 7 6 6 8 was I real-ly there 8 8 -7 -7. 9 (1940-1942) by Billie Holiday 'Solitude,' a classic Duke Ellington composition, sounds very lonely the way Holiday sings it. STARS FELL ON ALABAMA W: Mitchell Paris M: Frank Perkins Billie Holiday, Jimmy Buffett, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Connick Jr. Songs for Distingué Lovers was culled from the second batch of sessions made in 1957 by Billie with Webster, Edison and Rowles. Limited audiophile 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Solitude from Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. ![]() The vocalist was under contract with Norman Granz, who recorded the event (during which parts of the book were read), and also organized the small group studio sessions with Webster and Edison, who were both members of the Granz staff at that time. Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Stars Fell On Alabama (Verve Records 1957) - YouTube 'Stars Fell on Alabama' is the title of a 1934 jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with. She performed a concert at Carnegie Hall on Decemto promote her book. 1956-57 proved a busy period for Billie Holiday, who after overcoming many breakdowns had just published her memoirs, titled Lady Sings the Blues (in collaboration with William Dufty). Limited audiophile 180gm vinyl LP pressing. ![]()
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