I wished on the Moon --Billie Holiday 1935

[ccaammiiittoo1]

She sang the way I felt inside often as a child. Even in so young a state, I connected completely and emotionally with Holiday. There were others. Piaf, Dietrich, Horne, Cole (with his trio, not his commercial stuff), Argentina's Maria de la Fuente, Jaye P. Morgan...And I also consider YouTube a national treasure since, like Ted Turner, it is a modern repository of masterpieces that would otherwise have fallen between the cracks of history.

[GreenShark4]

I think the release of Fallout 3 increased the popularity of Jazz by about 20%. Makes you think what else we could achieve with extremely violent video games.

[fabcriss]

Simply fantastic !!

[dionisio184]

a WONDERFUL woman....an belle chanson

[magpieeye]

I have this on too on a 78 recorded July 2, 1935

[narutardourannote]

She's beautiful

[Not2commonofcaurse]

2 people watched this and tripped on their high heels

[ChidoDeLaSierra]

Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black disliked this...

[PunkRockFreak09]

@ChidoDeLaSierra Haha! Funny you should say that..I've been thinking someone should go back in time retrieve Billie and Bessie Smith and inform them of all the new stuff of course and then have them bring music back to life. That would so great! They could do I know it! They would for sure cancel out dumbshits like Rebecca and Justin.

[ChidoDeLaSierra]

@PunkRockFreak09 That would be like the best thing that ever happened in this world...

[ChidoDeLaSierra]

@PunkRockFreak09 But don't forget Annette Hanshaw, The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald and more to name :3

[PunkRockFreak09]

@ChidoDeLaSierra But of course! Sorry for excluding those legends! I just a limited amount of characters to elaborate with and those two were what came to mind. ;)

[cpdp777]

the pleasure of sitting beneath the moonlight...........soft wind slightly cooling the evening and then listening to Billie.................this is one of those happy moments!

So , I wish on the Moon for you too.................

[violetsugarlemons]

@cpdp777 you said it best my friend ....*smiles*

[ArhangelCT]

I wonder why...all that joy of living is no more?Where is all that passion...all that crazy style of life?music was...perfect...times were sweet..

[zartelim]

I'm 16, and I love '30s-'90s, (rock, metal, good-ol', and so on) I do Not like the new stuff like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

[12lmeganl12]

@zartelim ahhhhhhhhhhh same age. same music tastes. They ought to get their inspiration from Billie Holiday. At least they'd be half-listenable.

[jazzthemusicaddict]

Love it :)

[MrFlaco101]

Fabulous Ms. Holliday

[moonshine408]

I love her songs and voice.  Classic.

[paulpellicci]

see what a little moonlight can do? to you?

[pucksterz12]

Her singing voice sounds like Louie Armstrong's trumpet playing.

[sexibeast965]

the world better be coming back to this real kind of music otherwise i might just die from hearing another song like forget you

[duders28]

Just stumbling onto this stuff and its unbelievably good

[misscharisma90]

I wished on the moon for u 

[SchubertamSee]

Eine interessante Version!

[DanyelHawkes]

@SchubertamSee interesting comment!

[NolramNrets]

My Dad was 12 years old when this was recorded, and while he wasn't black or latino, he got beaten up frequently for his ethnicity on the Northside of Chicago back then. The bad ole days were good considering people were more human. We weren't mechanized robots cultured to work in banks and offices. Men fought in the streets and police watched for fun. Organized crime was rampant and America was on the verge of revolution. Some say that's a good thing, but point is people were suffering.

[fisteberg]

Music of the thirties and fourties was so good!

[jessie442889]

This music gets rid of my headaches, :D

I doubt other 15 year olds have heard of this... There missin out shame.

[PunkRockFreak09]

@jessie442889 Haha I am 15 and I was just thinking that!!

[696cristina]

I wished on the moon

For something I never knew......

[stairwaygoddess]

"Holiday" is right, and says it all. :D

[checkunderyourbed]

I'm with everyone else on this. If we could create an alternate universe with 30's influence minus the rampant racism and discrimination, I'm heading off in that direction. Good wholesome stuff, then.

