Billie holiday songs for all instruments and levels. May 12, 20 billie holiday all of me all of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to loose them take my arms ill never use them your goodbye left me with. She had a thriving career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction. Song information for all of me billie holiday on allmusic. To mark what would have been lady days birthday on 7 april, heres a piece. With songs like this years kisses and mean to me, the two composed a.
Gerald marks and seymour simons wrote the words and music of all of me in 1931. Her father, clarence holiday, a professional guitarist, abandoned mother and child, and didnt acknowledge billie as his daughter until she became successful. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in b minor transposable. December 1, 2019 by brad bordessa if you were to make a short list of jazz standards an. Apr 26, 2012 all of me was written by gerald marks and seymour simon in 1931.
Check out all of me by billie holiday on amazon music. Billie holiday s chaotic life reportedly began in baltimore on april 7, 1915 a few reports say 1912 when she was born eleanora fagan gough. All arrangements below are written by kent hewitt except music, music, music ahmad jamal arrangement. All of me is a popular song written in 1931 by gerald marks and seymour simons. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner lester young, holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Billie holiday was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. All of me first came to public awareness when a performance by belle baker was broadcast over the radio in 1931. The man i love george gershwin night and day frank sinatra all of me billie holiday arrangements of this song. Jul 22, 2011 one year later when holiday moved to harlem, new york to be with her mother, holiday and her mother ended up in prison for prostitution. Billie holiday anthology lady day had a right to sing the blues. It has become one of the most recorded songs of its era including popular versions done by frank sinatra, louis armstrong, billie holiday and ella fitzgerald just to name a few. Holiday billie miscellaneous all of me seymour simons gerald marks you took my kisses and all my love you taught me how to care am i to be just remnant of a one side love affair all you took i gladly gave there is nothing left for me to save all of me.
Sheet music for god bless the child with bass and acoustic guitar. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. It has an abac structure, and is written in the key. All of me is a popular song and jazz standard written by gerald marks and seymour simons in 1931. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along and easy practice by changing the tempo, and more. All of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to lose. The song became a very frequently covered jazz standard, with billie holiday being one of the artists to perform covers of the song. This recording is a cover of all of me as made famous by billie holiday this version is not the original version, and is not performed by billie holiday. Find billie holiday all of me lyrics and search for billie holiday. All of me for voice and piano, intermediate voice sheet music.
Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords, and singer pro in f major transposable. Billie holiday all of me sheet music in f major transposable. Her father, clarence holiday, was a teenaged jazz guitarist and banjo player later to play in fletcher hendersons orchestra. Strange fruit by billie holiday lead sheet fake book. See all of me sheet music arrangements available from sheet music direct. Billie holiday all of me sheet music pdf notes, chords. Listen free to billie holiday all of me my man, them there eyes and more. Pianovocal interactive download by billie holiday, nat king cole, ray conniff, and kate smith. Eleanora fagan april 7, 1915 — july 17, 1959, better known as billie holiday, was an american jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. She was fading, but hadnt lost the dramatic quality in her delivery, nor her ability to project and tell a shattering story. Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, billie holiday lived a. If you were to make a short list of jazz standards an. Billie holiday im a fool to want you sheet music in b.
All of me billie holiday solo sheet music for piano. Eleanora fagan april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959, professionally known as billie holiday, was an. All of me was written by gerald marks and seymour simon in 1931. Download and print billie holiday sheet music, including travlin light, a sailboat in the moonlight, always, and d. The book includes some 100 freeverse poems, each bearing the name of one of holidays songs because as quoted in the epigraph, she didnt sing anything unless she had lived it. All of me, why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to lose them take my arms ill never use them y.
