she is at her peak in these Teddy Wilson sessions. Her youthful exhuberance just shines through, it is though she can't believe that she is part, and she is just a part, not the main feature, of such a phenomenal band, She never ruite reached these dizzy heights again.
"Aw wah wah wah music was so much better back then, music now is crap, I wish I lived then" You idiots need to realise that in every genre of music and every age of music, there are great songs. Just because you like this the most, it does not make it the best musical style of all time.
@TheMangoDeluxe I agree with you, every time must produce greatness but it is harder to find it at the moment - the promoters seem crazed with the awful.- mind you there has always been rubbish around too like "I'm a Blue Toothbrush You're a Pink Toothbrush. Grotty stuff is not just a modern thing.
Thanks to Billie Holiday and the many others who came before and after her for the gift of this music. I was born in 1948. Through the years, I have learned to appreciate all kinds of music. At my age tho. Can you forgive me for not liking Rap? I just don't get it. I understand it also has a message. But sometimes those messages are for violence. But you do your thing and I do mine. But please young people. Do listen to your parents and know that what we heard in the 30's 40's 50's & 60's wr gd
@fallswhiteshadow assuming rap is what's modern is a failure on your part. I can list a half dozen bands that should be listened to, somewhat more importantly than the "standards"
@4l4ddin77 the controllers of the industry promote the negative and suppress the postive so that's why we so much crap in all genre's, there are some great artist but they are underground.......mainstream is pure garbage
Anna May Wong and Eric Maschwitz, were lovers. Maschwitz calls this a 'catalogue song' in his biography- in this case working through the various things that remind the singer of a lost love. This song is about Anna May Wong.
im watching and listening to this beautiful music on this video right. i look at the views and it says 109,583 right.. i look at the video suggestions on the right side of the page and on the bottom is some stupid three 6 mafia video right... guess how many views they got.... Fucking 28,550,364!! does anyone know what is wrong with this fucking picture!?
I'm 25 years old and this song is honest to goodness one of my favorite songs of all time. I can sit and listen to it over and over again. The piano with Billie's voice is like a little slice of Heaven here on Earth. How I wish I could have lived in this era to hear all these great performers play their music, sing their songs, and dance the night away in a ballroom into a dream far, far away! Great music!!!
There's a lot of good music being created now, today. The problem is finding it as most Media outlets don't carry it. They're not all independent labels either, they just don't have the broad distribution that the over-played gagas get. My wife and I have become big fans of Pandora Radio because we've discovered a lot of good stuff you'd probably not hear anywhere else. Somewhat obscure or under-publicized stuff that deserves a larger audience.
@retroflow44 Insofar as vintage music, there's literally hundreds of recordings for any given decade. If you're starting to explore this type of stuff, don't settle on just a handful of enduring hits or you'll miss out on a lot. Try everything you can get a hold of. If you don't know the song, listen to it so that you do. There's a lot of good, often rare stuff on YT if you look for it. Oh, and don't let others tell you what is good/bad/better - they're often no different than the gaga fans.
The songs today is more about sex and self absorbed artist even if the artists is not shallow the songs they put out are.Its all about the times and what people go through these songs back then was to bring smiles through peoples faces and hearts by putting truthful and understanding lyrics with authentic people.Im only 24 and I know these old singers couldnt work of a push up bra or minnie skirt.And lets be real music was real good up until 2002.But thank god we had ella billie and sarah
For you "young'uns" who maybe only know her name but not her music, it doesn't get any better than this! Listen to those musicians backing her, especially that sax! I love anything she recorded from the mid1930s into the '40s. After that, it's painful to hear her voice, as she fought drug and alcohol addictions until her passing in 1959, age 44.
Overrated? I would say underrated,she defined what jazz vocals are about.Ella is overrated compared to her,she is the true pioneer natural born talent and few people aside form jazz lovers know her
I'm 28 and if anyone were to tell me that music today, with all it's technilogical "evolution," is better than anything from this time I would have to call the police.
i agree man music today just fucking brainwashes, real music some thing is felt when u listening to it..some thing much more then just sound...it comes alive..these days i have to deal with a fuckin lady gaga talking her wanting to ride a disco stick.....