[JustinBieberFever160]

she sang music while John Dillinger was still alive. but npt 1936. i think he died in 1934,. i love this music. i wish i lived in the oldies. people had manners. well people were sluty in a respectful way though, :)

[belovedslove]

i love this era it was magical hollywood and the music scene has changed so much! i wish i could have been apart of that era but i am here in this generation for a reason we just have to stand out and dare to dream an be different like they were in this era

[aerofredywr]

Jazz lovers should forever thank Mr. Hammond and Mr. Goodman for their discovery

[jzctop]

can you imagine '^30 without her?jazz goodes

[599524]

this music just takes me somewhere elce,i wish i was around when all this was happening.

[sexylasvegaslady]

classics never go out of style, its why its called a "classic"

[kaytlinsuzanne]

billie holiday makes me believe with all of my heart and soul that i was apart of the old hollywood scene in a previous life.

[fenderbender92]

I propose that every Billie Holiday appreciator congregate at a club one day and we all just chill out.

[73380401]

@fenderbender92

That would be a great night.

[sgtrosenberg]

I want the frank sinatra version.. -_-

[SholaMind21]

14 years old.. and I Love me some Billie Holiday

[Savvynlady]

Billie still lives in many of us..

[hommefriday]

Billie, Teddy Wilson and Lester Young - was made in heaven. On this recording Teddy is supreme!

[outthebox1000]

Very Nice..

[252Music]

30 years old, with 10 years of Billie experience. BA in Soul, minor in Jazz

[Portis1Luv]

You hero/heroine. :)

[Pvoorr65]

@Portis1Luv

 don't judge anyone if you"ve never been a junkie yourself. some die of it, some survive, i didn;t my wife did. but still love her !!! every junkie"s like a setting sun !!! neil young !!!!

[Portis1Luv]

@Pvoorr65 I adore Billie Holiday and consider her the greatest American singer of all time.....heroine is the feminine term for hero, heroin is a drug.....there was no insult implied nor intended. Cheers.

[JustinAZ420]

@Portis1Luv we all have are vices young and old.

[waynebrasler]

One of the greatest Billie recordings. I first heard it when I was 16 years old and almost died of happiness. Frank Sinatra loved and adored Billie and particularly this song, which he recorded lovingly for his "Moonlight Sinatra" album, one of his hidden treasures. Billie was an extremely social person with tons of friends and never was the fall-down drunk or junkie as legend has it. I've heard session tapes and trust me she was fully lucid and fully in charge and professional.

[zarbar2]

I'm going to be Billy Holiday for Halloween because it's scary how amazing she is. Hell yeaaaa.

[YurisDisciple]

There is something amazing about black culture and its music. It has so much soul and heart to it. One of the many things that makes the black culture beautiful.

[DailyBrusher]

I've always loved BH's early, 30's recordings best... with Teddy Wilson, with Count Basie, et al... so, thanks for posting this!

[mic283]

i noticed back then n the 20's 30's 40's & 50's the black womens were very! beautiful!! & light skinned because they were rape by there slavemasters!! fuckin white!! trash!! mens!! did our black!! people wrong!! and they hate!! us!! low!! down!! dirty!! shame!!

[rugzoniket]

It is a real privilege to hear & listen this music - Great artist - BRAVO

[aLeXxIsStUnNen16]

wow..ahaha two people have bad taste in music. lol. :)

[Savvynlady]

One of the Marsalis Brothers not Wynton said on the Jazz series that he wished he could have lived during that period just to play behind Ms Billie. She was great but sadly sometimes she didn't know it.

[Nela507justin]

estas canciones son las mas bonitas con un exquicito contenido!

[riotgrrrl9]

EAT YOUR HEART OUT 'lady gaga'!!!! Ha!

[YurisDisciple]

@riotgrrrl9

Ain't that the truth.

[AriseDstcrewEastLA]

im trying to sample this song but im having the hardest time with fruity loops !

