The song of the day for Monday, April 27, 2015 is “Some Other Spring.”
About This Song
Today’s song, “Some Other Spring” was written especially for Billie Holiday in 1939, with music by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and lyrics by Lady Day’s friend Irene Wilson Kitchings, wife of Teddy Wilson.
About This Version
I love this sad love song. Bennett sings it with a very nice gentleness that I do love.
“Some Other Spring,” as well as Tony Bennett On Holiday, is available from iTunes.
About Billie Holiday’s Version
Today we’ll feature Miss Holiday’s first recording of this song, from July 5, 1939 (MX W24877-A), released on the Vocalian/OKeh 5021, with “Them There Eyes” on the flip side. The musicians on the album were Sonny White(piano), Tab Smith (soprano and alto sax), Kenneth Hollon and Stanley Payne (tenor sax), Hot Lips Page (trumpet), Bernard Addison (guitar), John Williams (bass) and Eddie Dougherty (drums).
“Some Other Spring,” as well as The Essential Billie Holiday, is available from iTunes.
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