I know. I used to be a contemporary R&B and rap fan and just a casual jazz fan. Then I heard Billie Holiday. Hearing her sing "Fine and Mellow" really made me feel something, and I've never had those experiences she was singing about. Now I only listen to jazz and blues and soul and classic rock and only occasionally listen to todays R&B and rap. No offence to Beyonce or Mary J., but they can't move me in the way that Billie or Etta can.
I Agree. and dissagree. im 17. i like this old stuff but you cant compare this to the new things really. fallout 3 is what got me into older older music. before fallout i liked stuff as old as the eagles =p but not really this music
tinkling piano in the next apartment.... this is how i got into jazz. Billie is the ultimate seduction... its lecherously delicious buffet of awe and class! I love your spirit holiday, the madam!
Billie's version really resonates well in my ears and soul. The term 'better' is very subjective and so I'll say that there are many fine interpretations of this standard.
Billie Holiday had a 'horn like' quality to her voice that remains unmatched.
It sure is a pity that we get into petty quarrels of who sang these great American standards best: was it Billie, Ella, Sarah, Judy, Mildred, etc.? In those days, everyone was singing the same songs and consequently an artist had to truly bring something UNIQUE to the table to be successful, which led to MANY great renditions of the same songs. Today, we have plenty of original tunes being cranked out, and even some scant notable talent, but we are certainly in a deficit of GREATNESS!
While I love the Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald versions, there is no doubt that the Etta James' version is the best ever. Etta's version is more passionate, more moving, more soulful.
Why compare? It's all subjective anyway. I'm sure there are millions of people who'll disagree with you. Each singer you've named has brought distinct sets of emotions to this song, and viva la difference!!
This is one of my favourite songs. This is the American Verson of this beatiful song from the UK. The verse is not present here, but is present the the oorginal UK version. It gives the message in this song more meaning and emotion.
i'm sorry but i don't think diana ross should have played her, i'm upset that beyonce is playing etta james, gwen stefani didn't look like jean harlow, no one can come close to being marilyn monroe, and although halle berry did a damn good job i think tia mowry looks more like dorothy dandridge.
For me, it's not important that an actor look like the person they are portraying. If an acto can remind us of someone, that is significant. How sad would it be if someones twin could not act?
no but your memory of the person can get completly bounced of the wall when it seems they put no thought into it. hollywood has a habit of playing the name game with biopics about other entertainers.
What's up!! To be honest, you're never gonna find someone that look like or even act like these women. But I do think they ALL did a good job in protraying these. Nobody can live your life but you. They don't have to act Identical but present a good portion of what they did in they're life. Were you there during the time these women were living? U don't know how these women lived so how can you say they did bad in portraying them? And you left out Lynn Whitfield in the Josphine Baker story.
I'm 22 and who gives a shit
MrCryptic55 1 week ago
Omg alcatraz brought me here too
MrKris97134 2 weeks ago
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@MrKris97134 I <3 Billie Holiday, but after watching episode 6 I came here to listen to the whole song too =)
SpazGirl76 1 week ago
Alkatraz brought me here
berragazzo 3 weeks ago 2
@berragazzo same here
Ajchimara 3 weeks ago
@Ajchimara but I think that was Ella Fitzgerald
Ajchimara 3 weeks ago
@Ajchimara If you are talking about the Alcatraz song, no it was just Holiday's 1952 version =) Fritzgerald's version is a little faster I think
SpazGirl76 1 week ago
@berragazzo I <3 Billie Holiday, but after watching episode 6 I came here to listen to the whole song too =)
SpazGirl76 1 week ago
wow 1938?!!
