See all of me sheet music arrangements available from sheet music direct. Holiday all of me sheet music for voice and piano pdf. Nicknamed lady day by her friend and music partner lester young, holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. 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. Holiday strange fruit sheet music fake book pdfinteractive. Pianovocal interactive download by billie holiday, nat king cole, ray conniff, and kate smith. All of me by billie holiday features 10 standards performed by the famed jazz singer. 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. All of me was written by gerald marks and seymour simon in 1931. At the start of her career, billie changed her name from eleanora fagan to billie holiday.
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. Becoming billie holiday by carole boston weatherford. 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. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. 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.
Billie holiday was born eleanora harris in baltimore on april 7, 1915. 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. 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. 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 by frank sinatra gerald marks digital sheet. Billie holiday at songbooks, sheet music and choral.
All of me is a popular song and jazz standard written by gerald marks and seymour simons in 1931. 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. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. 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. 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 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. Print and download im a fool to want you sheet music by billie holiday. All of me for voice and piano, intermediate voice sheet music.
Print and download in pdf or midi all of me billie holiday solo composer. 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. Thanks to jack cochrane for correcting these lyrics. She had a thriving career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction. Sep 24, 2016 all of me, performed by billie holiday key. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Listen free to billie holiday all of me my man, them there eyes and more. All of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you. Find billie holiday all of me lyrics and search for billie holiday. Billie holiday by billie holiday genre et sous style. December 1, 2019 by brad bordessa if you were to make a short list of jazz standards an. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. All of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to lose.
Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. She was fading, but hadnt lost the dramatic quality in her delivery, nor her ability to project and tell a shattering story. All of me billie holiday solo sheet music for piano. Billie holiday anthology lady day had a right to sing the blues. He never married her mother, sadie fagan, and left while his daughter was. All arrangements below are written by kent hewitt except music, music, music ahmad jamal arrangement. Transpose printable jazz composition or download, save as pdf. 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.
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. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. All of me first came to public awareness when a performance by belle baker was broadcast over the radio in 1931. If you were to make a short list of jazz standards an. View billie%20holiday sheet music sheet music direct. Sheet music direct digital sheet music lead sheet strange fruit billie holiday those were the days conte edm counting. Billie holiday original keys for singers free piano.
Billie holiday all of me sheet music pdf notes, chords. Featuring recordings from february 1955 and released in 1958, stay with me is a late entry in billie holiday s career. Paul whiteman and his orchestra recorded the song on december 1 that year, with vocalist mildred bailey. Tranposable music notes for sheet music by frank sinatra gerald marks. Heres billie in 1941 accompanied by a pickup band that included her great musical and personal platonic love, tenor saxist lester young. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in b minor transposable. Print and download all of me sheet music by billie holiday. According to all music guide, holiday was fired for being temperamental and unreliable.
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. The man i love george gershwin night and day frank sinatra all of me billie holiday arrangements of this song. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords, and singer pro in f major transposable. The song became a very frequently covered jazz standard, with billie holiday being one of the artists to perform covers of the song. Eleanora fagan april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959, professionally known as billie holiday, was an. Listen online and get new recommendations, only at. Within weeks, another two versions were in the charts. Billie holiday all of me sheet music in f major transposable. Billie holiday you turned the tables on me easy to love mercury 89003x45 charlie shavers, trumpet.
High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along and easy practice by changing the tempo, and more. Billie holiday im a fool to want you sheet music in b. 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. Download and print strange fruit sheet music for lead sheet fake book by billie holiday in the range of a. Gerald marks and seymour simons wrote the words and music of all of me in 1931. This is a very common standard that all jazz musicians are expected to know.
Download and print billie holiday sheet music, including travlin light, a sailboat in the moonlight, always, and d. Louis armstrong scored a hit with the song in 1932. This led to a number of other jobs in harlem jazz clubs, and by 1933 she had. Billie holiday all of me 1995, partwork, cd discogs. Billie holiday songs for all instruments and levels. 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. 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. Louis armstrong, billie holiday and ella fitzgerald just to name a few. Billie holiday mean to me sheet music pdf notes, chords. With songs like this years kisses and mean to me, the two composed a.
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. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner lester young, holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Download and print strange fruit sheet music for voice and other instruments fake book by billie holiday. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Check out all of me by billie holiday on amazon music. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing. Song information for all of me billie holiday on allmusic. Her father, clarence holiday, was a teenaged jazz guitarist and banjo player later to play in fletcher hendersons orchestra.
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. Apr 26, 2012 all of me was written by gerald marks and seymour simon in 1931. Sheet music for god bless the child with bass and acoustic guitar. Billie, from holidays admired actress billie dove and holiday originally spelt halliday from her probable. Her father, clarence holiday, a professional guitarist, abandoned mother and child, and didnt acknowledge billie as his daughter until she became successful. Billie holiday biography billie holiday april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. It has an abac structure, and is written in the key. 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. Holiday is backed on the album by jazz pianist teddy wilson. Billie holiday all of me high quality sheet music available for download. 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 was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. Billie holiday sheet music to download and print world center of. All of me is a popular song written in 1931 by gerald marks and seymour simons. Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, billie holiday lived a. To mark what would have been lady days birthday on 7 april, heres a piece. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner, lester young, holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Strange fruit by billie holiday lead sheet fake book.
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