Billie Holiday’s album “Lady in Satin”

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Billie Holiday’s album “Lady in Satin” is a late-career 1958 jazz vocal record renowned for its emotionally raw performances and lush orchestral arrangements that poignantly showcase the fragility of her voice.

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Billie Holiday’s album “Lady in Satin” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
vocal jazz album ⓘ
arranger Ray Ellis ⓘ
artist Billie Holiday ⓘ
catalogNumber CL 1157 ⓘ
chronologyNextTitle Billie Holiday ⓘ
chronologyNextYear 1959 ⓘ
chronologyPreviousTitle Songs for Distingué Lovers ⓘ
chronologyPreviousYear 1957 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtPhotographer Tom Palumbo ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
featuresOrchestra Ray Ellis and his Orchestra ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
hasTrack But Beautiful ⓘ
For All We Know ⓘ
For Heaven’s Sake ⓘ
linked to: For Heaven's Sake

Glad to Be Unhappy ⓘ
I Get Along Without You Very Well ⓘ
It’s Easy to Remember ⓘ
I’ll Be Around ⓘ
I’m a Fool to Want You ⓘ
I’m a Fool to Want You (alternate take) ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair (vocal overdub) ⓘ
Violets for Your Furs ⓘ
You Don’t Know What Love Is ⓘ
You’ve Changed ⓘ
isLateCareerWorkOf Billie Holiday ⓘ
language English ⓘ
listedIn Penguin Guide to Jazz core collection ⓘ
mainVocalType female vocal ⓘ
notableFor emotionally raw vocal performances ⓘ
late-career Billie Holiday vocals ⓘ
lush orchestral arrangements ⓘ
orchestraConductor Ray Ellis ⓘ
performer Billie Holiday ⓘ
producer Irving Townsend ⓘ
recordingCity New York City ⓘ
recordingEndDate 1958-02-21 ⓘ
recordingFormat mono ⓘ
stereo ⓘ
recordingLocation Columbia 30th Street Studio ⓘ
recordingStartDate 1958-02-18 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1958-06-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic slow ballad tempo focus ⓘ
string-heavy orchestration ⓘ

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