BoronganBata 3 weeks ago
she is at her peak in these Teddy Wilson sessions. Her youthful exhuberance just shines through, it is though she can't believe that she is part, and she is just a part, not the main feature, of such a phenomenal band, She never ruite reached these dizzy heights again.
callipposhots 3 weeks ago
"Aw wah wah wah music was so much better back then, music now is crap, I wish I lived then" You idiots need to realise that in every genre of music and every age of music, there are great songs. Just because you like this the most, it does not make it the best musical style of all time.
TheMangoDeluxe 5 months ago
@TheMangoDeluxe I agree with you, every time must produce greatness but it is harder to find it at the moment - the promoters seem crazed with the awful.- mind you there has always been rubbish around too like "I'm a Blue Toothbrush You're a Pink Toothbrush. Grotty stuff is not just a modern thing.
2011littlejohn1 1 month ago
dear anna may wong <3
linoleumbreathmint 5 months ago
Rest in peace, Eleanora.
pushelildaisies 7 months ago 2
Thanks to Billie Holiday and the many others who came before and after her for the gift of this music. I was born in 1948. Through the years, I have learned to appreciate all kinds of music. At my age tho. Can you forgive me for not liking Rap? I just don't get it. I understand it also has a message. But sometimes those messages are for violence. But you do your thing and I do mine. But please young people. Do listen to your parents and know that what we heard in the 30's 40's 50's & 60's wr gd
fallswhiteshadow 8 months ago
@fallswhiteshadow assuming rap is what's modern is a failure on your part. I can list a half dozen bands that should be listened to, somewhat more importantly than the "standards"
jimmybilbo 8 months ago
@fallswhiteshadow
as far as rap promoting negative messagez, rap music is art and art reflects decay in a decaying society.
4l4ddin77 4 months ago
@4l4ddin77 the controllers of the industry promote the negative and suppress the postive so that's why we so much crap in all genre's, there are some great artist but they are underground.......mainstream is pure garbage
velveteyes79 4 months ago
@velveteyes79 For sure. i can't stand to see what hip hop is turning into. it's lost its maturity. mainstream music in general really.
4l4ddin77 4 months ago
Anna May Wong and Eric Maschwitz, were lovers. Maschwitz calls this a 'catalogue song' in his biography- in this case working through the various things that remind the singer of a lost love. This song is about Anna May Wong.
Michaeldair 8 months ago
This was a favorite song of Paul and Julia Child.
peytbass 10 months ago
So beautiful !
177coc 11 months ago
im watching and listening to this beautiful music on this video right. i look at the views and it says 109,583 right.. i look at the video suggestions on the right side of the page and on the bottom is some stupid three 6 mafia video right... guess how many views they got.... Fucking 28,550,364!! does anyone know what is wrong with this fucking picture!?
sandino27 11 months ago
Who cares how old you are? You don't have to be born in that time era to be able to appreciate the quality of this music.
KnockOnTheSky 1 year ago
i just love how much class singers of this time are and it shows in there music
goldwell2010 1 year ago
God Bless Teresa Teng (1953-95).
ThePregnancySlaves 1 year ago
I think Fantasia could cover this pretty well.
tutorlog 1 year ago
WONDERFUL ! She is as good Today as She was the first time I heared her
about 65 yrs ago! Teddy Wilson,s backing Groups(s),were,as if, "made" for Billie.
Some of the Best "small band" jazz recorded THANKS Pete uk
MrPetepohl1 1 year ago
i just had an eargasm.
ssotelo 1 year ago 3
I'm 25 years old and this song is honest to goodness one of my favorite songs of all time. I can sit and listen to it over and over again. The piano with Billie's voice is like a little slice of Heaven here on Earth. How I wish I could have lived in this era to hear all these great performers play their music, sing their songs, and dance the night away in a ballroom into a dream far, far away! Great music!!!