[DmichielO]

Ms. Holiday does such a beautiful job on this song, I get goose bumps when I hear it. I then play it over and over and over and over and

[TheKOREAthebest]

tat sooo jazzyyyy beautiful

[peroxideh2o2]

Thanks for uploading this :)

[dnicole7724]

simply wonderful

[sojibane]

veronicahilaryadina

Let's not over-intellectualise Billie.

Enjoy the music for what it is as it comes.

Yes, Strange Fruit is very important, but don't let it detract from the rest of Billie's music.

She's not all maudlin. Listen to some of her earlier work and you'll find, as you no doubt already know, that she has some very lighthearted tunes.

Let's not shoe-box the woman.

[tumbleskimuller]

You are a beautiful man SC..I love you..always xxxxxx

[MoriMaris]

This is truly good music. sigh, wish more people would listen to it now.

[afgtunes]

"Lady Day" .....beautiful jazz voice!

[alizarin89]

Born in 1989 in body.

Living in the '30s in spirit & soul...

[sgtrosenberg]

@alizarin89 Saaame, but, born in 95, living in 30s, love this old stuff, the other day i was on passing periods and my friend looks at my ipod and sees sinatra, hes like WTF?! i slapped him :3

[Legit1001]

@alizarin89 me too...crazy :)

[toltecatlitzel]

@alizarin89 You and me both toots! :) I always felt I was born in the wrong decade...

[corinnabambina]

@alizarin89  Cool baby cool:):)

[antoneLLina8]

@alizarin89 exactly the same as me.

[southwriter]

@alizarin89 Same here . . . I'm an "Old Soul". Was born in 1963, but should've been born around 1900, to see the best of the '30's, '40's and '50's.

[TheMay1950]

@alizarin89 -- Tell me about it. I was born in 1990 myself but I truly live in those days.

[mjjcng8958]

@alizarin89 you and me boht

[stairwaygoddess]

@alizarin89 Yesssssss.

[missNily4]

@alizarin89 born in 1993 body...living in the 30's in spirit & soul just like you!

[Hrivera777]

If only more of us youngins' could enjoy such REAL music!

[TheKaymalee]

Love it!!! boy I wish i was around this time to see her in person

[saa994lt]

she should have a genre named after her.

[SumsumShockout]

@saa994lt yea,,, called 'deep, extreme, emotion-filled soul'

LOL i LOOVEEE ms.holliday

[SweetSymphony96]

I'm not sure if it would do her justice.

[oldstock1607]

@saa994lt she is her own genre

[Txofu]

@saa994lt "Rock a Billie"? "What a Holyday"? "Billie Holidicious"? "Holidism"! "Holidistic"! "Holilicious"! Hella Holi Yeah!

[HedonisticPisces]

I am so glad other young folks are discovering and loving musical treasures such as Lady Day! Cheerio!

[carinek64]

magnfique

[xHeyTherexx]

i love this sort of music.. its amazing.. if music was still like this it'd have more meanin and more passion rather than all the big pile of shite it produces now..

[87angel]

im 22 years old and i couldn't love this kind of music more if i tryed

[Portis1Luv]

Love ya for that, stay up cuz' us youngins still have plenty of Oasis in the desert, ALL HAIL the GREAT BILLIE HOLIDAY!!!!

[WomanizingBritney]

its beautiful and there are so many stories behind old music, imagine all the wonderful memories people had within the 74 years that this has been out, I love it

[veronicahilaryadina]

Wonderful memories and terribly horrible memories as well. Dont forget those.

Refer to "Strange Fruit " by Billie Holiday when you have some time if you havent already.