Paul whiteman and his orchestra recorded the song on december 1 that year, with vocalist mildred bailey. According to all music guide, holiday was fired for being temperamental and unreliable. Billie holiday mean to me sheet music pdf notes, chords. One year later when holiday moved to harlem, new york to be with her mother, holiday and her mother ended up in prison for prostitution. Billie, from holidays admired actress billie dove and holiday originally spelt halliday from her probable. Cmaj7 e7 a7 dm7 e7 am7 d7 dm7 g7 cmaj7 e7 a7 dm7 f fm cmaj7 em7 a7 dm7 g7 c6 e 7 fim dm7 g7 medium swing a b all of me simonemarks. All of me composed by seymour simons, gerald marks, f major billie s blues i love my man composed by billie holiday, d major body and soul composed by edward heyman, robert sour, john green, a major crazy he calls me composed by bob russell, carl sigman, d major. This is a very common standard that all jazz musicians are expected to know. Among the most influential jazz and blues musicians of the 20th century, the american singer, songwriter, and actress billie holiday was renowned for her distinctive voice and improvisatory skill. All of me alto saxophone as hilton jefferson bass b john kirby clarinet cl cecil scott drums d cozy cole guitar g lawrence lucie piano p teddy wilson tenor saxophone ts ben webster trumpet t roy eldridge vocals voc. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner, lester young, holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Billie holiday you turned the tables on me easy to love mercury 89003x45 charlie shavers, trumpet.
In march 1939, a 23yearold billie holiday walked up to the mic at west 4ths cafe society in new york city to sing her final song of the night. Louis armstrong scored a hit with the song in 1932. Print and download all of me sheet music by billie holiday. Nicknamed lady day by her friend and music partner lester young, holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Billie holiday at songbooks, sheet music and choral. Print and download in pdf or midi all of me billie holiday solo composer. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. Listen online and get new recommendations, only at. Billie holiday all of me 1995, partwork, cd discogs.
At the start of her career, billie changed her name from eleanora fagan to billie holiday. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing. Billie holiday original keys for singers free piano. Download and print strange fruit sheet music for lead sheet fake book by billie holiday in the range of a. Sheet music direct digital sheet music lead sheet strange fruit billie holiday those were the days conte edm counting. Eleanora fagan april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959, professionally known as billie holiday, was an american jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. Billie holiday eleanora fagan gough, philadelphia, pa, april 7, 1915 new york city, ny, july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Billie holiday by billie holiday genre et sous style. Holiday strange fruit sheet music fake book pdfinteractive. After making its radio debut, all of me was picked up by many artists, including the count basie orchestra and various vocalists, such as russ columbo, bing crosby to billie holiday. Tranposable music notes for sheet music by frank sinatra gerald marks. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along.
All of me by billie holiday features 10 standards performed by the famed jazz singer. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Transpose printable jazz composition or download, save as pdf. It reminds me of how pop died, but i have to keep singing it, not only because people ask for it, but because twenty years after pop. All of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you.
Top billie holiday lyrics i cried for you strange fruit no regrets billie s blues miss brown to you lets call a heart a heart i cant pretend i cant believe that youre in love with me the way you look tonight easy to love. Billie holiday was born eleanora harris in baltimore on april 7, 1915. Within weeks, another two versions were in the charts. Featuring recordings from february 1955 and released in 1958, stay with me is a late entry in billie holiday s career. Heres billie in 1941 accompanied by a pickup band that included her great musical and personal platonic love, tenor saxist lester young. Becoming billie holiday is a verse novel telling the story of billie holidays early life, leading up to her performance of strange fruit at the cafe society. All of me by frank sinatra gerald marks digital sheet.
Print and download im a fool to want you sheet music by billie holiday. Billie holiday biography billie holiday april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. Thanks to jack cochrane for correcting these lyrics. Louis armstrong, billie holiday and ella fitzgerald just to name a few. He never married her mother, sadie fagan, and left while his daughter was. All of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to lose them take my arms i never use them your goodbye left me with.
Holiday all of me sheet music for voice and piano pdf. Holiday is backed on the album by jazz pianist teddy wilson. Billie holiday all of me high quality sheet music available for download. Billie holiday sings 1952 an evening with billie holiday 1952 billie holiday 1954 music for torching 1955 velvet mood 1956 lady sings the blues 1956 body and soul 1957 songs for distingue lovers 1957 stay with me 1958 all or nothing at all 1958 lady in satin 1958 last recording 1959.
Becoming billie holiday by carole boston weatherford. Billie holiday sheet music to download and print world center of. This led to a number of other jobs in harlem jazz clubs, and by 1933 she had. Sep 24, 2016 all of me, performed by billie holiday key.
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