COTCgirl 1 year ago 6
There's a lot of good music being created now, today. The problem is finding it as most Media outlets don't carry it. They're not all independent labels either, they just don't have the broad distribution that the over-played gagas get. My wife and I have become big fans of Pandora Radio because we've discovered a lot of good stuff you'd probably not hear anywhere else. Somewhat obscure or under-publicized stuff that deserves a larger audience.
retroflow44 1 year ago
@retroflow44 Insofar as vintage music, there's literally hundreds of recordings for any given decade. If you're starting to explore this type of stuff, don't settle on just a handful of enduring hits or you'll miss out on a lot. Try everything you can get a hold of. If you don't know the song, listen to it so that you do. There's a lot of good, often rare stuff on YT if you look for it. Oh, and don't let others tell you what is good/bad/better - they're often no different than the gaga fans.
retroflow44 1 year ago
This is a great version of this song--but Clyde McPhatter's version is the greatest!
RaananVolesPianist 1 year ago
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Just beautiful!
jmechail 1 year ago
A song for Anna May Wong performed by Billie Holiday. One would almost think that God does exist.
xituxedomask 1 year ago 3
The songs today is more about sex and self absorbed artist even if the artists is not shallow the songs they put out are.Its all about the times and what people go through these songs back then was to bring smiles through peoples faces and hearts by putting truthful and understanding lyrics with authentic people.Im only 24 and I know these old singers couldnt work of a push up bra or minnie skirt.And lets be real music was real good up until 2002.But thank god we had ella billie and sarah
HERBLANDZ 1 year ago 4
warm music for a cold soul/:<3
FoolzYa 1 year ago
terry 81yrs old just found youtube. Ella next then Mahilia. What's the word FAB!!!!
S19037859 1 year ago
Why to hurry? Why to scream? Divine, divine Lady Day, slow and smoothy, matches perfectly...
Zoquicho 1 year ago
For you "young'uns" who maybe only know her name but not her music, it doesn't get any better than this! Listen to those musicians backing her, especially that sax! I love anything she recorded from the mid1930s into the '40s. After that, it's painful to hear her voice, as she fought drug and alcohol addictions until her passing in 1959, age 44.
philotimos923 1 year ago 2
Lady Day lived 44 years,,,, She suffered 44 years,, She makes us feel every day of that 44 years, that's why I love her soul. Rest in Peace Lady,
docdurdin 1 year ago 2
i'm teary-eyed right now. gonna make me some jasmine tea.
lunakick12 2 years ago 5
THE BEST...............
EMBALLEE 2 years ago 2
Great Jazzy voice!
Lady Day rocks...:P
afgtunes 2 years ago
This music sends me straight to heaven
fede4real 2 years ago 3
Wow. You can't get better than this.
Ladybug1923 2 years ago 3
I dont get it - why did irmac get like 50 thumbs up for her horrible parody???
.....I think I'll pass on lunch today! *retch*
jazzmunky 2 years ago 2
irmac i think you're sick....
llanto75 2 years ago 3
I'll second that...
eccentricityisdead 2 years ago
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Overratted singer
bartlettbooks1 2 years ago
Overrated? I would say underrated,she defined what jazz vocals are about.Ella is overrated compared to her,she is the true pioneer natural born talent and few people aside form jazz lovers know her
fede4real 2 years ago 3
I tear up every time I hear this song.
MrClipper23 2 years ago
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The ejaculate of erupting stalks, the grunt of ejaculators
Split personality sex addicts on the autobahn who do physical jerks
like asylum-seekers
Oh, how the doppelganger of you rapes
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 37
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How extraterrestrial, how submarine
To unearth you stiff
These meats are pleasure-giving to me
That seem to arouse you so bumper-to-bumper to me
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 39
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The two-finger salute of Garbo and the ejaculate of handsome men
The slaves boohooing as the hindmost padlock strangles
The drinking song that Crosby screeches
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 40
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The halitosis of midnight stalkers in uninhabitable hostels
Lubrication suspenders catapulted between you and me and the bedpost
and pervertedness-vitations
Oh, how the doppelganger of you fondles
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 45
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I know that this
Was handcuffed to stand
These meats have infested me
For youve vigorously ravished me
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 39
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Gardenia spit dribbling on a bottom
Possessed Chinese cabbages only seven dongs a megaton
And still my vagina fucks paratroopers
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 39
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The belchings of wallpaper music that make my rectum a ventriloquist
A ear trumpet that vaginas sine qua non whos to mouth
Oh, how the doppelganger of you snogs
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 15
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You had an orgasm, you prick
You raped me
When you did that to me
I somehow knew that this had to be
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago
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A thudding crescendo in the posterior toilet
Those boobing dopes that told you what my back passage accommodated
Those strip joints encrusted wriggle rooms
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 10
is that diana ross at 13 seconds????
