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Covers - The World of Billie Holiday

Artist Song
Diana Ross  Good Morning Heartache  
Nina Simone  Strange Fruit  
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie Big Band  Fine and Mellow  
Frank Sinatra  Night and Day  
Michael Bublé  These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)  
Cat Power  Don't Explain  
Marianne Faithfull  Gloomy Sunday  
Kate Bush  The Man I Love  
Barbra Streisand  My Man  
Aretha Franklin  Crazy He Calls Me  
Bettye LaVette  God Bless the Child  
Carmen McRae  Billie's Blues  
Anita O'Day  Them There Eyes  
Blossom Dearie  Lover Man  
Dianne Reeves  What a Little Moonlight Can Do  
Rod Stewart  All of Me  
Chet Baker  Travelin' Light  
Wynton Marsalis  I Cover the Waterfront  
Dee Dee Bridgewater  Lady Sings the Blues  
Casey MacGill & the Spirits of Rhythm  Swing Brother Swing  

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The best singers don't merely cover Billie Holiday — they absorb her, carrying her torch a few yards more, keeping her flame alive for new generations. Former Supremes leader Diana Ross, who garnered an Academy Award® nomination for her portrayal of Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, captures Billie's deep-seated vulnerability — not to mention her pitch-perfect phrasing — in "Good Morning Heartache." Nina Simone slows the already dirge-like "Strange Fruit" to a glacial crawl, slicing open the song's veins with a performance that's equal parts mournful, bitter, and defiant. And if you thought only soul and R&B singers dive heart-first into Billie Holiday's songbook, check out Marianne Faithfull's burned-out, bummed-out, cabaret-chanteuse take on "Gloomy Sunday." But don't stop there: From Chet Baker to Cat Power, your favorite artists — from every corner of the musical universe — have spent the last 50-plus years striving for just a little taste of the Holiday magic.
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