[jessicordova]

im 21 && music like thiss is amazing, i listen to everything, but when its sung with a meaning and a passion, then itss even moree beautiful. makes me want to look pretty in a loneley room near a fireplace with a smoke & a glass of crown. <3

[WomanizingBritney]

Im 19 gonna be 20 in oct, (next month) and I love music like this, its soul full, it makes me want to sing in a jazz club lol

[lumobachster]

i am 23 years old now and i'll continue adoring Billie Holiday til i got 103.. =)

[clamdraggin]

SONJIA LANELLE PARKER

ROGER MOSS is looking...please contact me

[agwata5]

i wished on the moon, I loved this song waking up at 4.30 everymorning on jazz fm preparing meals for my kid sisters to take em to school before going to college myself! i love this song it reminds me of how humble a melancholy can power a soul to do anything

[kasakagegaara]

im 14, almost 15, and adore this music, classic and jazz,and people like billie holiday just blow me away, an amazing singer...thanks for up -oading

[PetrusRuppert]

That's the geatest thing! When young people can enjoy the music of the past!

[AerielleMuffin]

I know!!! I love it! im only 16 and i can't believe that other kids don't even know that this stuff exists!

[PunkRockFreak09]

@PetrusRuppert Yup. I fit that criteria. I'm enjoying the music of the past. Don't get me wrong I like modern stuff but this is splendid.

[clamdraggin]

LeadAngelWarrior

Please contact me

Roger

[kittenstoes]

There's a GREAT movie about Dorothy Parker's life: "Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle." Jennifer Jason Leigh does a great job playing Dorothy...

[LeadAngelWarrior]

These are just songs from lazy carefree feeling days, don't you think? Not so consumer oriented. Just cared about having a few good things, a few good friends, good times. Very, very different than today.

[ccaammiiittoo1]

Amen! No, double amen!

[LeadAngelWarrior]

These are just songs from lazy carefree feeling days, don't you think? Not so consumer oriented. Just cared about having a few good things, a few good friends, good times. Very, very different than today.

[LeadAngelWarrior]

Wishing on the moon:

I see the moon,

and the moon sees me;

The moon sees someone

I want to see.

Say this 3 x -- esp. on a full moon -- and you will shortly see the person you wish for.

[78timothy]

Dorothy Parker also has Lyric Credit for:

"Oh What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (1935)

(W/B. Goodman and T. Wilson)

"Oh, How Am I To Know?" (1929)

Intorduced by Gene Austin on Victor

Ben Selvin & Orch. on Columbia

PArker goes back as far as 1929 as a Lyricist, thru 1939.

[78timothy]

This is such a great song, but little known

[78timothy]

When I sad "I don't Agree" I was referring that a woman wearing glasses certainly does not negate her attractiveness. At times it actually increases it. I had a girlfriend in college that wore large round Horn-Rimmed glasses. She was incredibally near sighted, but when she took them off she became a tigress and meant business. Oh those college days!

This was not Billies first recording w/this studio group. Title"Youir Mother's Son-in Law" from 1933 is the first. Royal Blue Wax Columbia.

[78timothy]

Dorothy Parker did wear glasses (Anita Loos is credited w/ "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses". I don't agree with that. Parker has Screenwiting Credit w/Alan Campbell (Her paramour) for "A Star is Born" starring Fredric March & Janet Gaynor

(1937) remade in 1953-54 w/Judy Garland/ James Mason, & in the 1970's a forgettable 3rd version w/Streisand and Kristofferson.

I have the Holiday Brunswick of this. Also have the Decca w/Crosby and the Dorsey Bros. Orch both great!

[pro2type76]

What a great woman she was!

[davidneverwas]

Horn rim glasses - Which today would get passes .. Parker was a screenwriter (at least) and her contributions to the lyrics of other films should be explored, but I don't recall any others attributed. I wished on the moon is from The Great Broadcast of 1936. Billie Holiday did another great version with Charlie Shavers. Thanx for this one erwigaud, can you post the Shavers? No bother sammy2!

[davidneverwas]

Splendid. But you have to mention Dorothy Parker wrote the lyrics!

[ccaammiiittoo]

Thanks for that info! Did Parker make any other contributions to music? I guess I should google it rather than bother you. Anyway, thanks for sharing. By the way, did Parker ever wear glasses?

[lilrascal014]

Thanks for all the background info on the songs!

[whatif0013]

Beautiful...

[Corrie121]

This is a firm favourite of mine. Absolutely brilliant! *****

Thanks for sharing.