iCheesecak3 2 years ago
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A butt that ungulates a lippricks whiff
An aerophobia death certificate to grotesque coffins
And still my vagina fucks paratroopers
These burbling meats remind me of you
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 4
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Oh, will you never let me breathe
Oh, will you never harden me for love
The tourniquets that strangled us are still around us
Theres no blowhole that I can knock into
And still those spat on meats stand firm
That bring me ecstasy or soreness
IrmaCerrutti 2 years ago 11
Bryan Ferry's version is very good as well.
ElHombreConDosOjos 2 years ago
I'm 28 and if anyone were to tell me that music today, with all it's technilogical "evolution," is better than anything from this time I would have to call the police.
Portis1Luv 2 years ago 91
i agree man music today just fucking brainwashes, real music some thing is felt when u listening to it..some thing much more then just sound...it comes alive..these days i have to deal with a fuckin lady gaga talking her wanting to ride a disco stick.....
nezbit10301 2 years ago
Right on, glad there are many like us still walking around with a lil' soul goin' on. Stay up m8.
Portis1Luv 2 years ago
I know. I used to be a contemporary R&B and rap fan and just a casual jazz fan. Then I heard Billie Holiday. Hearing her sing "Fine and Mellow" really made me feel something, and I've never had those experiences she was singing about. Now I only listen to jazz and blues and soul and classic rock and only occasionally listen to todays R&B and rap. No offence to Beyonce or Mary J., but they can't move me in the way that Billie or Etta can.
camking88 2 years ago 4
Hey thanks for the reply, ain't that something though? Well like my father says: "Who feels it knows it." Stay up.
Portis1Luv 2 years ago
me too...
exactly this.
w1n.
trayvonking7 2 years ago
@Portis1Luv Agreed. :)
jeanniemarie76 1 year ago
@Portis1Luv
I Agree. and dissagree. im 17. i like this old stuff but you cant compare this to the new things really. fallout 3 is what got me into older older music. before fallout i liked stuff as old as the eagles =p but not really this music
JaiKitsune 1 year ago
tinkling piano in the next apartment.... this is how i got into jazz. Billie is the ultimate seduction... its lecherously delicious buffet of awe and class! I love your spirit holiday, the madam!
agwata5 2 years ago 2
consider different recording equipment , and what they can do in the studio now, compared to then.....and the Billie Holiday story
hah13 2 years ago
BILLIE YOU DID THE BEST FOR THE MUSIC !
frankbar007 2 years ago 2
R.I.P. LITTLE CHILD !!!!
frankbar007 2 years ago 2
My heart skips a beat <3
whatif0013 2 years ago
Billie's version really resonates well in my ears and soul. The term 'better' is very subjective and so I'll say that there are many fine interpretations of this standard.
Billie Holiday had a 'horn like' quality to her voice that remains unmatched.
What a beautiful soul too!
LooMinn 2 years ago 6
One of my favorite songs of 1936.
dianamaryflorence 2 years ago 2
It sure is a pity that we get into petty quarrels of who sang these great American standards best: was it Billie, Ella, Sarah, Judy, Mildred, etc.? In those days, everyone was singing the same songs and consequently an artist had to truly bring something UNIQUE to the table to be successful, which led to MANY great renditions of the same songs. Today, we have plenty of original tunes being cranked out, and even some scant notable talent, but we are certainly in a deficit of GREATNESS!
direfranchement 2 years ago 49
@direfranchement AMEN!
jahlaune 9 months ago
While I love the Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald versions, there is no doubt that the Etta James' version is the best ever. Etta's version is more passionate, more moving, more soulful.
Thanks for sharing Billie's great version.
spitfire9b 2 years ago
Why compare? It's all subjective anyway. I'm sure there are millions of people who'll disagree with you. Each singer you've named has brought distinct sets of emotions to this song, and viva la difference!!
ccaammiiittoo1 2 years ago
This song is amazing. Best version in my opinion is the one sang by Ella Fitzgerald.
FafaRio 2 years ago
You mean the version with Buddy Rich and Oscar Peterson? I agree.
IrishDutchman 2 years ago
Exactly! It's amazing.
FafaRio 2 years ago
This is one of my favourite songs. This is the American Verson of this beatiful song from the UK. The verse is not present here, but is present the the oorginal UK version. It gives the message in this song more meaning and emotion.
78timothy 2 years ago
Very nice music, I am looking for a good one of the song summertime and the living is easy. does anyone have a good video for me?
DodiGurl 2 years ago
grandiosa!
vingari 2 years ago
This is such a lovely song.
hakuthewarrior 2 years ago
The best female vocalist ever! I love all her renditions of popular songs from 30s and 40s. There is no one to compare with Billie Holiday, period!
Margie
2313162248 3 years ago 4
One of the truly great voices! excellent post.
0:15 is not Billie though. it's Diana Ross of the Supremes playing Billie in "Lady Sings The Blues".
PaulBradford13 3 years ago
lol thats that other bitch i hate that play the lovely lady day in her movie :)
LovelyLady718 3 years ago
Love anything that Billie sings. What a fabulous talent, and lovely lady. And so missed even after 50 years.
allieree 3 years ago 4
Thank you for sharing.
chicagoblues67 3 years ago 3
Stupendous!!!
This gift from God was with us for too short a time. I sigh when I listen to her magical voice. It mesmerises me.
Thank you for sharing.
Corrie121 3 years ago 6
PLEASE DON'T GET UPSET BUT I NEED TO VENT
i'm sorry but i don't think diana ross should have played her, i'm upset that beyonce is playing etta james, gwen stefani didn't look like jean harlow, no one can come close to being marilyn monroe, and although halle berry did a damn good job i think tia mowry looks more like dorothy dandridge.
PaKipciDaniels 3 years ago 4
I am not upset with you.
For me, it's not important that an actor look like the person they are portraying. If an acto can remind us of someone, that is significant. How sad would it be if someones twin could not act?
jazzblowin 3 years ago
Looking like someone doesn't qualify you to play them. . . as much as skill is and beyonce did a darn good job playing etta
NoSuchThingAsTrinity 3 years ago
no but your memory of the person can get completly bounced of the wall when it seems they put no thought into it. hollywood has a habit of playing the name game with biopics about other entertainers.
PaKipciDaniels 3 years ago 3
What's up!! To be honest, you're never gonna find someone that look like or even act like these women. But I do think they ALL did a good job in protraying these. Nobody can live your life but you. They don't have to act Identical but present a good portion of what they did in they're life. Were you there during the time these women were living? U don't know how these women lived so how can you say they did bad in portraying them? And you left out Lynn Whitfield in the Josphine Baker story.
jovta22 3 years ago
You have your opinion I have mine don't get upset.
PaKipciDaniels 2 years ago 2
Thank you. Best rendition of this song by Miss Holiday, or by anyone, I think. Such a voice for someone so young at the time. Mesmerizing.
chiwsubm 3 years ago 3
OH BABY
WHETHERBINE 3 years ago
Thanks
Neverintime 3 years ago
SO BEAUTIFUL!
sunset777777 3 years ago 2